Tambourelli

Several tambourelli bats in Newton Stewart circa 2012.
7 Tambourelli bats from ~2012.

Tambourelli is a court game invented in Galloway in Scotland in the 1970s.[1][2] It has since spread all over the world, with small communities of players running active clubs in England, Scotland, Germany, Japan and Sweden. It shares many players, coaches and fans with Tamburello as well as Tambeach.

The fundamental aim is for players to stop the shuttlecock from landing within the court on their side of the net. Players hit the shuttlecock with a bat similar to a tambour (like a tambourine[3] without bells) or Irish bodhrán which has a strap along the outer edge and a section of moulded plastic on the inner edge, both for grip.

The game can be played either outdoors or indoors.

There is an annual World Tambourelli Championship, as well as numerous Open Tournaments throughout the year such as in Dresden every September or Hamburg every January.

  1. ^ "Video on history of Tambourelli". Retrieved 2017-08-11.
  2. ^ "Galloway Gazette 2015 pre-WTC article". Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  3. ^ "BBC News - The Sport Played With A Tambourine". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-08-09.