The 2018 BMGA Shield after the Kent Open
The 2018 season kicked off with the Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Open and following the twelfth event of the season, the 2018 Kent Open, the 2018 BMGA Shield points have now been updated.
Running season long, the BMGA SHIELD (formerly know as the Season Only Rankings) were first introduced in 2009 with the aim of giving all players a more immediate and season specific breakdown of where they stand in relation to all the players that participate in tournaments each year. The SHIELD does not replace the Official Rankings (which are still the ultimate benchmark for players) but run in tandem with the official rankings.
The SHIELD will have to prizes for the overall leader and category leaders at the season end. Category 1 players are not eligible for the SHIELD and all eligible players for the BMGA Shield prize remain in the category in which they started the season but their multiplier will change if they move in the OOM. For example, a player who starts the season in Category 2 remains eligible for the Category 2 prize if they move into Category 1 during the season but the Category 1 multiplier will apply to their points from then on.
The focus is to reward players for their results across the year, with particular emphasis on Personal Best performances, improvements round to round within any given tournament along with specific points for aces. The breakdown of how the rankings are made up are listed below:
Relative result in a tournament – 10 points per place
Personal Best – 50 points
The following points are multiplied based on Category Status i.e. Cat 2 sees the points x 2, Cat 3 x 3 and Cat 4 x 4
Aces – 10 points each
Hatrick of aces – 50 points
Consecutive improvement round by round – 25 points per round
The all new standings for the BMGA Shield following the Kent Open are as follows:
Position Name Club Category Points
1 Andy WILDE CEMGC 2 8120
2 Dave GOMM PHCGC 2 8010
3 Terry EXALL PHCGC 2 7480
4 Chris SMITH MMGC 2 7370
5 Matt DODD CEMGC 2 6700
6 David HARTLEY PHCGC 2 6600
7 John MCIVER PHCGC 2 5970
8 John SHARP KMGC 2 5750
9 Martin RELF SWMGC 3 5745
10 Stephen SKINNER WALES 3 4675
11 Chloe ALLART-BENNETT KMGC 3 4530
12 Helen DODD CEMGC 3 4500
13 Simon BROWN WALES 3 4485
14 Helen PASZYN PHCGC 3 4130
15 Brian GOULD PHCGC 3 3975
16 Marion HARTLEY PHCGC 2 3955
17 Russell SMITH PHCGC 4 3860
18 Seve KUKIELKA MMGC 2 3850
19 Henri MYERS MMGC 3 3825
20 David TAYLOR PHCGC 3 3820
21 Martyn WILLIAMS WALES 3 3765
22 Bob LINNELL SWMGC 3 3765
23 Tiger PRAGNELL MMGC 2 3540
24 Matty EXALL KMGC 2 3470
25 James HOLLINRAKE KMGC 3 3060
26 Alan MARSH UNATT 3 2985
27 Tony KELLY KMGC 2 2770
28 Marc CHAPMAN KMGC 2 2750
29 Shelley COOPER KMGC 3 2750
30 Phil EXALL KMGC 3 2730
31 Dee RELF SWMGC 4 2660
32 Chris HORN UNATT 4 2620
33 Cindy KUKIELKA MMGC 3 2250
34 Jon WRIGHT UNATT 4 1980
35 Paul JOHNSON PHCGC 2 1920
36 Filipe COSTA POR 4 1660
37 Dominic SAWYER UNATT 4 1600
38 Geoff FARMER MMGC 3 1560
39 Steve GOW PHCGC 3 1485
40 Owen JOHNSON PHCGC 3 1485
41 Vini HOLDEN WELSH 4 1460
42 Rupert PILGRIM UNATT 3 1425
43 Keith KELLARD CEMGC 2 1410
44 Laura SKINNER WALES 4 1380
45 Chris LUCAS UNATT 4 1320
46 Trev PATMORE UNATT 4 1260
47 Jessica PILGRIM UNATT 3 1245
48 Kerry WEST PHCGC 3 1205
49 Marion HOMER KMGC 2 1190
50 Victor KOZLOV RUS 4 1180
51 Trish MCGREGOR UNATT 3 1145
52 Jeremy LEACH UNATT 4 1140
53 Kieran OLIVE UNATT 4 1100
54 Julian TURNER UNATT 3 1080
55 Steve RAGLESS SWMGC 3 1005
56 Andy PATMORE UNATT 4 1000
57 Rhiannon DAVISON WELSH 4 980
58 Andrew GOMM PHCGC 3 945
59 Andrew NICHOLS UNATT 4 940
60 Eddy GOMM PHCGC 4 940
61 Peter GRANFORS FIN 4 940
62 Tim B’AVARD UNATT 4 920
63 Oli PAXTON UNATT 3 900
64 Michael WICHEREK UNATT 4 900
65 Yann GREEN FRA 4 860
66 Simon FARMER MMGC 3 855
67 Jack CHURCH UNATT 4 840
68 Peter JONES UNATT 3 825
69 Stuart BALL UNATT 4 800
70 Paul PRESTON WORMGC 2 790
71 Brenda SMITH MMGC 3 780
72 Russell CROCKER UNATT 4 780
73 Jasmine TETLEY MMGC 3 750
74 Isabel GOMM PHCGC 4 740
75 James PARKIN UNATT 4 720
76 Santeri LOHI FIN 4 720
77 Brian SMITH KMGC 3 720
78 Eddie FLYTE UNATT 4 680
79 Paul TUTT UNATT 4 680
80 Charlie DART SWMGC 3 675
81 Dave KERBY UNATT 4 660
82 Andrew LUCAS UNATT 4 660
83 Anthony LUSTED UNATT 4 640
84 Duarte MENDES POR 4 640
85 Christian KRITICOS UNATT 4 620
86 Paul FIELD UNATT 4 620
87 Phil CHENERY UNATT 4 620
88 Simon EDWARDS UNATT 4 620
89 Paul TAYLOR UNATT 4 600
90 Connor KERR UNATT 4 580
91 Gary MUNNS UNATT 4 580
92 Neil GREY CEMGC 4 560
93 Paul BENNETT UNATT 4 560
94 Paul MUNSON UNATT 4 560
95 Jas KUKIELKA MMGC 3 555
96 Andrew MEEHAN UNATT 4 540
97 Deborah ANSELL UNATT 4 540
98 Mark BEREZICKI ITA 4 540
99 Sebastian KRITICOS UNATT 4 540
100 Jane NEWING UNATT 4 520
101 John BIRCH UNATT 4 520
102 Daniel HEWSON UNATT 4 500
103 Laura FORDHAM UNATT 4 500
104 Martin GODDARD UNATT 4 500
105 Tom YOUNG UNATT 4 500
106 Gergely BANVOLGYI HUN 4 480
107 Jose GARCIA POR 4 480
108 Stuart FOSTER UNATT 4 440
109 Alan TURNER UNATT 4 420
110 Liz GOMM PHCGC 3 420
111 Steve COLWELL UNATT 4 420
112 Alex EXALL UNATT 3 405
113 Andrew HARSTON UNATT 4 360
114 Fabio SIMOES POR 4 360
115 Leo KUKIELKA MMGC 3 345
116 Jeff SAWYER UNATT 4 320
117 Joel LUSHINGTON UNATT 4 300
118 Seth THOMAS MMGC 2 120
The bracketed information refers to the players status for the season (based on their ranking at the start of the year):
C2 – Category 2 Players (Places 17 – 32 inclusive in the official Order of Merit and any player that has finished a season as cat 1 but is not currently cat 1 status)
C4 – Category 4 Players (any player in their first three events on the tour – unless achieving cat 2 status outright)
C3 – Category 3 Players (all other players)
The individual category standings are as follows:
CATEGORY 2 Total Club
1 ANDY WILDE
8,160
CEMGC
2 DAVE GOMM 8,010 PHCGC
3 TERRY EXALL 7,480 PHCGC
4
CHRIS SMITH 7,370 MMGC
5 MATT DODD 6,700
CEMGC
CATEGORY 3/4 Total Club
1 MARTIN RELF 5,745 SWMGC
2 STEPHEN SKINNER 4,675 WALES
3 CHLOE ALLART-BENNETT 4,530
KMGC
4 HELEN DODD 4,500 CEMGC
5 SIMON BROWN 4,485 KMGC
Key to Minigolf Clubs:
WALES – Welsh Minigolf Club – Captain – tbc (https://www.facebook.com/welshminigolfclub/)
KMGC – Kent Minigolf Club – Captain – Sean Homer (https://www.facebook.com/groups/47590459630/)
LMGC – London Minigolf Club – Captain – Jon Angel
MMGC – Midlands Minigolf Club – Captain – Michael Smith (https://midlandsminigolf.weebly.com/)
SWMGC – Sussex Wasps Minigolf Club – Captain – Steve Lovell (https://www.facebook.com/groups/sussexwasps/)
WMGC – Worthing Minigolf Club – Captain – Peter Emmerson (www.splashpointminigolf.co.uk)
PHCGC – Planet Hastings Crazy Golf Club – Captain – John McIver (https://www.facebook.com/groups/689961521097330/)
CEMGC – Cambridgeshire & Essex Minigolf Club – Captain – James Rutherford (https://www.facebook.com/Cambridgeshire-Essex-Minigolf-Club-180154248764830/)
