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Club Portable Skittle Alley
A permanent skittle alley is not always a feasible option especially for outdoor venues or sites with space restrictions. For community halls, leisure centres, sports halls, hotels, school fairs, fetes and the like, a portable skittle alley is usually a better idea.
Masters Traditional Games brings you a quality portable skittle alley to cater for commercial or club requirements.
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These Skittle Alleys are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use and come in 6ft sections making them portable and transportable in most estate cars as well as vans. They can be easily assembled in as little as 10 minutes by just one man, and are dismantled just as quickly. They can also be stored in a small space when not in use.
The Standard Portable Skittle Alley measures approximately 30’ long by 3’6” wide, including the return gully (being sectional they can be made shorter if available space dictates). The ball / skittle catch area is protected with a foam buffer to reduce the noise level. These Skittle Alleys are designed for commercial use and are ideal for pubs, clubs, schools, village halls and leisure hire companies.
This alley comes with a ball return down the whole side of the alley that allows balls to be conveniently rolled back to the throwing point. As pictured.
Each Alley is supplied with 3 x 4" resin bowling balls and 9 x 10" x 4" hardwood pins. By default pins are Gloucester style which we feel work better but you can choose Bristol style if you prefer (let us know when you order).
The skittle alley is made from exterior ply that has been treated with wood-stain to ensure it's weatherproof and hard-wearing and requires only minor maintenance. As with many outdoor games it is meant to be played outdoors but not stored outdoors in all weathers; our general advice for this sort of thing is treat as you would a lawn-mower or a push-bike, i.e. it's fine if they're caught in a shower or used in hot sun but after use, wipe them down and store them properly.
Note that portable alleys are not as wide as permanent alleys of the sort found in pubs and community centres and the pin diamond on this alley is not large enough to allow a 'through ball'. For these reasons, this portable alley is unlikely to be appropriate for serious skittle leagues. Please consult your league regulations for more information.
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Club Portable Skittle Alley 30ft x 3ft - with return gulley |
£1213.33 | £1455.99 | Eng/Wales: 20 wk.days |
To order, or for a quote, ring or Email with address & zip/postcode.
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For most locations in South Wales and England South of Birmingham, delivery is included in the price. For other areas and overseas, please email us giving your full address and we will get back to you with a quote. Lead time is normally 3 or 4 weeks but in peak season from June - Aug, lead times increase up to around 6 weeks.
If you have a custom requirement for a different length or width of alley, please email us with details and we can provide you with a quote.
Skittle Scoreboard
A
customisable Skittles scoreboard is available for competitions and team
events. If you would like a scoreboard to accompany the alley, please
see the Skittles scoreboard page.
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The Origin of SkittlesSkittles, or Nine Pins, as played in an alley has always been a popular pub game and is the ancestor of related games including ten-pin bowling and various indoor skittles variations. The origins of the game are uncertain but in Germany, in the 3rd or 4th century, monks played a game with a kegel which was a club carried for self defence. In the game, the kegel represented a sin or temptation and the monks would throw stones at it until they knocked it over. The modern German term for skittles is Kegelen. There are also two 14th century manuscripts that show a game called Kayles and depict throwers about to launch a long club-like object at eight pins and a kingpin. The typical form of Skittles is wherein balls are thrown or rolled from one end of an alley in an effort to knock down nine pins at the other end. Over the years, Skittles developed regional variations in the size of equipment, the rules and so forth. In the East Midlands, people play Long Alley in which the projectiles are rough balls or small capsule shaped logs called "cheeses" and a score is only made if the cheeses bounce a single time just in front of the pins. Old English Skittles or London Skittles, as played at the famous Freemasons Arms in Hampstead, is a majestic game in which enormous discus-shaped cheeses are flung so that they hit the skittles directly without touching the floor first. From these old games, various miniaturised versions appeared which were more convenient for many pubs with limited space. These include Northamptonshire Skittles and the extremely popular Table Skittles or Devil Amongst The Tailors. The most popular version of skittles, however, is West Country Skittles wherein 9 skittles are arranged in a square at the end of an alley that might be 24 feet, sometimes much longer. Each turn starts with all the skittles standing and consists of three balls being rolled down the alley. If all the pins are knocked down, then they are reset. So the maximum score in one turn is 27. You can learn more about the History of Skittles from The Online Guide to Traditional Games. |