There's some Crazy Sports out there

EGG TAPPING / (Jarping):

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Egg Jarping is a competition to see whose boiled egg is the hardest, by tapping them together until one cracks. The World Egg Jarping Championship takes place at the Hearts of Oak public house, Peterlee, every Easter Sunday.

2013 - Craig Stoker becomes the World Egg Jarping Champion in a contest overseen by pub landlord Peter Webster and Egg Jarping referee Roy Simpson

Egg tapping - Wikipedia
 

Hobby Horsing

Sometimes a sport comes out of nowhere to capture a massive and unlikely following. Think pickleball, or F1.
- Or, yes, hobby horsing.
Originating in Finland, this peculiar sport has gained immense popularity in recent years, seeing growing numbers of participants and organized events across Germany and the UK.

In hobby horsing, participants (so far skewing heavily toward teenage girls) ride wooden stick horses as they prance around a gym mimicking the movements and techniques of real equestrian events, such as dressage and show jumping.

At first glance, the sport might appear silly, but it reportedly requires considerable athleticism, balance, and creativity, as participants perform intricate routines. And despite its playful nature, hobby horsing is taken quite seriously by its enthusiasts, who craft—and usually name—their own custom horses and train diligently.

“Hobby horsing just gives me self-confidence and I just enjoy doing it with other people,” Max Gohde, a 15-year-old German competitor told the AP.
“Now there’s also this atmosphere here, where everyone is just happy for you. And I think that’s just really cool.”

As the Guardian reported, hobby horsing is “no joke,” and that “the British Show Pony Society (BSPS) is set to ‘embrace the hobby horse craze’ by introducing a competition with £300 prizes for the young winners.”

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Pig racing:

Wallowing around in the mud may be their favourite pastime, but pigs can actually pick up a fair head of steam too.

The nippiest porkers and their owners gather at Bath Racecourse every April where they’re put to the test to see who is the speediest piglet in the country.
The pun-tastic “Ham National” involves eight pigs running around a track and jumping over some (very low) hurdles.

 
Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships.
This unusual contest calls on competitors from countries including Finland, the United States, Japan, Denmark, Latvia, Russia and Sweden to combine their knitting and heavy metal dancing skills.

This competition in Finland combines the unlikely pair of knitting and heavy metal music in The Heavy Metal World Championship. Competitors travel from all over the world to dance and knit to heavy metal music. The main goal of the competition is to showcase your knitting skills while rocking out to heavy metal music in the most outlandish way possible.

The first ever Heavy Metal Knitting World Championships have taken place in Finland. in 2019


This event in 2022 saw each competitor join heavy metal band Maniac Abductor on stage to dance and knit in time with the music.

 
World Gravy Wrestling Championships -- Stacksteads, England

Gooey grapplers show off their wresting prowess each year at the Rose 'N' Bowl, where a pool is filled with Lancashire gravy.
- In addition to wrestling skills, competitors are judged on the basis of costumes, comedic presence and entertainment value.
The savory melee raises funds for the East Lancashire Hospice.

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Around 528 gallons of gravy are used at the event, held annually at the Rose ‘N’ Bowl pub in Rossendale, Lancashire.
Competitors, who wear fancy dress, aim to win the championship title by beating their opponent during a two-minute-long wrestling match in the brown condiment.

2024:

 
World Dog Surfing Championships -- Pacifica, Calif.


Dogs with the gift of balance gather each year at Linda Mar Beach to hang four and raise money for charity while riding the waves.

Less aquatically-oriented dogs can also earn prizes in competitions including Frisbee catching, ball fetching and dog fashion.

A portion of the proceeds each year are donated to various dog, surfing and environmental non-profits.

Twenty dogs of various breeds and sizes showed off their surfing skills at the annual World Dog Surfing Championships on Aug. 4, 2024 in Pacifica, California.
Thousands of people lined the beaches to watch.

 
Goanna pulling:

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The sport of goanna pulling originated in the 19th century to honor the giant lizard native to the continent.
The contestants tie leather straps around their necks, mimic the reptile’s posture, and try to pull each other across the line.
 
Toad in the Hole:

The sport is a traditional Sussex pub game, played in the county for a couple of hundred years, but now almost exclusively played in the Georgian town of Lewes, although the game does appear to have originated in France.

The game involves throwing brass coins, or "toads" at a lead square tabletop table with a hole in the middle. If a toad goes down the hole it scores 2 points, or if it lands on the top it scores 1. If it hits the back of the table or falls off it is void, so a grand total of 8 points per turn can be scored.

The scoring is similar to darts and teams of four competed.In the early rounds, the hall was packed with competitors. Each team played three matches and then a knock out to find the winners ensued. This game can take minutes to learn but years to master, those with the most skill display consistency with their throws.

There is a technique with shots like dig backs, flip overs, overthrows so it is much more complex than it appears.

Lewes Town Hall, South East England 2018 = the 21st World Toad in the Hole Championships.

 
Black pudding throwing

Cooked pig blood and fat wrapped in intestine has long been a favoured breakfast staple for Brits in the form of black pudding.

They’re quite handy weapons as well.
The targets at the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships in Ramsbottom, near Manchester, are Yorkshire puddings, placed on top of a wall, which contestants aim to knock off by way of a well-thrown pud.

Hundreds of people have turned out to watch a bizarre but endearing tradition.
The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships took place in Bury and saw competitors hurl black puddings at a pile of Yorkshire puddings to see how many they can knock down.

An enthusiastic crowd gathered outside The Oaks pub on Bridge Street in Ramsbottom where the competition is held and cheered on the optimistic souls who tried their hand at topping the leader board and winning £100 for the most Yorkshire Puddings felled.

The competition was open to anybody with there being a seniors leader board and junior leader board for the little ones.To enter, punters were asked to pay £2 for three black puddings and were allowed as many goes as possible.

It wasn't just locals who made the trip to Bury for the competition with some contenders coming for places such as Leeds, Salford and even the West Midlands.Stuart Hubbard was one of those who travelled far and wide to take part in the competition.

From Wolverhampton, he is been attending the Black Pudding Throwing Championship for nine years and described it as 'good fun'.

 
Bed Racing
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The sport of Bed Racing has been embraced by the people of the North Yorkshire Town of Knaresborough, who hold the annual Knaresborough Bed Race.
The first race in 1965 was only open to Army, Navy and American Marines, but now the competition is open to anyone.

The competitors race in teams of six, plus one on the bed. Each team must provide their own bed, decorated in the theme for the year.
The bed runs on four wheels, but also need to be able to float, as explained below.

The 3km run race begins and ends at Conyngham Hall. About halfway through the run, the teams face the one-in-five gradient climb to Castle Top before it’s back down the hill and toward the final challenge – crossing a river.

 
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