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Welcome to our New Sponsor for the British Skittles Championship 2016

We are proud to announce that we have new sponsors for our Championships…GasketGuy makes and fits commercial fridge and freezer door seals for businesses across the South West. GasketGuy ensures you don’t lose your cool! Proud sponsors of the British Skittles Championship, we are looking forward to watching all the skittlers “keep their cool” at

Happy New Year

All of us at Serious About Events would like to wish all our members a very Happy New Year.  We are looking forward to another great season of events with weekends including of Skittles and Darts at some great venues around the South West. Fun packed weekends for adults of all ages.
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New Season …. New Venue… The Anchorage Hotel, Babbacombe

Eight Teams from, Cardiff, Newent, Minsterworth, Exeter, Wellington, Tweksbury all headed south to Torbay for a cracking weekend of Skittles.  Wobblys Bankers from Exeter and Sparko’s Boys from Wellington battled on Sunday in the Finals to take away prize money and trophy. The boys played some great skittles but the Wobbly Bankers continued their high

Singles and Pairs Winners 2015

On Friday 18th September we had an amazing day full of Skittlers looking to take the title of Men’s Singles, Ladies Singles, Men’s Pairs, Ladies Pairs and Mixed Pairs Champions.   Matt Thompson from Weston Super Mare won the Men’s title. Also from Weston Super Mare were the Ladies Pairs winners Sharon Jones and Ruth

Butcombe Champions 2015

A Massive congratulations to all our Winners this year: the Men’ Champions The Highwaymen from Worcester, who took this title on Saturday 19th September making it 3 times  being crowned Champions… this is a first in the history for the Men’s Event. The Saints from Exeter were runners up , this was the first time the

First Skittles Event of the 2014/15 season

On 14th November 2014 teams from Minsterworth, Bristol, Portishead, Wellington and Wales descended on the English Riviera for the first Skittles Event of the 2014/15 season held at the Torbay Court Hotel in Paignton. Playing in groups of four team in a round robin tournament over the weekend saw the top two teams come head

Mt Kilimanjaro challenge

Rachel Bourke has raised the bar this year on the 10th anniversary since starting her fundraising. Rachel will be tackling the world’s highest freestanding mountain, Mt Kilimanjaro which involves trekking for 6 days, sleeping in tents and facing her ultimate fear of acute vertigo. Her fundraising started when her cousin died aged just 32 of

Butcombe British Skittles Championships

was a roaring success with over 800 skittles and supporters descending on Torquay for the weekend to battle for the British Crown. Local teams were there to defend their titles and many hoped to keep the trophies in Devon. Two new teams were crowned champions, Two Tribes from Exeter and Wiltshire Wonders from Melksham, The

Guinness Skittles World record

We are now waiting verification for the record which would see this as the second world record for Shoot Out. The first was set at the Devon County Show in May 2013 for the most people to complete a skittles throw in 8 hours. Want to know more? Then follow one of these links… The

Darts

Whether you’re a serious darts player, an occasional pub player or a total novice, find out more on our events page.

Skittles

Absolute beginner or seasoned player? Skittles is seriously fun for everyone. Find out more on our events page.

25 not out

We are proud to have been organising events for over 25 years. Find out more about the secret of our success.

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