Skittles

Overview

• Gloucestershire Skittles Rules, alley layout and brief history
• Masters Games Skittles Rules; Traditional West Country and Long Ally (the first 25 feet or so from the bowlers mark can be cobbles or any other rough ground because the ball or cheese never strikes this surface); Play details
• Origin of Skittles From Masters Games
• Pepys' Diary - Ninepins Discussion around ninepins mentioned in Samuel Pepys' Diary Monday, 23 April 1660 including: - "The Kingpin" -The centre pin of the diamond of 9 pins literally the 'main character'."there is a picture in the pyramids of people throwing balls/stones at sticks stuck upright in the sand"
• Skittles Online Guide "There are two 14th century manuscripts which show a game called club Kayles (from the French "quilles" or skittles) and which depict a skittles game in which one skittle is bigger, differently shaped, and in most cases positioned so as to be the most difficult to knock over" Read on.....
• Brief History of London Skittles "Some maintain that coloured pins were used, denoting different members of the Royal Court and each having differing values. Others show evidence of Low Country origin, such as 'Dutch pins' or games akin to 'Kegel' from Germany and 'Quilles' from France. Both the objects thrown and the objects hit vary from the thigh bones of various animals to logs of wood ('loggats' in Shakespeare). London Skittles...."
• Simple Skittles Quick indoor fun for cubs etc; setting it up and playing
• Online Guide to Nine-Pins History, Games being played today, with pictures of different shapes of skittles from different areas.
• Leisure Products Supply all the equipment, including scorecards and mobile skittle allies and provide resources for building a skittle ally.
• London Skittles (Hampstead)Unlike other forms of alley skittles it is played not with a ball but a cheese, which is thrown (not rolled) at the pins; where to play, how to play -the alley, the cheese, the game, FAQ, Links, history
• Eastville and District League table, results, cup, links
• Belvoir Castle Bath
• Sarnia Fixtures and results, league tables, rules and scoring
• Cheltenham Skittles League
• Weymouth and Portland News, cup and leagues information
• Stroud and District Faq, message board, matching players and teams, calendar, rules, tables
• BBC Radio Gloucestershire Skittles coverage of Stroud and Cirencester and charity leagues
• Evesham and District Skittle League Divisions 1 to 5 clubs and tables
• Cybernetics
• Syston League Calendar, Divs 1-3, competitions, Teams and Alleys, cups, rules
• Whitchurch and District Results, tables, fixtures, Divs 1-5
• Dirty Dozen
• Booze Crew Cardiff
• Devizes Events, leagues, fixtures, weekend breaks
• Online Guide From TradGames
• Table Skittles Buy the game and how to set it up and play

United Kingdom