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A player collects his marble at the at the British and World Marble Championships on April 6, 2012, in Tinsley Green, England. On Good Friday every year, contestants from all over the world gather at The Greyhound pub in Tinsley Green, Sussex, to take part in the Championships. The game is played between two teams of six players in a ring with a diameter of six feet. The object of the game is to knock 25 out of 49 'target marbles' out of the ring using 'tolley' marbles before the opposing team.