Quoit

The world's oldest quoits club is tackling gender inequality by accepting its first female members after 170 years. Darlington Quoit Club, which was founded in 1846, has relaxed its men-only rule and welcomed Claire Harrison, 32, and Kay Price, 57 ...

Darlington Quoit Club, which was founded in 1846, has relaxed its men-only rule for the start of the summer season and welcomed Claire Harrison, 32, and Kay Price, 57, into the fold. Club chairman Nick Hodgson said: “It was the last bastion of male ...

Two Broken Hill rope quoits players have been inducted into the game's national Hall of Fame. The honour was bestowed by the Australian Rope Quoit Council on 90-year-old Ted Meadows and another veteran and nine-times national champion, Milton ...

Jodie Rutley, 21, was sentenced to 12 years in a Young Offender Institution at Teesside Crown Court in November 2014 over the attack at Guisborough Quoit Social Club the previous February. She had admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent, ...

Jodie Marie Rutley, 22, locked onto Sherie Watson's nose with her teeth after the pair grappled on the ground outside the Guisborough Quoit Club. The two women clashed at a wake to mark the death of 19-year-old Jordan Dowson, who was killed in a car ...

Jodie Rutley, 21, was sentenced to 12 years in a Young Offender Institution at Teesside Crown Court in November 2014 over the attack at Guisborough Quoit Social Club the previous February. She had admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent, ...