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The Welsh Quoits Archive, comprising material relating to British quoiting, the majority of the material relating to quoiting in Wales, including: match programmes, posters and flyers, match listings and statistics; rules and regulations of quoiting; press cuttings relating to quoiting matches, quoiting clubs and club members; newsletters; correspondence between quoiting clubs, between individual club members and between clubs and members of the public; items relating to notable quoiting club occasions such as centenaries and anniversaries; and miscellaneous material relating to quoiting, including information relating to the history of the game. The bulk of the material relates to quoiting in Wales, mainly involving international matches (the majority of which were against Scotland) played on Welsh soil. One particularly notable item is a copy of a printed booklet titled The History of Quoits in Wales by Albert Baker (published by J. R. Davies in 1949), which is enclosed with a letter, 14 December 2000, to Linda Evans, Joint Secretary of the Welsh Quoiting Board, from Darryl Baker, grandson of the author (see under heading Quoiting: Wales: Correspondence: Letters to Linda Evans).

Souvenir match programmes, 1948, 1954, 1956, 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, of international quoits matches played between Wales and Scotland on Welsh ground. All items annotated; programme dated 25 July 1987 signed 'B. S. Jones' on front cover. Programme dated 28 July 2007 includes attached paper bearing photocopied photographs of public figures, some with names added by hand.

Photocopied handwritten statistics relating to Wales v Scotland quoits matches, 1979-1996.

Poster for Wales v Scotland quoits match to take place at Greenlands (Caersws Quoits Club), 15 September 1979.

Poster advertising international quoits match between Wales and Scotland to take place at Pumsaint (also known as Pumpsaint) (now in Carmarthenshire), 3 August 1985.

Poster/flyer for Wales v Scotland quoits match to take place at Caersws, 25 July 1987.

Souvenir match programmes, 1932, 1949, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, of international quoits matches played between Wales and England on Welsh ground. All items annotated.

Photocopied handwritten list of results of Wales v England quoits matches, 1896-1962.

Souvenir match programmes, 1947, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, of international quoits matches played between Scotland and Wales on Scottish ground. All items annotated (two copies of programme dated 27 July 2002 retained due to discrepancies in (handwritten) score record). Programme dated 27 July 1996 includes attached handwritten list of team players and invoice for players' kit. Programme dated 30 July 1994 includes attached raffle ticket.

Souvenir match programmes, 1933, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, of international quoits matches played between Scotland and England on Scottish ground. All items annotated. Programme dated 8 July 1933 appears to comprise of one folio only (see note on physical condition of item below). Programme dated 13 June 1964 appears to be a photocopy of the original.

Printed copy of Montgomeryshire County Quoiting League rules, amended April 1935.

Online printout containing the English Quoiting Association's rules, originally taken from Spalding's Athletic Library, New York, 1931. Date noted as that on which item was printed out.

Welsh Quoiting Board rules and regulations, the earliest undated but possibly of 1920s or 1930s provenance and the latest dated item having been revised in 2001. Also included is a copy of the 'revised rules' of the South Wales Quoiting Association, dated 1925, which is signed on front cover 'Robert Davies'.

Online printout taken from the Encyclopaedia of Sport, 1899; online printout titled 'How to throw a quoit'; and photocopy of a second draft of the National Quoits Association rules.

Material relating to quoiting in Wales, comprising international and county league match programmes, posters, flyers and statistics; correspondence addressed to Linda Evans and Parry Evans, Joint Secretaries of the Welsh Quoiting Board, and to Welsh national quoits team member Brian Penny; details of dinners, receptions and lunches held to celebrate or otherwise mark international quoiting events; copies of rules and regulations of Welsh quoiting; press cuttings relating to quoiting in Britain; and miscellaneous items relating to quoiting. This section of the archive is partially sub-divided into material relating to quoiting in Montgomeryshire, which includes Caersws Quoiting Club, and to Llanarthney Quoiting Club, Carmarthenshire.
One particularly notable item is a copy of a printed booklet titled The History of Quoits in Wales by Albert Baker (published by J. R. Davies in 1949), which is enclosed with a letter, 14 December 2000, to Linda Evans, Joint Secretary of the Welsh Quoiting Board, from Darryl Baker, grandson of the author (see under heading Quoiting: Wales: Correspondence: Letters to Linda Evans).

Material relating to quoiting in Scotland, comprising international match programmes; details of dinners, receptions and lunches held to celebrate or otherwise mark international quoiting events; details of events held to mark Scottish quoiting club anniversaries and centenaries; press cuttings relating to international quoits matches between Scotland and Wales; and miscellaneous items relating to quoiting.

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Material relating to quoiting in Montgomeryshire under the auspices of the Montgomeryshire County Quoiting League, comprising match programmes, statistics and listings; minutes of County League meetings; accounts and expenditures; correspondence; rules and regulations of the game; and (under heading Miscellaneous material) a printed laminated poster containing a potted history of quoiting in Wales as a whole and specifically in Montgomeryshire.
Sub-divided into material relating to Caersws Quoits Club, which comprises match posters and flyers; minutes of meetings; accounts and expenditures; and single items representing a club anniversary and miscellaneous material.

Souvenir match programmes, 2006-2019, of quoits matches whose players include members from Welsh, Scottish and English clubs.

General material relating to quoiting, comprising quoiting newsletters; copies of quoiting rules and regulations; information relating to the general history of quoiting; and miscellaneous material relating to quoiting.

Material relating to quoiting in England, comprising international match programmes; details of dinners/prizegivings and civic receptions held to celebrate or otherwise mark quoiting events; copies of rules and regulations of English quoiting; letter to prominent English quoits player Joe Wooldridge from Amanda Brooks of Guinness Publishing; press cuttings relating to English quoits clubs; and an item relating to the Allen Valley Quoits League, Northumberland

Slate coaster engraved with 'Llanarthne Quoits Club 2015' and an image of Paxton's Tower, which is situated near the village of Llanarthne.

Photocopied press cuttings relating to Scotland v Wales quoits matches, 2000, 2002 and undated.

Note: Only original dates of dated items noted.