Rules For Quoits

Instructuions of the Game of Quoits

Old English 5 Pin Quoits
Set up the Quoits base on the ground with the five threaded pegs and mark the starting point at three metres from the centre peg. Each player must stand behind the starting point to play.
Each player throws four quoits and each quoit which is caught on a peg scores according to the numbers on the base.
The first Quoits player to reach 230 (or 90 for a shorter game) wins.
 

Rules for 9 Pin Quoits.
QUOITS – THE LONG GAME
This Outdoor game has been played in Pub-based Leagues in many parts of England, Scotland and Wales for many years.  Each pub has a quoiting pitch adjoining, with a steel target post set in a 3 feet square wooden edged bed of soft clay.  Heavy steel ring quoits are pitched at the post from a pitching point 18 yards away.  A great game, but some skill, and strength, is required.


OLD ENGLISH NINE PIN QUOITS
Developing from the long game, which was often set up on a pitch alongside the Pub Nine Pin Skittle Alley, Old English Nine Pin Quoits was a less energetic game suitable for younger (and older) players, and suitable for indoor or outdoor play.

Nine Pin Rules
The starting point is 3 metres from the centre post.  Players must stand behind the starting point to play.  Any number can play.  Toss for start, which passes to the next player each round.
Each player, in turn, tosses 4 quoits at the quoits board.
The target score is 230 (or 90 for a shorter game).  However, a feature of the game is that the target score must be reached exactly in the turn, too many and the turn is not counted.  First player to reach the target score wins.  A match is normally played as the best of 5 games.