Carrom Association

Here is a list of Carrom Associations with web pages world wide.
Just click on the link.
If you know of any more , tell us, please.

Australian Carrom Association
French Carrom Association
German Carrom Association
Dutch Carrom Federation
Indian Carrom Federation
International Carrom Federation
Italian Carrom Federation
Japanese Carrom Association
Korean Carrom Association
Portuguese Carrom Federation
Punjab State Carrom Association
Swiss Carrom Association
United Kingdom Carrom Association
Carrom Association U.K.
United States Carrom Association

The above list can be connected to, by the web. However they are not all written in English.

Of course there are many more clubs, associations and federations.

I am compiling another list of Carrom where you will have to either write or phone for information.

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What do you call the red counter in a Carrom game?

That was the question asked recently on an Indian quiz show.
The guy didn’t know!!
Shah Rukh Khan is the host, and when the contestant said “king’ Khan said, “It can’t be King, because I am the only King!”
You can read the article here.
The correct answer is of course queen.

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Have a go at the game linked here. Clever, eh?
I scored 15 with 141 and lost my striker twice.
I don’t know how long it took but it could be quite addictive.
You have been warned.

The guy who designed it is a medical student, who also writes music parodies. Where does he fid the time?
I don’t know how tall he is but he is dark and handsome.

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I have been asked to tell you all something about the people who work for the Carrom Association.

I am being given most of the credit, (or the blame) for the site. It was started by a friend of mine and a couple of helpers.

The originator of the site has given me reams of old materials which I am sorting, editing and publishing on the site. He is still actively involved with the association and spends a lot of his time promoting, and lobbying for official status for the game with various Government and sports bodies.

I enjoy helping with the web pages and do most of the writing and researching.
(Read the article)

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The standard size for Carrom boards is as follows.
The board is square shaped, and so it follows that each side is the same.
The play area is 73.5 cms square which is nearly 29 inches for those of you who, like myself, still have dificulties with the metric system.
The frame around the board should be a minimum 4cm in width.
The overall size of the boards may vary slightly because of the different widths of the frame, but it is not a problem as long as the playing area inside remains at 73.5 cm.
The pockets in the corners of the board are 4.5cm in diameter.
The boards play surfaces should be made from top quality plywood.
The frame is usually hardwood.
It would be prohibitively expensive, financially and for the enviromnent to manufacture boards from solid wood.

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I have just heard of another event next week. Full details here
Go to news then click on link to VII NORTH ZONE WiLL ORGANIZE BY PUNJAB STATE CARROM ASSOCIATION.
The Carrom Championship takes place from 26th to 28th January 2007 at Vir Hakikat Rai Senior Seondary School, Rajpura Colony, Patiala (Punjab).
The federation is holding the event as part of its Golden Jublee Celebrations.
We’ll keep you informed of the results.

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There is a Carrom competition next week in Mumbai, between 22-26 January at Shivaji Park Gymkhana Hall, Shivaji Park, Dadar, Mumbai 28.
It is estimated that around 450 players and officials from 18 districts of Maharashtra will take part.
(Read the article)

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Carrom Rules

In the beginning the rules weren’t written down and so there are many variations.
In every family where the game was played they probably made up their own rules .
Then each village where the game was played would probably accept the rules of the biggest, or richest, (quite often one and the same way back when) or the oldest or whatever.
We don’t know when players started writing them down and modifying them.
However as scribes were highly regarded we must suppose that through the centuries people came to accept the written rules of the game.
(Read the article)

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