It is the aim of the Skittle Group to attract enough members so that one day they can hold tournaments between the Sydney and Melbourne Skittle Groups. At the beginning of the year, the players meet the second Wednesday of January and thereafter every second Wednesday night at 6pm sharp. The game goes for approximately three hours, depending on how many players have joined for that year. The Skittle lane is one of the oldest (since 1933 when the present club house was built) still operating manually. Some clubs have automated skittle lanes, but Brisbane still needs their skittle boy or girl to put up the skittles after each throw.

The skittles and balls were originally imported from America and are showing battle scars after being in service since 1927. A new set of skittles and balls were also purchased from Germany in 1998 to add variety to the game as the newer set is lighter and easier to handle than the old wooden set. Each game consists of ten frames with different pictures such as the "27" shot or otherwise known as "Orange", there is also "Stina" which consists of just three pins placed running down the middle. With each frame the pins have different value.

The highest being a 96 which means only the first pin left standing with one shot. It's great entertainment and fun for every age, with our youngest player being 14 and the oldest being 82.

For more information contact either the Club or the Skittle Group:

 Monika Kortz (Skittle Group) : 3393 0640

 German Club : 3391 2434