There's some Crazy Sports out there

  • Pooh-Sticks
The unusually named sport of Pooh-Sticks comes from the popular children's stories of Winnie the Pooh. Not only is the name a little unusual, so is the sport. It involves standing on a bridge and dropping your stick in the water, then racing to the other side to see who’s stick goes the fastest. Wow, what excitement.

Pooh Sticks started when a lock-keeper noticed walkers throwing their sticks into the river and rushing to the other side of the bridge to see whose stick emerged first.
This gave her the idea of creating a fundraising event using this sport, and so the World Pooh Sticks Championships was born.

 

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Teams sit facing each other in a dragon boats and attempt to paddle toward each other.
Also called "tug of oars" or "dragon war". In this sport, teams of six or eight rowers sit facing each other in a dragon boat, and attempt to paddle toward each other.

The sport is a version of Dragon Boat Racing, in the form of tug-of-war, in which one team tries to push the boat forward, while the other team tries to rwo back in the oppositite direction.

The sport has gained some popularity after coming to the world's attention when video of a tug-of-oars competition was held at the National Dragon Boat Competition in Olsztyn, in Poland in 2015.

There have been examples of similar events held since, but there are no regular competitions and no leagues or championships, though we would love to see this sport become more popular.

 
A unique form of hockey that is played only at Rossall School in England, combining elements of hockey and rugby.
Think about it - rugby with sticks!

A very physical sport that was born out of rugby but is played with sticks similar to ones used for hockey.

The game is played on a beach near the Rossall School in England. The pitch has to be 80 paces long. The markings for the field are drawn with sticks before each match. There is a goal post on both ends and a "D" box around the goal post.

During game play the ball can be handled only with the stick and no other body part can be used. The ball can only be passed backwards and forward passes are considered as a foul.

A game starts with a bully, which consists of seven players from each team lined up against each other at the center circle. Three players each from both teams called flies standout of the bully.

At the start of the match teams try to wrench the ball from the other team's control. After one team gains possession of the ball from the bully, they try to move the ball towards the opponents goal, and force it between the opponents goalposts. Goals can be scored only from within the "D" area.

 

Running of the reindeer
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An annual event held in Anchorage Alaska, as part of the Fur Rendezvous Festival (known locally as the Fur Rondy).
The event was first held in 2008, and involves people running down a four-block downtown street, with a group of reindeer released behind them, charging through the runners in a homage to Pamplona's more well-known Running of the Bulls.

In this fun event, participants brave the cold in a variety of attire, or lack thereof. The run features domesticated caribou, so does not hold the same level of danger as the similar running of the bulls event in Spain.

running of the Reindeer

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An Australian tradition racing crustaceans.
A the term for freshwater crustaceans found in dams in many places around Australia. Many young kids grew up catching them with a piece of string and some meat. In a few places they even race them, such as in the small Victorian town of Talbot, where they hold an annual Yabbie Festival. Races are also held in Moonie, Kajabbi and Windorah in Queensland.

For the Windorah's 'International Yabby races', the event consists of four races of 10 yabbies slowly ambling towards a green line spray painted onto gravel.

When the tiny town of Windorah in outback Queensland was about to lose its only post office – it was yabby money that helped buy a whole new building.

 
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