Quoits at Beck Hole
Home Village History Map of Village Birch Hall Inn History of the Inn The Beer Tour of the Inn The Food Who's who Top Dogs Inspirational Beck Hole Pixieland Gallery Places To Stay B&B Cottages Things To Do Walks NYMR Quoits Sword Dancers Legend & Folklore The Worm Wild Thing	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.	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 Whitby as well as maintaining the team spirit with social get togethers and fund raising events. 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 ..