If it hits the back of the table or falls off, the throw is void it scores nothing.
There is also a major "international competition", run by the Lions Club in Lewes and held in that town every year.
More recently, a Brighton & Hove league was set up in 2021,[1] involving local pubs and venues.
Variants of this English game are played both wider afield in Europe, for example Spain where it is known as juego de la rana, the Basque Country where it is known as igel jokoa or the jeu de la grenouille in France.
Outside Europe, it is widely played in South America where it is variously known as juego de la rana in Chile and Colombia, juego del sapo in Peru, Uruguay and Argentina, tiro al sapo in Bolivia and Peru.