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Horseshoes (game)
Horseshoes is a lawn game played between two people (or two teams of two people) using four horseshoes and two throwing targets (stakes) set in a lawn or sandbox area. The game is played by the players alternating turns tossing horseshoes at stakes in the ground, which are traditionally placed apart. Modern games use a more stylized U-shaped bar, about twice the size of an actual horseshoe. Game play NHPA Official Rules of the Game of Horseshoes The National Horseshoe Pitchers Association (NHPA), the sport of horseshoes' governing body, maintains a set of rules and their specifications of the game on their website. They outline the style of play, the two most common scoring methods (cancellation and count-all), acceptable equipment, and exact court specifications as well as additional methods of organizing tournament and league competitions. Style of play The game begins with a horseshoe flip to decide who goes first. The winner of the flip throws both horseshoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Horseshoe is a shoe for horses and by analogy is applied to many things with a similar shape. Horseshoes (game), a tossing game played with a horseshoe Horseshoe(s) or Horse Shoe(s) may also refer to: Places * Horseshoe Valley (other) Settlements and jurisdictions * Horse Shoe, North Carolina, a town near a lake with the same name * Horseshoe, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Horseshoe, Jersey City, a ward of Jersey City, New Jersey * Horseshoe, Western Australia, an abandoned town * Horseshoe Bend (other), a number of places * Horse Shoe Curve, Virginia, an unincorporated community Landforms and geology * Horseshoe Canyon (Alberta), Canada * Horseshoe Canyon (Utah), USA * Horseshoe Mountain (Colorado), USA * The Horseshoe (Vietnam) Facilities and structures * Ohio Stadium or the Horseshoe, a football stadium for the Ohio State University * The Horseshoe, a quadrangle in the Old Campus District of the University of South Carolina Hospitality * Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Locality"; downloaded froCheshire West and Chester: Population Profiles, 17 May 2019 it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (a unitary authority which had a population of 329,608 in 2011) and serves as its administrative headquarters. It is also the historic county town of Cheshire and the second-largest settlement in Cheshire after Warrington. Chester was founded in 79 AD as a "castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix during the reign of Emperor Vespasian. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Angles extended and strengt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horseshoes
Horseshoe is a shoe for horses and by analogy is applied to many things with a similar shape. Horseshoes (game), a tossing game played with a horseshoe Horseshoe(s) or Horse Shoe(s) may also refer to: Places * Horseshoe Valley (other) Settlements and jurisdictions * Horse Shoe, North Carolina, a town near a lake with the same name * Horseshoe, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Horseshoe, Jersey City, a ward of Jersey City, New Jersey * Horseshoe, Western Australia, an abandoned town * Horseshoe Bend (other), a number of places * Horse Shoe Curve, Virginia, an unincorporated community Landforms and geology * Horseshoe Canyon (Alberta), Canada * Horseshoe Canyon (Utah), USA * Horseshoe Mountain (Colorado), USA * The Horseshoe (Vietnam) Facilities and structures * Ohio Stadium or the Horseshoe, a football stadium for the Ohio State University * The Horseshoe, a quadrangle in the Old Campus District of the University of South Carolina Hospitality * Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washer Pitching
Washer pitching is a game, similar to horseshoes, that involves teams of players that take turns tossing washers towards a box or hole. The game has many variations, and may be called washer pitching, washer toss, washers, ''huachas'' or washoes (which is based on the similarity to horseshoes). The object of the game is to earn points by tossing metal washers, usually around in diameter, and thick, toward a hole, usually denoted by a can or PVC pipe, often in a box. Washer pits and boxes vary in size and shape, but a standard for one-hole washers is , with a cylindrically-shaped cup ( in diameter and in height) located in its upper surface. Boxes are placed approximately away from each other, a distance often determined by a string attached to the front of each box. However, if a string is not attached to the box, one may take 10 paces from box-to-box, this will usually denote 20 feet. The throwing player stands on, next to, or behind one box and tosses washers toward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Toss
Ring toss is a game where rings are tossed around a peg. It is common at amusement parks. A variant, sometimes referred to as "ring-a-bottle", replaces pegs with bottles, where the thrower may keep the bottle (and its contents) if successful. Ring toss is also a game for toddlers and children that can assist in the development of motor skills and hand-eye coordination development. See also * Horseshoes * Quoits * Muckers Muckers ( German: ''Muckern'', i.e. canting bigots, hypocrites) is the nickname given to the followers of the teaching of Johann Heinrich Schönherr (1770–1826) and Johann Wilhelm Ebel (1784–1861). The word originates in the Middle German w ... * * Ring Toss References Further reading ''Handbook of Evidence-Based Treatment Manuals for Children and Adolescents''''Great Games for Young Children''''Game Play: Therapeutic Use of Childhood Games''''Tag, Toss & Run: 40 Classic Lawn Games''''Small Business and Entrepreneurship'' Carnival games Throwing g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quoits
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 From coyte: ‘flat stone thrown in a game’. Probably from Old French coite - ‘flat stone’. Possible derivation of coilte - ‘cushion’. It is not until the 19th century that the game is documented in any detailed way. The official rules first appeared in the April 1881 edition of '' The Field'', having been defined by a body formed from pubs in Northern England.Quoits Online A July 13, 1836 advertisement in the '' National Intelligencer'' (Washington, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muckers (game)
Muckers, also known as ring toss (not to be confused with the ring toss carnival game) or circle horseshoes, is an outdoor game, commonly played at summer camps, in which players take turns throwing circular rings at a stick, standing about one foot high. It is a spin-off of Quoits and the popular horseshoes. Rules Equipment Muckers games are played with rings (known in Muckers as "muckers") and poles. Muckers Muckers are typically 5 inches in diameter and are made of rubbery material. Muckers games are played with two sets of two muckers. Sets are differentiated by color. Poles Muckers games are played with two poles. Sticks are usually wooden and they both stand about one foot high from the ground. Layouts Sticks are erected at ten to twenty feet from each other. Courts Courts can be on grass or sand. Gameplay Muckers games can be played with either two teams of two people or just two people. Games are made up of rounds. A round is completed when both throwers on one sid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorodki
Gorodki (russian: Городки, ''townlets''; sv, Poppi, lt, Miestučiai), is an ancient Russian folk sport whose popularity has spread to Karelia, Finland, Sweden, Ingria, parts of Lithuania, and Estonia. Similar in concept to bowling and also somewhat to horseshoes, the aim of the game is to knock out groups of skittles arranged in various patterns by throwing a bat at them. The skittles, or pins, are called ''gorodki'' (literally ''little cities'' or ''townlets''), and the square zone in which they are arranged is called the ''gorod'' (''city''). In the Scandinavian and Baltic languages, the game has many different names, such as ''kurnimäng'', ''kriuhka'', ''köllöi'', ''keili'', and ''miestučiai''. The Finnish variant is called ''kyykkä'', or Finnish skittles. The game is mentioned in the Old Russian Chronicles and was known in a form that is quite close to the modern one at least from the 17th century, since one of the famous gorodki players was Peter the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digor (sports)
Digor or degor is a traditional sport in Bhutan, somewhat resembling the sport of shot put. Digor is played with a pair of spherical flat stones that are hurled at two targets (pegs) fixed in the ground about 20 meters apart. The game is played all over Bhutan, but typically more in rural areas, and more often by men. The only required equipment for playing the game is a pair of flat spherical stones for each player. The size and weight of the stones differ from player to player depending on his choice and strength. A player can have as many stones of any size as he wants, but can play only two at a time. Digor can be played as a team game or individual game. If there are three persons, the game is played as on individual gaming basis. If there are four or more persons, it is preferred to be played in two teams that compete against each other. There is no fixed numbers of players on the teams, but too many players make the game slower and cumbersome. So, normally seven play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornhole
Cornhole (also known regionally as sack toss, or bags) is a lawn game popular in North America in which players or teams take turns throwing fabric bean bags at a raised, angled board with a hole in its far end. The goal of the game is to score points by either landing a bag on the board (one point) or putting a bag through the hole (three points). History The game was first described in Heyliger de Windt's 1883 patent for "Parlor Quoits" displays most of the features of modern cornhole, but with a square hole instead of a round one. Quoits is a game similar to horseshoes, played by throwing steel discs at a metal spike. De Windt's patent followed several earlier "parlor quoits" patents that sought to recreate quoit gameplay in an indoor environment. His was the first to use bean bags and a slanted board with a hole as the target. He sold the rights to the game to a Massachusetts toy manufacturer that marketed a version of it under the name "Faba Baga." Unlike modern cornhole ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the first president of the Russian Federation from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1961 to 1990. He later stood as a political independent, during which time he was viewed as being ideologically aligned with liberalism and Russian nationalism. Yeltsin was born in Butka, Ural Oblast. He grew up in Kazan and Berezniki. After studying at the Ural State Technical University, he worked in construction. After joining the Communist Party, he rose through its ranks, and in 1976 he became First Secretary of the party's Sverdlovsk Oblast committee. Yeltsin was initially a supporter of the '' perestroika'' reforms of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. He later criticized the reforms a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during her lifetime, and was head of state of 15 realms at the time of her death. Her reign of 70 years and 214 days was the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female monarch in history. Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother). Her father acceded to the throne in 1936 upon the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, making the ten-year-old Princess Elizabeth the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In November 1947, she Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
