19th September 2011
News Release
For Immediate Use
Minigolf Report – BMGA Players Championships 2011 at World of Golf, Sidcup
Oxford’s Michael Smith & Sweden’s Maths Svensson triumph in Players Championships at Sidcup
In the traditional warm-up to the BMGA British Open eleven players competed in the BMGA Players
Championship charity competition on Friday 16th September, played in a Strokeplay, Matchplay,
Strokeplay format over three rounds on the Explorers course at the Lost Island Encounter Adventure
Golf course at World of Golf, Sidcup, Kent.
Michael Smith from Oxford took the BMGA Players Championship title with a third round score of 31(5). Michael’s win raised £52.50 for his chosen charity, Cancer Research. In the Matchplay semi-finals
Michael had defeated Chris Smith, Scott Lancley defeated James Rutherford Andy Exall beat David
Donnelly and Sean Homer defeated Alex Pragnell.
In the BMGA International Players Championship, also held on Friday, Sweden’s Maths Svensson
took the honours in the final round having scored a 33(-3) to clinch the title. Germany’s Karsten Hein
was runner-up. In the international semi finals Maths had defeated Torgny Kjellström and Karsten had
defeated Johan Ahlander.
Full results of the BMGA Players Championships can be found at
http://www.minigolf.org.uk/joomla/index.php?option=com_eventlist&view=details&id=56&Itemid=56
Photos from the event (by KMGC) can be found at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13680867@N02/sets/72157627578986749/
For further information about the BMGA and Minigolf please visit http://www.minigolf.org.uk or email
mail@minigolf.org.uk.
For more information on World of Golf’s Sidcup site and others, please visit
http://www.worldofgolf.co.uk.
Ends
Contact Details
Richard Gottfried, BMGA Marketing & Media Officer, Tel: 07941 263974
Email: Richard_Gottfried@yahoo.co.uk Web: www.minigolf.org.uk