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Butcombe British Skittles Championship 2014
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This year is a special year as we are celebrating a NEW decade of the British Skittles Championship, New Sponsors and an attempt at a New Guinness Skittles World Record for the Biggest Skittles Tournament in the world!!Let battle commence to find the FIRST Butcombe British Skittle ChampionsThe balls are starting to roll with teams taking to the alleys for the group rounds in the Men's, Ladies and Mixed events in a bid to proceed to the next stage and eventually the Grand Finals. Winning teams will receive a share of the prize money up for grabs plus trophies and goodies sponsored by Butcombe Brewery. Teams will play in regional group rounds and subsequent play-offs to gain qualification to the Grand Finals. There will be three separate events: Men's, Ladies and Mixed. The Grand Finals are hosted by the Riviera International Conference Centre for the fifth year running. A spectacular day in the skittling calendar, the Grand Finals will witness the best UK skittles teams battling it out to take the first title of Butcombe British Champions. With 64 teams and 16 skittle alleys the atmosphere is electric. With fantastic facilities the RICC becomes home for the weekend for over 800 skittlers, with great viewing of the skittles, well stocked bar with great specials, an array of options for food all day into the evening, it will ensure all are well fed and watered whilst competing or spectating at this weekend full of skittles. The finals of each event are an amazing finale to the days skittling with teams being welcomed onto their alleys by all the razzamatazz that Grand Finalists deserve and once the Butcombe champions have been crowned the celebrations move to the dancefloor with an evening of fabulous live entertainment guaranteed to keep the party swinging till the early hours! With some amazing new “firsts” to celebrate in this year of the Butcombe British Skittles Championship, another great way to start a magnificent weekend of skittles is by competing in the popular Shoot Out Singles & Pairs tournament hosted on Friday 19th September. This tournament is a firm favourite with skittlers and has five events to choose from: Men's and Ladies Singles, Men's, Ladies and Mixed Pairs. With a full day of great skittling action on 16 skittle alleys the evening is all about celebrating the winners with first the presentation, then the Butcombe Championship Live Draw takes place to see who will be facing who in the first round. The whole event is finished off with a night of great music and live acts too! A multitude of accommodation is available for all participating players and spectators alike including two fabulously close affiliated hotels close to the RICC offering discounted rates. You can check out the draw, keep up to date with who is playing who and when, by clicking on the result table links plus download any scoresheets or paperwork you may need too, all from here! But don't take it our word for it all... Here's what last year's champions said..."James Rushton, captain of the triumphant Highwaymen men's champions when asked how he felt, said "Overwhelmed and emotional. We scraped through into the finals and I thought if we could survive the first round, we'd have a chance. We were fielding the same team. We've won lots of stuff and we're experienced but even so... this is the most fantastic feeling. We got off to a good start today and hung on there. Just amazing." James Rushton, Men's Champions - Highwaymen "Jan Miller speaking about the first title win for the Jolly Girls said: 'We're elated to win. We've always been the bridesmaid but not tonight. We've been playing together on and off for thirty years. The secret of our success? We're a very tight knit team. We had a wobble in the middle of the final but came good." Jan Miller, Ladies Champions – Jolly Girls "Chris Stolworthy reflecting on Lucky Devils winning the mixed trophy for the second year in succession: 'It was very tight at the end but we hung on in there. It was the same team as last year. We've only entered twice and won both times. We've never been beaten. Next year's target is three times in a row." Chris Stolworthy, Mixed Champions – Lucky Devils To register your interest or to find out more about the Butcombe British Skittles Championship contact us. |
How to enterTo enter your team into this years Butcombe British Skittles Championship competition, please download and complete the entry form and read the rules & regulations from the play pack area below. Results & TablesMen's event results & tables Ladies event results & tables Mixed event results & tablesButcombe Play Pack & DownloadsAll teams competing will have received their Butcombe Play Pack, available to download are some of the information the teams received. Check out the draws and follow the teams' progress on their battles. Men's Draw Ladies Draw Mixed Draw Butcombe Rules & Regulations Scoresheets Home Alley Appraisal formEntry Form Singles & Pairs - Entry Form Rules & Regulations 
To view these forms you will need Adobe Reader installed on your computer - it is available as a free download from Adobe if you don't already have it. Get the Adobe Reader Accommodation InformationTeams and individuals are booking now, so hurry to confirm your English Riviera accommodation. There is a wide selection of nearby hotels, B&Bs and Guest Houses available to book in Torquay and we are very pleased to announce that again this year we have two affiliated hotels within a stone's throw of the RICC offering competitive rates for the weekend. The first is one of the Shoot Out favourite hotels, the Derwent Hotel on Belgrave Road and the second the Rainbow International Hotel, also on Belgrave Road. Please note, availability will be purely on first come basis Rates are as follows:Derwent Hotel (B&B Friday & Saturday night)Double / Twin Room £168 room rate (£42pppn) To book, contact Derwent Hotel on: 01803 400500 quoting 'Butcombe Championship' as the reference. Rainbow International Hotel (B&B Friday & Saturday night)Double / Twin £168 room rate (£42.00pppn) Also limited triple rooms with 3 separate beds To book, contact the Shoot Out Club on: 01803 210210 quoting 'BBSC'. There is also an array of recommended accommodation on the RICC website www.conferencetorquay.co.uk click 'Find Accommodation' and scroll down to Butcombe Championships to see the accommodation available.
Tel: 01803 206 302 A message from our sponsors
The Butcombe Bitter slogan for 2014 is I encourage Skittlers everywhere to "Get Involved!" and keep drinking the Butcombe! Guy Newell (Managing Director) Visit Butcombe Brewery: www.butcombe.com 
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2013 Skittles Champions
Men's Champions
Highwaymen
Ladies Champions
Jolly Girls
Mixed Champions
Lucky Devils
Testimonials
"We nearly didn’t enter the singles and pairs compeitition, but we’re glad we did now - We’ve had an excellent day and we’ll be back next year to defend our title!"
Veronica & Mark Millerchip - Mixed Pairs Champions
"Wow, this feels fantastic! We’re so excited to have won!!"
Lisa & Marian Whittaker - Ladies Pairs champs
"This was only meant to be a warm up before the Championships tomorrow, but what a brilliant event! We’re made up!"
Neil Carey & Adam Joliffe - Men's Pairs champs
"Qualifying with two mixed teams and the ladies proved a step too far. The mixed teams both made a quick entry into the plate, enabling the ladies to concentrate on the main event before losing to eventual winners Jolly Girls in the semi final but we all had a fantastic weekend and will be back next year... with the legendary lucky Sombrero!!!"
Mark Messer - secretary of three teams in this year's finals