British and World Marbles Championship tipcat. With the score level at 6 - 6, Good Friday was the date chosen for the final event. Marbles was chosen by the girl to be the deciding game, and Giles defeated Hodge. The championships are organized by the British Marbles Board of Control (BMBC) and the version of marbles played is "Ring Taw", known in the USA as "Ringer" and in Germany as "Englisches Ringspiel". Forty-nine target marbles are grouped closely together in 6 foot diameter (1.8 metre) raised concrete ring covered with sand, each of the target marbles being a coloured glass or ceramic sphere having a
Elgin Marbles "As with anything stolen or taken from occupied or colonial possession – including artefacts looted from other countries in the past – we should be engaged in constructive talks with the Greek government about returning the sculptures." Following the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, it has been suggested that the United Kingdom may be forced to return the marbles to Greece as a precondition for an agreement on Brexit, as any agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom has to be approved by European Union member Greece. Elgin Marbles The Elgin Marbles (), also known as