Where Else Do They Play Quoits Besides The Trenton Area?
The game Quoits in name came from England.Where else is
the game played besides Trenton in 2011?
A Random List (Pubs)
The Black Lion, Llanybydder, Dyfed, Wales
The Upper House, Llandyssil, Powys, Wales
Glenburn Miners' Club, Prestwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
The Working Men's Club, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Dunnottar Quoits Club,Stonehaven,Aberdeenshire,Scotland
The Darlington Quoit Club, Darlington,Durham, England
The Elm Tree Social Club in Stockton, Teeside, England
The Plough Inn,Sleights,near Whitby, Yorkshire,England
The Swan Inn, Heddon, Northumberland,England
The Wheatsheaf,Corbridge-on-Tyne,Northumberland,England
The Finningham Railway Tavern, Rougham, Suffolk, England
The Tyning Inn, Radstock, Somerset, England
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Another variety of quoits is played in Northern Ireland,
in the County Down area, at least. The quoits used are
4lb (6 inch outer, 3.5 inch inner diameter).
3 comments:
Mack: When I was growing up at every Catholic War Veterans Post picnics quoits were played. Every summer picnic that companies threw quoit games were there and horse shoes also.
Hi Joe:)
Same here, every picnic we went to the folks played quiots.
Washington Crossing, Italian American Sportsman Club, An Uncle's Yard. etc:)
in the reading / allentown / bethlehem, pa areas, the folks use rubber quiots!!!!...NOT trenton-style steel...BOOOOO!!!!
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