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The Plaque Event 21 - World Marbles Event Cache

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Hidden : Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Difficulty:
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Terrain:
1 out of 5

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Geocache Description:

08 April 2020, 19:30 - 21:00

Blue Plaque Event 20, at the Greyhound Pub, Radford Road, Tinsley Green, Surrey, RH10 3NS.

The Plaque Events, initiated by "Snaffler" and are inspired by the Blue and Black Plaques that show us where historic people or events took place, they tend to be found on walls high up

The home of the World Marble Championships

The World Marble Championships take place over the Easter Weekend

This ancient event takes place annually on Good Friday, and has been played in its current format since 1932 at the Greyhound public house in Tinsley Green, West Sussex. It is an event where teams of six players participate in a marbles knock-out tournament to win the title and a silver trophy. The event is open to anyone of any age or nationality. Over the years, players from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Estonia, Ireland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Wales and the United States have participated alongside the English teams.

The 2020 British and World Marbles Championship will be held on Friday 10 April 2020.

Other Details
Times - From 19:00 to 21:00
Place - in a space towards the back of the pub after entering the bar
Parking on Site

Event Activities
Event Marker so you know you are in the right place!
Event Log - to Sign if you want
Container for the leaving of, discovering of, exchanging of trackable dog tags or coins
People to talk to about the pastime
People to assist with ideas about caches that you are struggling with

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g syvpx guvf bar va gbb gbhpu

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)