4th June 2008

New alley a rollaway success

Marston Inn licensees Nigel and Carole Davis are looking for people who can bowl a flopper* but they will happily take on those who only achieve a beaver* too. While a lot of pubs are converting into gastro pubs and turning their back on traditional pub games things are different at The Marston Inn, Marston St Lawrence, nr Banbury.

Nigel and Carole have installed a skittle alley in the garden of their 600 year old Hook Norton pub. Carole said: “We thought we would bring back a traditional English pub game which the whole family could play. Since opening, the skittle alley has been a rollaway success with adults and children alike.”

 Now Nigel and Carol want to find more skittle players in the area, on 21st June they plan to host a skittles tournament to raise money for the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance Teams. “We would like to find other teams in the area who would like to play and we also need further players ourselves,” said Carole.

Skittles isn’t the only game played in The Marston Inn’s large garden, the pub has a thriving Aunt Sally team, and inside drinkers can play shove halfpenny and many other traditional pub puzzles.

*A flopper is a player who knocks down all nine pins with one ball. A beaver happens when a player knocks down no pins.

For information ring Carole Davis on:

01295 711906
www.marstoninn.co.uk