We are the Double Diamond Skittles Team. Our home alley is at The Lyndon on Clare Road in Cardiff and play under the Combined Cardiff Clubs Skittle League. We're a new (to the Clubs League) Division 8 team who value a good game of skittles and a good laugh rather than getting all serious over winning or losing, which is just as well sometimes.

Skittles is a game played on an alley similar to a ten pin alley but with nine, usually plastic, pins set in a diamond at the far end. Three wooden balls per turn are rolled down the alley and the size of these balls and the placement of the pins means that it's easily possible to roll a ball without hitting any pins, and quite frequently happens. This is known as a boulter. There are twelve players per team in each match and each rolls five times with the home team rolling first and the rest of the rolls are played in turn. If all nine pins are knocked down before the three balls are rolled then all nine are replaced. This is known as a spare and any more pins knocked down are added to the score. It is also a very rare occurrence. A good average for a player to make is five per roll making twenty five per game. Any player who can keep this average is well valued :-)

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