De Engels Shuffleboard Company
2 Sandringham Drive
Hove
East Sussex
Verenigd Koninkrijk
BN3 6XD Tel. 01273 564375 E-mail

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De Engels Shuffleboard Company
2 Sandringham Drive
Hove
East Sussex
Verenigd Koninkrijk
BN3 6XD Tel. 01273 564375 E-mail

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FESTIVAL GAMES - 'Gallon of Beer' or 'Two Bottles of House Wine' Highest score wins. If equal high score, arrange play-off or place names in hat and draw winner.

Shuffleboard (Shovillaborde) existed in England over 500 years ago. It is an exciting variant of Shov-Ha'Penny. Henry VIII was very fond of the game. The Royal Expenses for 1532 show a payment from the Privy Purse of nine pounds: "Paided to my lord Wylliam for that he wanne of the Kinges grace at shovillaborde" The game was made illegal as early as 1542. It had become a popular form of gambling. Played in taverns it was feared that it might keep the lower classes from work. Attempts to ban the game were never completely effective. It was simply too popular. Even after Cromwell came to power, when it was listed with other diversions as immoral, the game continued to thrive. During the early part of the twentieth century 'Sjoelbak' a Dutch variation of the game emerged. A standard specification for the board and discs was introduced in 1966 in response to the growth of club and tournament play. Today shuffleboard (sjoelbak) is played across the UK. The most popular event is the 'Team Tournament'. Each team has three players who compete against all other teams at the contest. Taking part in a shuffleboard tournament brings this typical response:

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