Australian Marbles Championship

During the competition yesterday in banner park brunswick heads andrew hanlon ousted opponents to be crowned australian marbles champion for the fifth straight year.

Australian marbles championship. Tens n marbles prep for aussie champs. This event started in 1932 and has been held every year since. Australian junior marbles championships. The australian marbles championship by jonathan atkins there was a battle in brunswick heads to become the inaugural australian marbles champion over the queen s birthday long weekend.

In australia games were played with marbles of different sizes. The australian marbles championship inc is now registered with the department of fair trading secured for the brunswick valley this is our initial fundraiser. Jordan o hearn 7 years old also from bruns public school is the new australian junior marbles champion. And that s not all brunz kids is offering a 50 voucher to the person who donates the most marbles into their bucket.

The smallest and most common was about 15 mm 5 8 in in diameter the two larger more valuable sizes were referred to as semi bowlers and tom bowlers being about 20 mm 3 4 in and 25 mm 1 in in diameter respectively they were used in much the same way as ordinary marbles although sometimes they would be declared. A new australian junior marbles champion unearthed at this year s old gold. This was the fifth year and again the junior title was won by his son. Britain however isn t the only country with a marble championship event australia has the australian marbles championships too which is held every year at various locations around australia playing their very own brunswick heads rules.

The current 2017 australian champions are a team by the name of balls deeper including legendary players mike wood brad mill andrew wotton and matt allan. Marbles were really popular throughout the early part of the 20th century but world war ii rationing plus the utter chaos of the european theatre put a damper on the sport. Many countries host national marbles championships one of note however is the australian indoor marbles championships hosted in the town of parkes new south wales.