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Carrom men and one striker, arranged at the start of a game. Carrom is played using small disks of wood or plastic known as carrom men (sometimes abbreviated CM, c.m. c/m, etc.). These pieces, aside from the special queen, may also be known as seeds, coins, pawns (as in chess), or pucks. Carrom men are designed to slide when struck and are made ...
The International Carrom Federation (ICF) is the international governing body for the game of carrom.Such an organisation was first proposed in the 1950s, but the ICF was not formed until October 1988, when delegates from India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Germany and Switzerland met in Madras, India, for the first World Carrom Congress, at which the ICF was formed and an international ...
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The US Carrom Association was formed in 1995 to promote the international sport of carrom in America.The goal of the USCA is to create a thriving carrom community in the US and to ensure US participation in the many international carrom tournaments and events organized by the International Carrom Federation or other National Carrom Associations around the world.
The 2016 Carrom World Championship, was the 7th edition of an international Carrom tournament governed by the I nternational Carrom Federation, contested from 7 to 11 November 2016 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Fifteen countries had competed in the tournament.
Ramnagar Manikyam Shankara, best known as R. M. Shankara, is a two-time World Carrom Champion [1] [2] from Karnataka, India. He has been a several-time Indian national champion, beginning with this victory at Jalandhar in 2000.
The Carrom Wikiproject is a WikiProject dedicated to making Wikipedia's knowledge of Carrom and carrom-related information as complete as possible. We're also here to keep Wiki's databank of Carrom information. Goals. Standardize the appearance and layout of carrom-related articles. Improve and generally guide the development of carrom related ...
The name pitchnut is an anglicization of pichenotte, and this game is sometimes referred to as pichenotte. Pitchnut may have evolved as a combination of two wooden games: carrom and crokinole, both of which are played by flicking wooden checker-like pieces. Although its precise origins remain a mystery, in St. Edwidge, Quebec, Canada, pitchnut ...