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Thorncombe Sports and Social Club |
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Home Football Darts Skittles Cricket Pool Social Events Contact Club Badge |
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Skittles |
The Club supports two skittle alleys and has teams entered in both the ladies and
gents divisions of the Axminster Skittle League, the Three Counties League, the
Club’s Summer League and our own In-House Sunday Skittle League.
Skittles was a monastic game dating back to the fifteenth century so it is not
surprising that we continue to support what is one of the oldest competitive
sports that still thrives in the Southwest of England.
The Pilgrim Fathers also took skittles to America. Unfortunately,
the puritans saw the game as an evil influence, probably due
to the raucous environment to which it became associated and the fact that a
drink or two soon became an essential accompaniment to the game. What did the
Americans do? They brought out a law to ban the game.
Not to be deterred the games supporters discarded one ball and added
another pin and so it emerged that American Ten Pin Bowling became the very
popular off-spring of our very own game of Skittles.
Yes, skittles has a long history of fun, socialising and competition so why don’t
you have a go? New teams are welcome or maybe you just want a social night out
that involves playing the game, just contact our club manager on 01460 30536
for alley availability or other further information.
For more information on the various leagues see below or for information on how
our teams are doing click onto or News Letter page.
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Sunday League Skittles teams meet over the winter months starting in
September through to end of April. The league supports a maximum of twelve teams per season”.
Each team consist of four players (mixed teams are allowed) League fees are £15.40 per team for the season and will be collected each week at a rate of .25p per player. Games must commence on or before 8.30p. In addition to the league cup the teams also compeate for the "Fowler Trophy" and the "Muttlebury Cup" |
| The Axminster Skittle League |
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This is a league with three Ladies divisions and four Men’s divisions and
draws over 90 teams from within 7 miles as “the crow flies” of
Axminster Church, This being the leagues criteria for entry.
Thorncombe has four men’s teams and two ladies teams in the
Axminster League and for reports on their progress you can visit
the leagues web site on www.asl.leaguerepublic.com
or you can still check up progress on our “News Letter” page.
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The Summer Club's Skittle League |
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This League was formed in 1993 by a number of sports and/or social clubs in the area so that their members could still continue to play the game outside of the normal winter league season. The league has a membership including clubs from Axminster, Seaton, Beer, Offwell, Wootton and Thorncombe. Others have been involved in the past and new clubs are always encouraged to join in the future. In the first two years it was Thorncombe teams that took the honours, but alas they have failed to emulate this since. |
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Even so Thorncombe still enters two teams in the league and other league honours in both the leagues Knock Out Cup and individual competitions. The club has the facilities to support additional teams in this league so if you are interested please contact our manager on 01460 30536. |
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The Three Counties Skittle League |
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This League draws teams from the three counties of
Dorset, Somerset and Devon
and is mainly base around the Chard area. Thorncombe Club has one team
in this league, but could support more.
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