Tynemouth, Hawkey's Hall Quoit Club

HER Number:
16997

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Tynemouth, Hawkey's Hall Quoit Club

Place:
Tynemouth

Map Sheet:

Class:
Recreational

Site Type: Broad:
Sports Ground

Site Type: Specific:
Quoits Ground

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Extant Building

Description:
One of only three quoits grounds left in Tyne and Wear. The club has been here since 1906. It formed back in 1860. Hawkey's Hall was a gentleman's club. Its founder was Surtees Hope, who laid out several pitches on his farmstead at Hawkey's Hall at the north end of Hawkey's Lane. There were 12 members (there are now 28). The club celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2010. The 'hill' is the outer sloping side of the quoit. The 'hollow' is the inner surface. 'Hill or hollow' is called at the start of the game and a quoit is thrown into the air (like heads or tails). Each team has two players. There are four 'ends' (each comprises two clay beds eleven yards apart). In the centre of each bed is the pin or 'hob' which sticks out no more than 3 inches. Each player has two quoits, marked in red or blue. The player may take two paces before throwing the quoit towards the clay bed. The aim is to land your quoit on or close to the hob. The first team to reach 15 points is the winner.

Easting:
34688

Northing:
68989

Grid Reference:
NZ3468868989

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lynn Pearson, 2010, Played in Tyne and Wear - Charting the heritage of people at play, p 132-135