1. Quoits - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia quoits (koits, kwoits) is a traditional lawn game involving the throwing of a metal or rubber ring over a set distance to land over a pin (hob) in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoits

Quoits From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Quoits (koits, kwoits) is a traditional lawn game involving the throwing of a metal or rubber ring over a set distance to land over a pin (called a hob or mott) in the centre of a patch of clay. It is closely related to horseshoe pitching and the fairground game hoopla . The game's centre of popularity is in parts of the North East England countryside. The game is also popular in parts of the Scottish lowlands Wales and the Wensleydale Swaledale Beck Hole and areas of Yorkshire England The quoit is a circular disc with a four inch hole in the centre which was traditionally made of steel clay within a box-like framework. The clay helps the quoit to stick in place once it has landed. As the game has developed differently in various localities, the rules may vary, but, in the Welsh version, for example, the player is able to make two attempts at hitting the central hob. In the North of England, a quoit which has landed on the hob is called a "ringer" and scores two points. The first player to reach 21 wins the game. Players will also try to land their quoits in ways which block further attempts by other competitors. There is evidence of a similar game which was played by Ancient Greeks and Romans before being spread to Britain. There are mentions of the game in England from 1388 onwards, although the game was banned in the 1360s by

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Shappy's Rubber Quoits has all your needs for the game of pitching quoits, and we offer beach and league quoits for purchase. This game can be played at the sea shore in the sand where you can compete on the beach or indoors all year long as well as backyard picnics. Our Beach quoits and wooden stakes are very mobile and can make any trip to the shore more fun. Our League Quoits have been a very popular item in the northeast Pennsylvania and New Jersey area for a long time. The game of League Quoits has been a sport that has been steadily growing and expanding to every state in the Union. Our customers use the slate boards, plywood boards or composite boards. We sell ribbon slate boards, clear slate boards as well as composite boards. We include the rules with the Beach or the League Quoits. This sport is appropriate for all ages, indoors or in the backyard. Compete on the beach and throw yourself some fun! Pitching Quoits is uniquely different from pitching Horseshoes. Although Horseshoe pitching evolved from the game of Quoits, and both games are played with similar rules, Quoits requires a completely different mindset and a tactical approach to pitching. Where Horseshoes is mainly a game where players attempt to pitch repeated ringers for points, Quoits is more a game of strategy and placement. Although there is an emphasis on ringers, there is an importance on the placement of your quoit on the board or digging your opponent's quoits off the board, leaving your quoits or quoit to win the point or points. Defensive play is a very prominent element in quoits.

5. Quoits - Online Guide Detailed history of the game, pubs where it is played, rules, and where to buy. http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Quoits.htm

Home The Online Guide to Traditional Games Board Games Quoits - History and Useful Information Lawn Games Pub Games Game Index Table Games ... Indoor Quoits Early Quoits Quoits is related to another early pub game, the throwing of horseshoes at a pin in the ground. Some theories have it that Quoits developed from Horseshoe pitching as a formalised version of the sport. Horseshoe pitching is still played today, and is particularly popular in certain regions of the USA, the rules being similar to those of the Northern Quoits game outlined below. The theory espoused by Peter Brown, President of the National Quoits Association is just the opposite. A quoit in ancient times was synonymous with a discus, and so he thinks that Quoits and discus are one and the same thing and that Quoits was therefore one of the sports played at the first Greek Olympiad. He also suggests that the Greeks passed on Quoits, a weapon of war, to the Romans who also brought the game to Britain and that the origins may go back even further to the Minoan empire c.2000B.C. where the boy king of Knossos apparently used the discus/quoit to cull escaping slaves. Horseshoe pitching in this case came about as a poor-man's version of Quoits using left-over horseshoes instead of the real thing. Whatever the origin, the game was certainly being played in England early in the second millennium in roughly the form known today wherein metal rings are thrown up and down a pitch with target pins at either end embedded in areas of soft clay. It seems to have been associated with agricultural and working class people, in particular with the mining industry. Quoits of this era generally were made from poor-quality left over metal from mine forges and this is why main areas of quoit playing seem to have centred around mining communities.

6. Quoits - Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article About Quoits Hutchinson encyclopedia article about quoits. quoits. Information about quoits in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. quoit. http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/quoits

Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='quoits';WordListHost='w3.thefreedictionary.com' Printer Friendly 847,394,507 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia quoits Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus Encyclopedia Wikipedia 0.04 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) quoits hut(1) write_ads(AdsNum, 0) Page tools Printer friendly Cite / link Email Feedback Sign in Email: Password: Register Your Ad Here Mentioned in References in classic literature Oxfordshire The Scarecrow and Jack Pumpkinhead were still playing at quoits in the courtyard when the game was interrupted by the abrupt entrance of the Royal Army of Oz, who came flying in without his hat or gun, his clothes in sad disarray and his long beard floating a yard behind him as he ran. The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context Let me play at quoits with cyclonic gales, flinging the discs of spinning cloud and whirling air from one end of my dismal kingdom to the other: over the Great Banks or along the edges of pack-ice - this one with true aim right into the bight of the Bay of Biscay, that other upon the fiords of Norway, across the North Sea where the fishermen of many nations look watchfully into my angry eye. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph

7. Quoits --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on quoits game in which players toss rings at a stake, called the hob. A ring that encircles the hob scores two http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062319/quoits

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8. Quoits - Definition From The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition of quoits from the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quoits

Home Visit Our Sites Unabridged Dictionary Learner's Dictionary ... Contact Us Also Visit: Unabridged Encyclopedia Britannica Visual ESL: Learner's for Kids: Spell It! Word Central Dictionary Thesaurus Spanish/English Medical Search "quoit" in: Thesaurus Spanish/English Medical Dictionary Open Dictionary Browse words next to: quoit Browse the Dictionary: A B C D ... Z quoits 2 entries found. quoit[1,noun] quoit[2,transitive verb] Main Entry: quoit Pronunciation: k it, kw it, Function: noun Etymology: Middle English coite Date: 15th century  a flattened ring of iron or circle of rope used in a throwing game plural but sing in constr  a game in which the quoits are thrown at an upright pin in an attempt to ring the pin or come as near to it as possible Learn more about "quoit" and related topics at Britannica.com Find Jobs in Your City Pronunciation Symbols Products ... Advertising Info

9. Recreational Gaming Store Specializing In Quoit Boards, Quoits, Lawn Games, Poke quoits is a game that originated from the Pennsylvania Slate Belt Region in the 1930 s. It is a social game that has been past down from generation to http://www.quoitfactory.com/quoit-faq.html

var cot_loc0=(window.location.protocol == "https:")? "https://secure.comodo.net/trustlogo/javascript/cot.js" : "http://www.trustlogo.com/trustlogo/javascript/cot.js"; document.writeln('' + ''); SLATE QUOIT BOARDS RUBBER QUOITS LIGHTWEIGHT QUOIT BOARDS ... ABOUT QUOIT FACTORY Frequently Asked Questions Quoits is a game that originated from the Pennsylvania Slate Belt Region in the 1930's. It is a social game that has been past down from generation to generation. Quoits are found in many backyards, clubs and bars in PA and NJ yet it is widely unknown in many parts of the country. Quoits is a game that has exciting game-play and rich history. It is challenging to some and it takes some skill to master. It is not your typical ring toss game; it is more suitable for teenagers and adults. The scoring is similar to horseshoes while the game play is similar to shuffleboard because you can knock your opponent off the board. Quoit Boards typically last over 30 years making it one of the longest lasting outdoor games on the market. Why is the Quoit Factory the best source for Quoits?

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11. Quoits - Wiktionary Plural form of quoit. Retrieved from http//en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quoits . Categories English nouns English uncountable nouns English plurals http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quoits

quoits From Wiktionary Jump to: navigation search edit English Wikipedia has an article on: Quoits Wikipedia edit Noun Singular quoits Plural uncountable quoits uncountable uncountable A competitive game in which players throw rings aiming to land them over vertical sticks Plural form of quoit Retrieved from " http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/quoits Categories English nouns English uncountable nouns ... English plurals Views Entry Discussion Edit History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main Page Community portal Requested entries Recent changes ... Contact us Search Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages ... Permanent link In other languages Tiếng Việt This page was last modified 18:31, 11 February 2008. Content is available under GNU Free Documentation License About Wiktionary

12. Quoits - Definition Of Quoits By The Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus And Encyc Definition of quoits in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of quoits. What does quoits mean? quoits synonyms, quoits antonyms. Information about quoits in the http://www.thefreedictionary.com/quoits

Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='quoits';WordListHost='w3.thefreedictionary.com' Printer Friendly 847,394,664 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson ... encyclopedia quoits Also found in: Encyclopedia Wikipedia Hutchinson 0.04 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) quoit (kwoit, koit) n. Upper Northern U.S. quoits (used with a sing. verb) A game in which flat rings of iron or rope are pitched at a stake, with points awarded for encircling it. One of the rings used in this game. [Middle English coyte flat stone, quoit , from Old French coilte, coite , from Latin culcita cushion Regional Note: The game quoits derives its name from quoit, specifically denoting a heavy iron ring slightly convex on the outside and concave inside, configured so as to give it an edge for cutting into the ground. Both the game and the term are associated almost exclusively with the Upper North (the northernmost tier of states from New York State westward to North Dakota). In fact, quoits is one of a dozen terms that are most reliable for delineating the Upper North dialect boundary.

13. Quoits - LoveToKnow 1911 quoits (0. Fr. coiter, quoiter, to incite), a pastime resembling the ancient discusthrowing which formed one of the five games of the Greek pentathlon (see http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Quoits

Quoits From LoveToKnow 1911 QUOITS (0. Fr. coiter, quoiter, to incite), a pastime resembling the ancient discus -throwing which formed one of the five games of the Greek pentathlon (see Discus), the two main differences between the ancient and modern sports being that the quoit is ring-shaped (one surface being rounded, the other - the back - being flat) and is lighter than the discus, and its throwing is a test rather of accuracy than strength. Few traces of a game resembling quoits can be found on the continent of Europe , and its origin may be sought for on the borderland of Scotland and England . There are references to it in the Midlands dating from the beginning of the ,5th century, and it was one of the games prohibited in the reigns of Edward III . and Richard II . in favour of archery . Ascham, in his Toxophilus (1545), says that "quoiting be too vile for scholars," and in old times it was chiefly played by the working classes, who often used horseshoes for want of quoits, a custom still prevailing in country districts. According to the modern rules, slightly modified from the code drawn up in 1869, two iron or steel pins 18 yds. apart are driven into the ground, leaving i in. exposed. Each is situated in the centre of an "end," a circle of stiff

14. Quoits Game Blog This is an online game of quoits. More fun than a barrel full of monkies! Heck, a barrel full of bears and bunnies for that matter too. http://quoits.blogspot.com/

@import url("http://www.blogger.com/css/blog_controls.css"); @import url("http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?targetBlogID=7151046"); Quoits Game Blog About Me Name: King Arthur Location: Provo, Utah, United States Give me a bike, a book and your hand and I've got all I'll ever need. View my complete profile Cool on-line quoits game Quoiters Home Page - RKC Nice pictures and "how to play instructions" ... July 2004 Monday, July 12, 2004 Cool on-line quoits game This is an on-line game of quoits. More fun than a barrel full of monkies! Heck, a barrel full of bears and bunnies for that matter too. http://www.bears.co.nz/games/quoits.htm 7:30 PM 0 comments Thursday, July 01, 2004 Quoiters Home Page - RKC Quoiters Home Page - RKC Great site! Here is documented the mention of quoits in literature throughout history, where to purchase quoits and also a list of quoits clubs and players ! This is a great place to start. There's even a Qouiter's Newsletter GPR: 6/10. Found in GamesLinks.com Yard and Deck directory under Quoits

15. Fun-Attic Sports And Toys - History Of Quoits (Muckers) FunAttic Sports and Toys - Unique outdoor games, toys for active play and innovative sporting goods. Creative gifts for the sports/ring toss/quoits crowd. http://www.funattic.com/quoits_history.htm

Home Products FlingSock Free Games ... Links History of Quoits Home Greek athletes enjoyed the game where it was a sport to throw a discus. Later the game evolved from distance to accuracy and stakes were added. Quoits became very popular among the English Noblemen. British solders played the game of Quoits while in America during the American Revolutionary War. The British and American solders used it to pass the time. The common man couldn’t afford to have a set of Quoits made and so horseshoes became the next best thing. The game is made up of two stakes and four rings which are called hobs. It can be played with two players and each player will receive two rings to toss from one end of the play area. Once they have tossed from one end, the score will be tallied and then the rings will be toss back from the opposite end. If you have four players, teammates are at opposite ends of the court and where they remain the whole game. The stakes are set about 18 - 20 feet apart. Scoring varies by whose version you play. If the hob is only one ring away, you receive one point. For a leaner or hobber you receive two points. If you throw a ringer you receive three points and if the other team throws a ringer on top of yours they receive points for your ringer and theirs. Quoits tournaments take place throughout the United States and in Canada. At Fun-Attic Sports and Toys we carry Muckers, which is rubber version of the steel Quoits. The rubber version has become very popular because it is constructed for all ages. Young children starting out will not cut up their hands from sharp steel edges. The more experienced players will appreciate the feel of the weighted natural rubber rings. To find out more, be sure to visit our

16. HickokSports.com - Sports Rules - Quoits This document explains the rules of quoits and has links to official rules and other explanatory information. It is a page in the Rules section of http://www.hickoksports.com/rules/rquoits.shtml

Sports Rules Index to Rules Quoits Rules Official Sources Rules in HTML from Quoits Direct The same rules as a Word document Rules for beach quoits in HTML Rules for Trenton Style Metal Quoits in HTML ... More information on the Word format Other Resources On This Site Horseshoe Pitching Rules HickokSports.com Sports Rules Index to Rules Ralph Hickok This page last updated Monday, 17-Dec-2007 12:22:45 PST http://www.hickoksports.com/rules/rquoits.shtml History Biography Glossaries Calendar ... Video Games Rules Memorabilia Equipment Posters Directory var dc_UnitID = 14; var dc_PublisherID = 26605; var dc_AdLinkColor = 'blue'; var dc_adprod='ADL';

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18. FerrettiWeb - The Quoits Page Unless you happen to hail from the Lehigh Valley area, you re probably wondering what the hell is quoits? You may have heard of a version of the game that http://www.enter.net/~dferretti/ferrettiweb_quoits.html

The Quoits Page What Is Quoits? The Board The Quoits Game Setup and Play ... Where Can I Purchase Quoits? What Is Quoits? Unless you happen to hail from the Lehigh Valley area, you're probably wondering what the hell is quoits? You may have heard of a version of the game that is similar to horseshoes, where you toss heavy metal rings at the horseshoe stakes instead of the horseshoes. Different. The version of quoits we play here (the Slate Belt version) involves tossing rubber rings at an angled slate board with a short (about 4 inch) stake sticking out of the center. Rules and game play is similar to horseshoes, with 2 teams of 2 players each playing to 21. The Board The playing surface of the quoit board is an approximately 2-foot-by-2-foot square, 1 inch thick piece of slate (yes, heavy ). The "pin", (also referred to as the hub) which sticks up through the center of the board, is a brass or aluminum cylinder roughly 4 inches long and 3/4 of an inch in diameter. Rings are etched into the board around the pin to aid in measuring whose ring is closest to the pin. A 2X4 block of wood is fastened to the bottom of the back of the board to give it slope. Two boards are included in a set. The Quoits The Quoits themselves are rubber rings approximately 5.5 inches in diameter and about an inch thick. They are flat on the underside and rounded on top. The hole in the center of each quoit measures 3 inches in diameter. Four quoits are included in a set.

19. Dagonell's Game Of The Month: Quoits, Dobblers And Horseshoes quoits is played with fully closed rings, slightly concave on top and slightly convex on the bottom. Horseshoes is played with Ushaped open rings. http://www.heronter.org/Library/GameoftheMonth/horseshoes.html

Game of the Month: Quoits, Dobblers and Horseshoes by Dagonell The National Horseshoe Pitchers Association says that the game of horseshoes dates back to the Roman empire. While modern play sets may never have been near a horse, actual horseshoes were used in tournament play right up until 1909. The game may have started with blacksmith's children playing with old worn out and cast off shoes. Quoits is played with fully closed rings, slightly concave on top and slightly convex on the bottom. Horseshoes is played with U-shaped open rings. The Encyclopedia Britannica states that modern quoits evolved from the Greek throwing of the discus. Timothy Finn, the author of Pub Games of England disagrees with that saying that it reflects the author's "scholarly absorption with the classical past." I tend to agree. The discus is a contest of sheer distance, quoits has a fixed distance and is a competition for accuracy. The rules for quoits and horseshoes are virtually identical, only the shape of the projectile is different. While we tend to think of all horseshoes being U-shaped, this is not the case. Some horseshoes are closed rings, either to better conform to a specific breed of horse or to help protect a hoof injury. I speak from experience, I spent a summer apprenticed to a mundane blacksmith. In some parts of England, quoits are still referred to as "shoes", and horseshoes are thought of as the "rustic" version of quoits. In 1337, war with France was all but imminent. Edward III passed an edict declaring all sports and leisure activities except archery to be unlawful. It was hoped that this would encourage Englishmen to spend more time practicing with the longbow. While quoits was not specifically mentioned then, it was listed as an 'inportune game' in a similar edict by Richard II in 1388. While the actual law wasn't repealed until James I took the throne in the early 17th century, we know that the game was still played.

20. Quoits Free Encyclopedia Articles At Questia.com Online Library Research quoits and other related topics by using the free encyclopedia at the Questia.com online library. http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/quoits.jsp

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