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The National Governing Body for the Outdoor Pitching Sport of Traditional American Quoits -

4 pound Steel, Brass, or Bronze Competition-Weight Quoits

Now Available! PURCHASE YOUR OFFICIAL USQA QUOIT SETS HERE!

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THE OFFICIAL QUOITS OF THE UNITED STATES QUOITING ASSOCIATION

New sets of Official USQA Quoits are now available for sale to the public! Get them only on usqa.org - Not available anywhere else! These competition-weight sets of 4 Lb. steel Traditional American Quoits are hand-crafted in the scenic Amish countryside of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Made exclusively for the USQA, these are the same quoits used at all USQA-sanctioned quoit tournaments held in Eastern Pennsylvania. Now they are available for purchase by ALL quoiting enthusiasts across America! CLICK HERE TO ORDER!

__________________________________ USQA 2008 TOURNAMENT EVENTS _________________________________

THE 2008 USQA NATIONAL QUOIT TOUR

Three Annual Public Quoit Tournaments open to all 2-person Quoit Teams,

PLUS - One Individual SINGLES Championship Tournament - New for 2007!

2008 USQA Events to be held at Bethel Fire Hall, 9675 Old Rt. 22, Bethel, PA

Total Expected Prize Awards for this Season's Tour may approach or exceed

$12,000!

TOURNAMENTS ON THE 2008 NATIONAL QUOIT TOUR

Click on the Blue Links Below for Individual Tournament Information. Info and Entry Forms will soon be updated for 2008

Tour Date	2008 Tournament Event	Location	Entry Fee
MAY 17 2008	USQA SPRING TOUR-OPENER	Bethel, PA - Fire Hall	$60 / Team
JUL 19 2008	DANVILLE IRON HERITAGE FESTIVAL	IHF Danville, PA	$60 / Team
SEP 20 2008	USQA WORLD QUOIT CHAMPIONSHIP	Bethel, PA - Fire Hall	$80 / Team
SEP 21 2008	USQA SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP	Bethel, PA - Fire Hall	$40 / PERSON

PAST USQA TOURNAMENT RESULTS AND FINAL RANKINGS

Click on the Blue Links Below for Individual Tournament Results and Point Totals from present and previous seasons

Latest addition - 2008 Danville Iron Heritage Results Page - Click the NEW Link Below!

Top Finishers, Point Totals, and Photos - Individual Tournaments
Year	Spring Opener	Danville IHF	Worlds	Singles	Point Champion Rankings
2008	RESULTS	RESULTS	RESULTS	September 21	2008 FINAL RANKINGS
2007	RESULTS	RESULTS	RESULTS	RESULTS	2007 FINAL RANKINGS
2006	RESULTS	RESULTS	RESULTS	Cancelled - Bad Weather	2006 FINAL RANKINGS
2005			TOUR RESULTS		2005 FINAL RANKINGS
2004			EVENT PAGES
2003	Not Scheduled	Not Scheduled	EVENT PAGES	Not Scheduled

__________________________________ LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE USQA _________________________________

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2008 USQA SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS PAGE Coming Soon

2008 USQA WORLD QUOIT CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS PAGE Added 10/15/08

2008 USQA DANVILLE IRON HERITAGE RESULTS PAGE Added 07/23/08

2008 USQA SPRING OPENER RESULTS PAGE Added 05/21/08

UPDATED! 2008 FINAL POINT TOTALS & RANKINGS Updated 09/25/08

The 2008 USQA Spring Opener and the Danville Iron Heritage Tournaments are now complete,

and we have posted the results and current standings after these events!

New this year - Playoff Bracket Chart added to results page, with link to downloadable copy!

Congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to all that participated in this tornament!

2008 USQA QUOIT GROUNDS - The Home for USQA Events

Bethel Fire Hall, 9675 Old Rt. 22, Bethel, PA

Get Directions to the Bethel Fire Hall (Coming soon!)

The USQA is announcing a new home for their National Quoit Tour in 2008. The USQA Quoit Grounds site is now located at the Bethel Fire Hall, 9675 old Rt. 22, in Bethel, PA. We will have a larger open area for more quoit courts with soft soil suited for quoit pitching.

COMING SOON: More Information and photos about the Facilities, Food, Beverages, and nearby Lodging.

The USQA Singles Championship

The latest event added to the National Quoit Tour is the USQA Singles Championship. The Singles Tournament originally replaced the USA Nationals Tournament in 2006, which had been held in mid-August. Unfortunately, the 2006 event was rained-out. The event was finally held for the first time on Saturday, September 22, 2007 at the Bethel Fire Company, 9675 Old Rt. 22, Bethel, PA. The change of tournaments was decided upon to answer the growing demand for a Singles tournament for those players wishing to know their individual performance level by competing one-on-one in a sanctioned USQA tournament.

______________________________________ INSIDE USQA.ORG _____________________________________ Links to All Pages on this Site

*USQA National Quoit Tour - General Information* *Pages* USQA SPRING TOUR-OPENER DANVILLE IRON HERITAGE TOURNAMENT USQA WORLD QUOIT CHAMPIONSHIP (WQC) USQA SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP *Important Tour Forms and Flyers* FORM: TOURNAMENT SIGN-UP FORM FORM: PARTNER REQUEST FORM FOR ANY USQA EVENT FLYER: USQA NATIONAL TOUR FLYER TO PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE USQA Tournament Locations DIRECTIONS TO USQA QUOIT GROUNDS AT BETHEL FIRE COMPANY QUOIT GROUNDS - NEARBY FACILITIES, FOOD, & LODGING *How the National Quoit Tour Events Operate* OFFICIAL USQA RULES FOR TRADITIONAL AMERICAN QUOITS TOURNAMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AT USQA EVENTS USQA ANNUAL WORLD RANKINGS & POINT CHAMPIONSHIP *USQA Information Pages* THE USQA: OUR HISTORY AND PURPOSE THE USQA NORTH AMERICAN QUOITING DATABASE THE USQA PUBLIC QUOIT CONTACT LIST MEMBERSHIP WITH THE USQA CONTACT US - BOARD OF DIRECTORS	*Previous Tournament Results* 2008 2008 USQA SPRING OPENER - RESULTS 2008 USQA DANVILLE IRON HERITAGE - RESULTS 2008 WORLD QUOIT CHAMPIONSHIP - RESULTS UPDATED! 2008 FINAL POINT TOTALS & RANKINGS 2007 2007 USQA SPRING OPENER - RESULTS 2007 DANVILLE IRON HERITAGE - RESULTS 2007 WORLD QUOIT CHAMPIONSHIP - RESULTS 2007 SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP - RESULTS 2007 FINAL WORLD RANKINGS - POINT TOTALS 2006 2006 USQA SPRING OPENER - RESULTS 2006 DANVILLE IRON HERITAGE - RESULTS 2006 WORLD QUOIT CHAMPIONSHIP - RESULTS 2006 FINAL WORLD RANKINGS - POINT TOTALS 2005 2005 USQA NATIONAL TOUR RESULTS 2005 FINAL WORLD RANKINGS - POINT TOTALS NEWS ARTICLE: The 2005 WQC CHAMPIONS 2004 2004 USQA WQC EVENT PAGES 2003 2003 USQA WQC "SWAMP-FEST" PAGE

For More than 60 Additional Web Pages of Research on North American Quoits, Including History, Versions, Pit Construction, Clubs, News Articles, and More, Be Sure to Visit our Huge Sister Website at www.quoits.info
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The United States Quoiting Association *Welcomes you to USQA.ORG*

The USQA National Quoit Tour Most privately-organized quoit tournaments held annually in Eastern Pennsylvania are "closed" Invitational-type tournaments, restricted in size and limited to an exclusive group of friends or club members. Because of this, there are many other casual and recreational quoit players in America who would jump at the chance to compete in public tournaments, especially for large cash prize awards. Until now, there was little or no opportunity to pitch in a large public quoit tournament anywhere in North America. Fortunately, the United States Quoiting Association can now provide that opportunity to everyone - not only at our original, once-per-year World Quoit Championship, but, since 2005, at FOUR USQA Quoiting Events each year - all open to the public - Men, Women, and Youth over 12 years of age. The USQA National Quoit Tour is expected to consistently increase in exposure, size, and payouts each year. The Tour currently consists of The USQA Spring Opener in April, The Danville Iron Heritage Festival in July, and on the same weekend in September, The World Quoit Championship and the USQA Singles Championship. Links to tournament information with details and sign-up forms for each of these four events are posted at the top of this page. Get yourself a pitching partner and sign-up for one or even all of the tournaments this year - you will have a great time, and an opportunity to win some very nice prize payouts! We also have a full-page color FLYER published here on our site to help advertise the National Quoit Tour. These flyers include detailed information and directions to the four public tournaments included in the Tour. Download and Print a copy of the flyer for your own reference, or print a large quantity and distribute them to your pitching friends. You may also help us spread the word about these four great events by posting the flyers in public places in your local community! FORM: DOWNLOAD TOURNAMENT SIGN-UP FORMS FOR ALL USQA EVENTS FORM: NEED A PITCHING PARTNER FOR A NATIONAL QUOIT TOUR EVENT? FLYER: FULL-COLOR USQA NATIONAL TOUR FLYERS TO PRINT AND DISTRIBUTE

The USQA World Quoit Championship The USQA World Quoit Championship is the Flagship event of the National Quoit Tour. This tournament held every September as the largest USQA event of the season. It is also the most popular Event on the tour. Any Quoit teams within North America are welcome to enter and compete for the "World Title" of American Quoit pitching. The first World Championship was held in a large field near Gilbertsville, PA in September 2003. 30 sets of dirt pits and two large canopy tents for shelter were setup for the event. The tournament attracted 60 quoit teams - mainly drawing from a 30-40 mile radius around the Pottstown area. Unfortunately, heavy rains fell all day, creating a slimy swamp-fest that will not soon be forgotten. The following year, the Championship was moved to a nicer location on private property near Amityville, PA. Once again the weather was uncooperative on the scheduled date, due to even heavier rain and blowing winds from Hurricane Ivan. That year, the tournament was wisely postponed two weeks to the first Saturday in October, which luckily was a beautiful, sunny day. Almost 90 teams competed that year. After another season of perfect weather in 2005 at the quoit grounds in Amityville, the USQA moved to an even larger site for the National Tour the following season. All the USQA events for 2006, except for the Danville Iron Heritage Festival, are now held at the Bethel Fire Company in Bethel, PA, about 10 miles northeast of Reading PA and about 18 miles northeast of Harrisburg, PA. This location will hopefully provide the USQA with more capabilities to expand the National Tour in the coming years, making it bigger and better than ever! For a closer look at all the excitement during the first two annual USQA events, browse these links: 2004 USQA WQC EVENT PAGES SEVEN Pages Including Tournament Results and Rankings Over 120 Photos with Many Humorous Captions 2003 USQA WQC "SWAMP-FEST!" PAGE

The USQA North American Quoiting Database Another goal of the USQA is to document as many quoit players across North America as possible. To do this, we have created and continue to develop the USQA North American Quoiting Database. We encourage each and every quoit player who visits this site to complete our Online Database Form so we may become aware of all those who actively participate in our favorite sport! It is free, quick, and easy to do, and the information you provide is private, to be only used for internal USQA records. You also have the option to publicly post minimal contact information in the USQA Public Quoit Contact List on this website. It's sole purpose is to help Quoit players locate, meet, and pitch with other players in their local area. Our online Database Form includes an optional section you may complete to be included in the Public List. Currently , over 3/4 of our registrants have listed themselves in the Public Contact List ! PARTICIPATE IN THE USQA QUOITING DATABASE AND PUBLIC CONTACT LIST Be sure to tell all your Quoit Pitching friends to sign-up here as well!

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