Tinsley Green Marbles Championship

Tinsley green pub hosts world marbles championship.

Tinsley green marbles championship.

Tinsley green s annual marble tournament this year canadian soldiers and women compete. 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. The british and world marbles championship is a marbles knock out tournament that takes place annually on good friday and dates back to 1588. Dozens of marbles players from as far afield as the us and algeria descended on a sussex pub for the annual world championship.

Marbles championship at tinsley green west sussex. Teams of six players participate to win the title and a silver trophy. Hyde park tinsley green and blackpool all seen at the easter holiday best. Follow us on facebook british and world marbles championship the sussex marbles season is of about 45 days in length and in the last century was very closely defined between ash wednesday and 12 noon on good friday so much so that good friday and in some places ash wednesday were known as marbles day.

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. Percy maynard copthorne. Marbles as usual. The greyhound pub at tinsley green hosts an annual competition attracting players from all over the world.

As well as houses farms and woodland it became the site of the 1930s aerodrome at gatwick now london gatwick airport. The 351st marbles championship is played at tinsley green before a huge crowd. Men flicking marbles boys flicking marbles watched. It went on mr.

Men flicking marbles boys flicking marbles watched by crowd. Easter parade phew. 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. 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. Marbles championship at tinsley green west sussex. Easter parade phew. Radford rd tinsley green crawley west sussex rh10 3ns.

Marbles championship at tinsley green. Ideally located in tinsley green we are close to all the business parks in the area including manor royal and gatwick airport. It is held at the greyhound public house in tinsley green west sussex.