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Pub Games
What better way to spend an evening than competing in that most hallowed of sporting arenas, the pub? With games to challenge hand-eye coordination and lateral thinking pub sports will certainly give you brain a work-out (though probably not your body!). So put away your running shoes and energy drinks and reach for a pint and some dry roasted nuts, the exciting world of pub sports awaits you…
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Bar Billiards
The eccentric second cousin of 8 ball pool bar billiards initially resembles a cross between table skittles and pool. With numerous scoring options and a time-limited frame length this odd-ball game is far from the gentile pursuit it might appear at first glance.
Visit http://www.billiardsforum.info
Cribbage
To the uninitiated cribbage is about as fathomable as a Chinese crossword puzzle. But lurking beneath the peg board and concern for ‘his nibs’ is a highly addictive pub game. Created in the seventeenth century by English poet Sir John Suckling cribbage has remained a popular stalwart of the pub gaming scene to the present day.
Visit http://www.cribbage.org
Darts
Step up to the oche and take aim with this pub classic. Darts is perhaps the most recognisable of pub sports. The current form of the game originated in the nineteenth century and is regularly played by over six million people.
Visit http://www.bdodarts.com
Pool
Known officially as 8 Ball Pool, British pub pool may not have the colour and glamour of its cousin American Pool but it more than makes up for that in terms of pure excitement. With simple rules and plenty of opportunity between frames for liquid refreshments you’ll be changing a fiver for fifty pence pieces at the bar before you know it!
Visit http://www.epa.org.uk
Shove Ha'penny
A simple game with easy to follow rules makes for some serious head-to-head game play. Practicing your shove is crucial, so get shoving!
Visit http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/shove-hapenny-rules.htm
Skittles
If you’ve ever got a flopper by throwing your cheese down the alley you’ll know all about the jargon strewn world of skittles! Regional variations matter with pins coming in Glamorgan, Bristol, Gloucester and Devon varieties to name a few. So if you can’t tell a Dorset Flop from a Cush you’d best check-out this history of the game…
Visit http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Skittles.htm
