quoits
Sign in to saveQuoits ( or ) is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike (sometimes called a hob, mott or pin). The game of quoits encompasses several distinct variations.
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- History
- Variations
- Traditional quoits
- United Kingdom
- The northern game
- The long game
- East Anglian quoits
- United States
- Indoor or table quoits
- Deck quoits
- Slate-board quoits
- Garden quoits and hoopla
- Current leagues
- Traditional quoits
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Indoor quoits
- United Kingdom
- Slate-board quoits
- United States
- In film
- See also
- References
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Quoits ( or ) is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike (sometimes called a hob, mott or pin). The game of quoits encompasses several distinct variations.
==History== Quoits is supposedly the game the ancient Greek deity Apollo was playing with his lover Hyacinth which ultimately resulted in his death. In Apollonius of Rhodes' Argonautica, Thetis sees Jason and the other heroes "delighting in mass throwing (σόλῳ ῥιπῇσί) and arrows." The Greek word "σόλος" usually refers to a mass of iron used for throwing. It is often translated as "quoit."