World Marbles Championships 2007


I went to watch the World Marbles Championships in Tinsley Green on Good Friday, probably the nicest day of the year so far. A wonderful tournament incorporating a team who have played for over 50 years alongside new teams entered for the first time, and players including men, women and children, aged from 8 to 80 all on a level playing field. Marbles has been played at Tinsley Green for hundreds of years, some say since 1588 when two local lads played for the hand of a young lady. After being judged equal in all the major sports of the […]