MarbleKeeper

Anyone interested in showing kids how to shoot marbles? I have put together the games I play with kids here in Kansas City. I desperately want to connect with others who are working with kids.

At book signing for my new book,Collecting Marbles: A Beginner's Guide, everyone wants to know where and how to play Ringer and other marble games. So, how do you make a portable ring? I plan to build several and loan them out to community centers, schools etc. I have heard of a "Tap Box". Is that what most people use to demonstrate shooting marbles? I'm looking for some construction details on how to build one of these rings. Thanks! Rich Maxwell

Last week, (June 22) I was honored to have my book, presented to eleven-year-old Logan Mayberry of Clay County, Tenn., and 13-year-old Caleb Isaacson of Gunnison, Colo. (I was not able to post a picture, so click on www.marblekeeper.com)..the winners of the 89th Annual National Marbles Tournament, in Wildwood, NJ. Among marble players this annual event is like going to the Olympics. Boys and girls, ages eight to fourteen, practice all year to compete for five days in Wildwood (Atlantic City), New Jersey. At the Thursday evening banquet a King and Queen are crowned. The grand prize for each (boy & girl) winner is a $2,000 scholarship, a trophy and a copy of my new book, Collecting Marbles: A Beginner's Guide, by Richard Maxwell.