Premier Sjoelbak
Also known as Dutch Shuffleboard, Sjoelen and Jakkolo, Sjoelbak is a game of Dutch origin and consists of each player being given three chances to slide the disks along the two metre (6.5 feet) table in an attempt to get them through 4 arches numbered 1 to 4 at the other end. The twist that makes the game particularly engrossing, is that players have to aim at the low scores as well as the high ones because each set of 4 disks in 4 compartments scores double.....
The game comes into it's own at family get-togethers where it can be enjoyed by four year olds upwards but is also a game of great skill that is played competitively in Holland, Belgium and Germany.
Premier Sjoelen, Dutch Shuffleboard
At Masters Games, we specialise in high quality games and our premier sjoelbak board exemplifies this in every way. Traditional sjoelbak boards are hand-crafted and are family heirlooms passed down from generation to generation. Each board is an elegant article of furniture and simply sliding a disk down the smooth board is an fulfilling experience! We haven't seen another Sjoelbak that comes anywhere near the quality of these premier boards.
Pictured above is a Pine and Beech board. Please click on the picture to see a larger version.
Each one is hand-made in Britain from solid sustainable wood with the tender loving care of a traditional craftsperson. Great care is taken to conform exactly to the national Dutch sjoelbak regulations. For easy storage, a lid fits on top of the board at the far end to keep the disks in place and a bar drops into position so that the disks don't fall out.
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Close ups of the Oak and Chestnut board. Please click on the picture to see a larger version.
Boards come complete with instructions and thirty two tournament disks (these are concave disks which slide more smoothly than flat disks - with two spares). They measure 200 x 40 x 5cm (79 x 16 x 2 inches). No tropical hardwoods are used in the making of this board. The standard board is made from Pine and Beech while the premier board is crafted from finest Chestnut and Oak and has slightly heavier base.
Hand-made in Britain
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE A HIGH RATE OF DAMAGE FOR THESE BOARDS DESPITE PACKING THEM EXTREMELY CAREFULLY. THEREFORE WE REQUIRE CUSTOMERS TO OPEN THE PARCEL AND CHECK THE BOARD INSIDE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE NOT DAMAGED BEFORE SIGNING FOR DELIVERY. THIS MEANS DELAYING THE COURIER DRIVER FOR 5 MINUTES WHILE THE PARCEL CONTENTS ARE CHECKED. IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED TO GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL DO THIS, PLEASE DO NOT ORDER.
We apologise for the inconvenience but this is the only way that we can cover ourselves. The only courier that will carry these boards, TNT, has broken them several times and consistently refuses to accept any responsibility for doing so.
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Pine and Beech sjoelbak board (incl. 32 tournament disks) |
£186.00 | £213.90 | 4 + transit time | ||
Chestnut and Oak sjoelbak board (incl. 32 tournament disks) |
£217.30 | £249.90 | 4 + transit time | ||
Set 32 tournament (concave) Schilte Sjoelbak disks |
£13.83 | £15.90 | 2 + transit time | Apologies - out of stock.. Date new stock due: unknown. Email us to be notified when new stock is available. | |
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The Origins of Sjoelbak, Shuffleboard and Shove Ha'penny
The original English ancestor of most of the games involving shoving discs of some sort on a table was called Shovelboard. Popular in Tudor times, Shovelboard was played by the English upper classes on enormous narrow tables as long as 30 feet (9 metres). Players shoved metal weights down the tables, attempting to get them as near to the other end of the table without falling off.
By the 1800's Shovelboard had been abandoned by the aristocracy and nowadays, Shovelboard tables are confined to museums in England but three major derivatives still survive. In Holland, the game of Sjoelbak came about sometime prior to 1900 and is still big in Holland, Belgium and Germany. In America, Shuffleboard, became quite popular during the early 1900's in an outdoor format which still survives. A smaller table version is now reasonably common in American bars and is very similar to the original Shovelboard.
In England, at a much earlier date during the 15th century, an indoor version of Shovelboard for play in taverns developed called Shove Groat. The game evolved through Slide-thrift and Push-penny and eventually Shove Ha'penny came into existence around 1840. It would originally have been played on any flat surface that could have the requisite lines inscribed on it but the official board these days should be made of slate or hardwood with indented lines defining the beds. In all such games, players take turns to push coins up a board with horizontal lines across it. The areas between each pair of horizontal lines are called a "beds" and the objective is to push the coins so that they land squarely in the beds without touching the horizontal lines. To win, a player needs to get a coin in each bed 3 times which is no easy task for the beds furthest away from the front of the board.
You can learn more about the History of Shovelboard, Sjoelbak and Shove Ha'penny from The Online Guide to Traditional Games.