Tinsley Green Marbles Championship

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Tinsley green marbles championship.

Easter parade phew. The greyhound pub at tinsley green hosts an annual competition attracting players from all over the world. Tinsley green is an area in the borough of crawley one of seven local government districts in the english county of west sussex originally a hamlet in the parish of worth it was absorbed by the new town of crawley in the 1940s and became part of the pound hill neighbourhood. Dozens of marbles players from as far afield as the us and algeria descended on a sussex pub for the annual world championship.

The west sussex gazette said defeat of the favourites tinsley green tigers was the big surprise at the annual marbles championships at tinsley green near crawley on good friday. The event is open to anyone of any age or nationality. The greyhound is also the only place in the world who can boast being the host of the world british marbles championship. Tinsley green s annual marble tournament this year canadian soldiers and women compete.

Marbles as usual. Tinsley green pub hosts world marbles championship. Easter parade phew. Billy wright 50 toolmaker from christ s hospital retained the individual championship after a keen struggle with mr.

Men flicking marbles boys flicking marbles watched. The 351st marbles championship is played at tinsley green before a huge crowd. Two teams of six players take part in each heat and the winning team is the one whose tolley s stay in until the end you can probably. Marbles championship at tinsley green west sussex.

Percy maynard copthorne. Marbles is an ancient and skilled game in which competitors aim to knock 49 marbles from a marked circle using their own tolley another marble. Hyde park tinsley green and blackpool all seen at the easter holiday best. The british and world marbles championship is a marbles knock out tournament that takes place annually on good friday and dates back to 1588.

Hyde park tinsley green and blackpool all seen at the easter holiday best. Radford rd tinsley green crawley west sussex rh10 3ns. Marbles championship at tinsley green. It is held at the greyhound public house in tinsley green west sussex.

Men flicking marbles boys flicking marbles watched by crowd. Ideally located in tinsley green we are close to all the business parks in the area including manor royal and gatwick airport. As well as houses farms and woodland it became the site of the 1930s aerodrome at gatwick now london gatwick airport.