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WHO’S AKRON’S MARBLES CHAMP? The 2007 Akron District Marbles Tournament Will Decide. Time and date to be announced soon! Lock
3 Park, Downtown Akron, 200 S. Main St. Everyone’s Invited All
Boys and girls living in the greater Akron area, ages 14 and under,
are eligible to compete. Contestants must know how to play the game of
Ringer; have competed in a previous tournament or attended one of the many
marble programs or clinics sponsored by the American Toy Marble Museum. To sign up your school, children’s group, etc. for a preliminary tournament, a representative of the school or group must send us an email with your contact information. We will respond with all the details and provide all the help you need to run a successful marbles tournament. Since 1923 The Akron
District Marbles Tournament has served children of all of races,
religions, ethnic backgrounds and physical challenges. This ideal was a
social groundbreaker in the 1920s, which helped our community become who we are
and is still an important and celebrated part of our tournament today. A
special marbles tournament will be held for those younger mibsters who
have yet to master the art of knuckling down. The game played will be
"Dropsies". Prizes The winners, one boy and one girl,
receive a college scholarship valued at $1,000 each.
Trophies, special hand-made marbles
and other fun prizes will be awarded. Each contestant receives a bag of
marbles when they sign up. PRACTICE
CLINICS Marble clinics are held every
Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm at the Practice for the big tournament at
the Marble Museum! Learn the strategies of championship
play; the backspin shot, when to take
rounders, how to shoot a snooger and much more. For more info, contact Michael
Cohill - Tournament Director, or call 330-869-5807. For directions
and Parking for The American Toy Marble Museum @ Lock 3 Park, click HERE. Off-Site
Marble Programs & Tournaments For a small fee the
Tournament Director or an Official of The Akron District Marbles
Tournament will come to your school or children’s group to give a brief
history of our rich history of marble making and playing; lessons in the
arts and games of marbles and or hold a marbles tournament for you. Fee
includes a Tournament Pack of marbles @ $5 for each child participating. Sign up now before the schedule is full for the season. Click
HERE to contact us. 3/4"
AMERICAN SHOOTER MARBLES Children who learn to
play, practice or play in a marbles tournament must have their own
3/4" American Shooter Marble. The Official Rules of
Ringer state: RULE 1- EQUIPMENT;
Section 5, Shooters shall be round made of any substance, except steel or
any other metal, and shall be not less than ONE-HALF INCH (1/2”) nor
more than SIX-EIGHTHS INCH (3/4”) in diameter, by exact measurement. Unless your hand is very
small, it ‘s a disadvantage to use a shooter that’s much smaller than
3/4". Unfortunately, all the
bags of marbles sold at local retail outlets are foreign-made, contain a
25 mm, (one inch,) shooter
marble and are intended for foreign children to play foreign games in
foreign countries. These large marbles are shot using very different
styles than the traditional way of shooting marbles in the USA, are far to
large to shoot in the USA way and cannot be used for practice or in The
Akron District Marbles Tournament. Foreign-made target marbles are 16 mm
(5/8”) and acceptable for practice. The American Toy Marble Museum has, by special arrangement with the Jabo glass factory in Marietta, Ohio obtained a good supply of 3/4" American shooter marbles. For information on how to get an official American shooter marble contact us. For more
information, select from the pdf files below: How
to Hold and Shoot a Marble (pdf)
The
Rules of Ringer - The Official Game of The Akron District Marbles
Tournament (pdf)
To read more about the history of marble tournaments in Akron, click below: History of The Akron District Marbles Tournament |
