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2009 Championship
Winner:
Guy Tunnicliffe
Runner-up:
Steve Hutchinson
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Video Clips
Updated 24/03/2004
Mark's Half a Bridge:
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- Slow Motion
©Jon Justice
Hutch's 8 Pin
©Andy Tynan

The Novice
A London Skittles Joke. You may want to find out about the game first

Images
Skittles Gallery
Pictures from the Norbury Christmas Dinner

  
Tumbling Pins

The Game of London Skittles

The traditional pub game of London Skittles is played with nine pins. Unlike other forms of alley skittles it is played not with a ball but a cheese, which is thrown (not rolled) at the pins. One of the pictures from this site.

The game, also known as Old English Skittles, is played at two venues in London.

At the Freemasons Arms in Hampstead, the skittle alley is tucked away in the pub cellar. With the periodic thud of lignum vitae on hornbeam emanating from below, tourists stumble upon it as often as the locals.

The alley in Norbury is housed on the ground floor of a sports pavilion formerly the exclusive preserve of National Westminster Bank employees. This sports club is now run by Powerleague and membership of the skittle club is open to the public. The Freemasons' Arms

If you're looking for things to do on an evening out in London and you like pub games and real beer, come to the Freemasons Arms. We play on Tuesdays from 8pm to 11pm and Saturdays 6pm to 9pm. For more information about the Freemasons' Arms at pubs.com, click the image.

Both clubs welcome new players, either as individuals or as a group. If you want to give it a try or your Sports or Social Club or other group would be interested in booking an evening of team games, please contact us:
Hampstead: email us | more information
Norbury: phone Richard Matthews 020 7063 1102

  
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London Skittle Alleys
The Freemasons Arms
Downshire Hill
Hampstead, London
NW3 1NT
map | pub website

Powerleague Norbury
Turle Road
Norbury, London
SW16 5QN
map

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Skittles in the Media
Don't Ask the Audience
How skittles cost a "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" contestant $15,000
Skittles on Oz Radio
London Skittles was featured in a 10 minute slot in The Sports Factor presented by Amanda Smith on Australian radio.
Programme transcript