Rolley Hole Marble Tournament

Youth rolley hole marbles tournament this sunday at sssp.

Rolley hole marble tournament.

Standing stone state park will host a youth rolley hole marbles tournament on sunday september 22 2019 at 2 30 pm. Incorporating elements of golf pool and croquet it combines strategy and dead on aim as one two person team competes against another. Standing stone state park to host national rolley hole marbles championship and festival september 14 37th annual event draws country s best players to tennessee state park. The national rolley hole marbles championship and festival finds the world s best marble players taking center stage in an event deemed the world s most challenging marble tournament.

The festival includes children s games marble making swap meet tournament play music and food. Participates must be between the ages 6 to 14 years old. This one of a kind event features marble games of all types. If you can t hit from three feet cherry says you won t last long at the rolley hole tournament marbles.

Trophies marbles and prize money will be awarded to the champions 50 and the runners up 20. The largest of its kind the tournament has been an annual event at the park for more than 30 years. The folk marble game of rolley hole comes with many such mutual understandings and traditions. Rolley hole is a team sport played on a rectangular groomed dirt marble yard 40 feet long by 20 feet wide with three marble size holes positioned along a center line about eight feet apart.

Expert rolley hole players routinely dispatch their opponents with shots of six feet or more. The site of the national rolley hole marbles championship is standing stone state park located between livingston and celina and is held each september. The event includes scoreboards announcers and interpreters to assist visitors in understanding the game s intricacies and history. Funding is generated through the sale of specialty license plates.

The marble yard at standing stone is covered with a pavilion and flanked by bleachers for spectators. This traditional marbles contest draws some of the country s best players to a tournament where players match wit and skills with special flint spheres on a smooth. The famous national rolley hole marble tournament is held here every september. National rolley hole marble festival.

14 drawing some of the country s best players to tennessee where they will match skills in. The tennessee arts commission has helped support so many great artists and arts driven causes including the 35th 36th and the 37th annual national rolley hole marbles championships at standing stone state park. The event has been featured by a variety of national news channels and magazines.