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Quoits-Related Web Site Links |
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Quoits-Related Web Site Links |
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Quoits Web Sites, Clubs, and Events
United States www.usqa.org The annual USQA National Quoit Tour consists of 4 Public Quoit Tournaments hosted by the United States Quoiting association, with cash prizes of up to $20,000. The largest of these four events is the World Quoit Championship, held every September in Amityville, PA. This is the Big One, a 120-team National Tournament with $10,000 in cash prizes!
www.geocities.com/munsterinvitational/ The Munster Invitational is an annual Quoit tournament organized by Mike (Munster) George, held at the Sellersville, PA Moose picnic grove each June. The entry fee covers a pig roast, a chicken barbecue, and beer on tap all day!
www.colonialquoit.com The Colonial Quoit Club is located in Hamilton Township, near Trenton, New Jersey. They use Trenton-style quoits, which are popular in that area, but are somewhat different from Lancaster County style quoits. These are a little lighter but have a larger diameter and center hole.
www.enter.net/~dferretti/ferrettiweb_quoits.html Dan Ferretti has a quoits page on the Lehigh Valley version of Slate-Bed Quoits. This is popular in the slate regions of the Pocono Mountains in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Canada www.nas.net/~chapmanr/WebpageQuoits/ Robert Chapman of Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada is one of the first persons I found on the internet who has a site dedicated to the sport he likes as much as I do. He hosts a yearly tournament at his home for friends and family. He has written a book on Quoits which is available for sale, and also produces "The Quoiter's newsletter. Known Quoit Hubs, Where to Buy, and Contacting other Quoiters are listed on his site.
UK www.lindahome.freeuk.com The Ancient Game of Quoits in Wales - This site, Hosted by Linda Evans, details records of International competitions between Wales and Scotland from 1979 to the present, including some present-day domestic competitions with many photos.
web.ukonline.co.uk/james.masters/TraditionalGames/Quoits.html The definitive spot on the Net for information and history about the original game of quoits as played in Scotland and Wales, by James Masters. A good reference site with multiple pages of information.
www.quoits.ndo.co.uk/ Allen Valley Quoits League web site. This site in the U.K. has club fixture lists, rules for quoits as played in The Allen Valley Quoits League and other quoits related information.
New Zealand www.bears.co.nz/games/quoits.htm A cute little online Rope Quoit game you can play against the computer. The throwing characters are little teddy bears. Macromedia Shockwave is required and downloads automatically for you.
Purchasing Steel Quoits and Quoit Related Items
www.quoits.info/purchase/purchase.html The Ephrata East End Mart is the largest supplier of Steel, Brass and Bronze quoits in Lancaster County, PA and possibly the entire US! Quoits available for sale year-round. Steel pins are also available for your pits. PHONE/MAIL ORDERS WELCOME!
www.eastendmart.com Reach the Ephrata East End Mart web site directly with this link. little info on their quoits here.
www.mastersgames.com/cat/pub/quoits.html You can purchase some "Manly" quoits here! Original Scottish Quoits about 10 pounds in weight. Extremely Expensive!
wolfs21.freeyellow.com/ Buy PQ Wolf's "The Original Trenton Style Steel Quoits" here. These are quite different from the Traditional American Quoits in Pennsylvania. They have a larger diameter and larger 5" center hole, and weigh 2 pounds 8 oz. each.
Rubber Quoits and Slate Quoit Boards
NOW AVAILABLE: A lightweight composite quoitboard developed to truly act the same as slate but at a much lower cost! Call 610-762-7335 for availability and pricing. The Quoit Factory is a supplier for many stores in and outside of Pennsylvania. Visit their rubber quoits page for current product.
www.rubber-quoits.com Shappy's Rubber Quoits of Bangor, PA sells both black-rubber League Quoits for Slate board pitching, as well as red-rubber Beach Quoits and stakes specifically for pitching in the sand at home or at the beach. They expect to begin selling slate boards sometime in 2004. Excellent Prices. Orders by phone or email are welcome. Call 610-498-3934 or send an email to noreturn@fast.net.
www.gebhardts.com Gebhardts, Inc. is a 3rd generation, family-owned chain of game stores in Allentown, Hazelton, and Wilkes-Barre specializing in billiards, bowling, and darts. They are a verified supplier of Slate Quoit Boards and hard rubber quoits. Phone: 610-439-8464 in Allentown, or 570-455-5872 in Hazelton. www.nestors.com Nestor's Sporting Goods is another verified source for purchasing rubber quoits or the slate boards, but you'll probably have to place an order for the boards because they told me that it is very hard to keep them in stock during the spring and summer months due to high demand. To order rubber quoits and/or slate boards, contact Nestor's at 610-433-6051, and then press "4" to talk to someone in the Competition Sports department. www.theslateguide.com/What-Is-Slate.html The Slate Guide is a website that features slate as a building material, but it has a lot of interesting information about Vermont Slate, Natural Slate, and general slate characteristics.
Other Interesting Throwing Games
www.Kubbin.com Kubb (pronounced koob) is an outdoor game of tossing large wooden dowels at another teams wooden blocks (Kubbs). The first one to tip all the other teams wood, wins. Kubb is a traditional Swedish outdoor/garden game said to have been played by Vikings over 1000 years ago. In fact, Kubb's even been called Viking Chess due to the strategy needed to really play.
Reference
http://www.bartleby.com/61/9/Q0040900.html American Heritage Dictionary reference to quoits in the US. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~khsinc/knoxsport/story2.html An Article on Quoits in 1885 http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DUR/HighSpen/Part3.html Information on quoits in High Spen http://www.horseshoepitching.com/gameinfo/history.html http://georgia.ncl.ac.uk/quoits.html
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