A rescue quoit or throw bag with at least 15m of floating line.
A typical quoit weighs around 5 lbs and measures about 5 1/2 " across.
A typical quoit weighs around 5 lbs and measures about 5 1/2 across.
For instance, sometimes the objective might be to flip an opponent 's quoit out of play.
For instance, sometimes the objective might be to flip an opponent's quoit out of play.
How many strides apart can you and a friend stand and still throw and catch a quoit, small ball or beanbag between you?
If no other ringers were scored and the same player also has the nearest quoit, an extra 1 point is scored.
If the quoit that touches an object outside the court, the player that threw it loses the point.
Like bowling or curling, the nearest quoit to the peg won the game.
Nine upright stones support the heaviest capstone of any Cornish quoit which shows no signs of floating away.
The quoit was the ancient weapon of the Sikh, who calls it chakar.
These may have been part of a single elongated mound with the quoit, or separate later additions to the site.
Together these standing stones form a good example of a closed box quoit.