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Skittles

Skittles is a traditional skittles/bowling game, especially in British pub and club contexts: a ball is thrown at usually nine pins in an alley. It is not a winter sport.

LevelMain sport FamilyPrecision Sport CategoryPrecision sport / skittles

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Classification

Category Precision sport / skittles

Family Precision Sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Skittles is a traditional skittles/bowling game, especially in British pub and club contexts: a ball is thrown at usually nine pins in an alley.

Geeignet für Fits if you like a skittles/bowling feel in pub or club atmosphere, you want low entry costs and social rounds, you accept regional rules.

Cost Local league or pub alley with house ball and explanation is usually enough. Game/team fee, possible own ball, club/pub fee and local league. Skittles league, pub with alley, bowling/skittles club or recreation league. Check regional rules; do not claim standardised world-federation sport.

First progress First round immediately; consistent throws take practice.

Fitness level low

Was du brauchst

Skittles alley, nine pins, suitable wooden/rubber balls, throw line, local rule sheet, team/group and clear safe lane.

First steps

Start with a local skittles or pub league: get alley rules explained, test ball weight, practise throw line, pin setup and scoring.
Look for a local skittles league, pub with alley, skittle/bowling club, Hereford/county rules or recreation league.

Look for a local skittles league, pub with alley, skittle/bowling club, Hereford/county rules or recreation league.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Tags indoor, individual, skittles, precision-sport, prazisionssport, praezisionssport-kegelspiel, skittles-kegelspiel, precision-sport-skittles

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Hit pins with legal throws and score more by local rules.

Teilnehmer

individuals or teams.

Teamgröße

locally regulated.

Spielfeld

skittles alley.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

pins/points by local rule.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

ball
pins
alley

Wichtige Regelpunkte

crossing line
illegal throw
local rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Skittles Encyclopaedia Britannica · sport-guide · medium
Rules Hereford & District Invitation Skittle League · league-rules · medium
Skittles Topend Sports · sport-guide · medium