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Shove Ha`Penny is a tradional British (pub) game for two players or for two teams, played on a tabletop board with coins or discs.

Popularity
Shove ha'penny or Shove Halfpenny, was originaly known as shoffe-grote (shove-groat), or slype groat (slip groat).

Location
Shove Ha`penny is a traditional indoor British Pub game, that can be played in the pub, at home or community centre.

Ability
Shove Ha`penny has a very low physical fitness requirement, and so can be equally enjoyed by the widest range of contestants.

Description
Shove Ha'penny is played on a small, rectangular, smooth board usually made of wood or stone. Nine parallel lines or grooves run horizontally across this board, separated by about one-and-a-half coin diameters (Ha`penny). Five coins are placed one-by-one at one end of the board slightly protruding over the edge and are shoved forward toward scoring lines, with a blow from the palm of the hand.

Dedication
At the end of the turn each coin that is completely between two horizontal lines, scores a point for that player in that bed. The aim is to get three chalk marks in each of the squares - three scores in each of the nine beds. However, once three scores have been made in a bed, any further scores in that bed will be given to the opponent instead, unless the opponent already has three scores in the bed. The one exception to this is, the winning point must be scored properly, not given away.

Closely Related Activities
Shuffleboard 939, Bagatelle 935.

Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.

Energy

Arms

Legs

Sight

Hearing

Speech

Learning

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