What is Skittles then ?

Here's an excellent action shot of what is supposed to happen in skittles - first shot hits the front pin first. As an expert, I would say that this shot looks as though it's going to result in a `ladies three' - Inequalities speak for a ball that takes out the front pin and the two pins midway along the rear diagonal but nothing else (origin of `ladies three' unknown)

This diagram shows the terminology used to describe various parts of the alley and set up. The `vicars' are a name used by Dave Green - I believe their official names are the `quarters'. Ackroyd's gap is plenty wide enough to pass through without taking any skittles down, and is named after a former Inequalities skittle player called Roger Ackroyd who, I'm told, had an uncanny ability to be able to do this on a regular basis. Roger Ackroyd's Auntie never played for us, however. This phrase originated from `anti-ackroyd', but there is more humour to be found in Auntie Ackroyd.

Ladies three

Old Market