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A QUOITS Match in Progress.. Our Saturday individual days are usually blessed with lovely weather as you can see from these two pics sent to me by my Uncle Ray !!! There are upto 50 entries on each day and a good attendance of spectators. The Beckhole.Quoit Club is arguably the most famous Quoit Club in England,
mainly due to a BBC TV documentary
entitled ' Big Day at Beck Hole ' which featured some of the present
day players at work and play in 1986.
Records show that the pitches in Beck Hole were in their present position in the year 1882. It's thought they were most likely laid by the landlord of the then Lord Nelson Inn for the entertainment of his local customers and the influx of workmen engaged in the construction of Randymere Reservoir. The Lord Nelson Inn was the headquarters of the club until it was closed in 1940 when it transferred to it's current base at the Birch Hall Inn. The team take part in two local leagues during the summer, with matches played each Monday and Thursday evening. beginning about 7pm. |
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The Layout of Beck Hole
Each team in the league hosts an Open Individual
Championship on successive Saturdays throughout the season, when play begins
at lunchtime and continues
(..with a mid afternoon break for tea of course..) until one
player emerges victorious at the end of the day !
Beck Hole's
Individual is customarily held on the first Saturday in August, drawing
players from a wide area, all striving to win the traditional first prize of a Copper Kettle. On the
first Saturday in July the Beck Hole Club also hold an Open Handicap, to
encourage up and coming players, in which the more accomplished competitors
are handicapped by a number of points according to their expertise, when drawn
against less experienced players. The Beck
Hole team enjoy taking part in the Annual World Championship held each year
as well as various inter-club Cup Matches during the summer months
. In winter they keep their hand in at an indoor pitch in
These
include regular raffles at each game ( first prize is a platter of
everything you could want for a mammoth breakfast ) , the Annual Dinner
in November when they entertain fellow league members, wives and friends,
followed in December by a Christmas Domino Knockout and Prize Draw where the
lucky winners have chance to take home the Christmas Goose ! In the long
dark days of February they look forward to the Players Dinner.....hopefully
accompanied by the twinkle
of silver trophies.in the Bar of the Birch Hall Inn.
If you're interested in finding out more look on the website of the National Quoits Association at http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Quoits.htm ..
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