Sunday 24 June 2012

2012 Results

A wonderful sunny day with  a fresh easterly wind.  A lage crowd gathered to watch top tossers from around the globe descend upon Swaton for the 2012 World Egg Throwing Championships.

Results

Russian Egg Roulette
Winner
Englnd Jerry Cullen of Swineshead
2nd place
Scotland  John Flemming

Egg Trebuchet
Winner.
England Team Bea

2 Person Thro and Catch
Winner
Holland Smink and Vissar 40m

Egg Static Relay
Winner
7 eggs in 1 minute
Mixd Greek, German, Irish an English team

Egg Target Throwing
Winner (with two shots to the groind and one to torso)
England Alicia an Miles Line of Helpringham

EggThrowing (13 and under)
Winner
South Africa Leo Houwing of Cape Town.

Full write up later this week.  See national press for details

Sunday 17 June 2012

Teams update posted. 7 days to go....


Teams update.

Russia and Hong Kong now confirm attendance.  

Other confirmed teams, so far, flying in from Germany, Holland, Greece, South Africa, USA, Ireland, Sweden and New Zealand.

England, unusually, not confident.



A selection of current Teams info.

HONG KONG

Led by philosophy expert, Eva On Ying Wu, the team  are expected to use the Wu Wei method of egg identification. This is said to be the most ancient of all the egg sports originating from in the Shang Dynasty in Yinxu, circa 1200 BC.   

 IRELAND A

Current World Champion at Russian Egg Roulette, Derryman, Paul Murphy intends to attempt to retain his title and has been practising hard much to the disgust of his long suffering wife and children but to the  delight of his dog. Pauls wizarding skills appear to have been lost. He blames over work and has taken a short converlesence break, without his wife and children, in the Bahamas to prepare. They are still not happy.

 IRELAND B

Wild Willie O’Donovan, current Irish National Egg Throwing Champion, previous World Record holder and past All Ireland Road Bowling Champ intends to beat all comers with his famous tossing method which has to be seen to be believed.  Some say that his strange sideways wind up action can only be the work of the dark arts whilst others claim his unnatural gait is due to a  third arm joint.  Whatever the secret, his ability to throw well over 100m will strike fear into all participants, particularly his unfortunate catcher.


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

This team of Texan wild cats have been hard at training at their Witchata base for many moons, determined to teach the Brits a lesson in “Egg Toss” and Russian Egg Roulette.  With a team motto of “We knows our eggs” these Southern Belles are supremely confident that they will better the trebuchet attempts of the last American team to enter that, having over egged their machine, only managed to hurl eggs backwards into, what had been unil that moment, friendly crowds.

RUSSIA

It is said that Dmitry has trained since the age of 3 in a special school for talented atheletes. He is probably the best they have and this, well honed, beefcake of a contender is sure to be a favourite amongst the ladies and  so confident of winning that he is bringing with him his own TV crew to film the triumphant crushing of all others.



That certainly sounds a good plan and we hope it goes well for him.  Just to ensure even handed coverage though the organsiers explain that they also have Dutch, German and Reuters TV cameras there as well.   


Germany

 A Technological marvel, genius Car maker, a sporting mecca, a Giant in the World of Sausages and Pork Knuckles, and true maestro in the art of brewing beer, but there is a sense of sadness. Perhaps even despair amongst her population. Trailing the all-time Olympic World Leader, the USA, by close to 1500 medals, suffering a disappointing Second Place in the Euro 2008, Third Place in the 2010 World Cup; Germany needs a dose of pride, a shot of respect and a reason to once again believe in themselves; this summer, that’s eggs-actly what they hope to achieve...

With flying shells of calcium and yolk, German Representatives Björn Heibeult and Timo Breunig are striding forth onto the World Stage for the egg-ceptionally unique glory found only in the World Championship Egg Throwing Competition. Incensed by their bitter rivals The Netherlands maintaining a firm grasp on the title, the boys have been hard at work, lobbing eggs great distances through the air, wearing their splattered remains with pride as they hone their skills in an effort to match the Worlds Best.



Holland

The current World Champions and World Record Holders have changed their team in order to improve their chances of retaining the title. The two top tossers Smink and Vissar are supported by a group of managers, trainers, physiotherapists and ergonomics specialists as they take on the Words best.  Having won the title last year and sealed it further with wins in Ireland and Holland since then, they seek to improve on their World Record of 63.3m. Can it be done? Additionally, having said that the Germans “throw like a woman” they intend to prove the point and are bringing their own Dutch National pair of Female Egg Throwing Champs to thrash all comers. 



Greece.

Leaving behind the uncertainty of home they come seeking fame and hopefully fortune. The identical twin brothers, Kiris and Kostas Poulous, known as “Double Trouble” have assured us that they will crush all opposition from the Dutch and German teams saying “They have their ways of doing things, we have our own….. and ours is better”.  Relatively late entries into this sport but they say history is on their side “We invented sport egg throwing, against the Persians in 480 BC at Thermopylae and we certainly left them with egg on their face.”

South Africa..

For the first time we have an African contestant and one who has high hopes of taking the Russian Egg Roulette title. Leo Houwing of Cape Town, flies in on the 22nd, leaving behind the cool South African winter and exchanging it for the scorching heat of England. An accomplished fencer (with swords, not erecter) and field hockey player of note his trainer and mother says “He’s got the right stuff and will bring pride to all of South Africa”

England

Whilst there is extreme disappointment that local hero Jake Wilkinson will be out due to a fractured ankle caused during training, there is some hope that John Ward, famed inventor of the “ward-a-matic automatic bra warmer” will keep the egg trebuchet title in English hands with his new invention of the “ward-a-matic egg flinging trebuchet”



Joel Hicks, World Gravy Wrestling Champion, will again be in attendance and acting as target for the Target Throwing event.

Tuesday 5 June 2012

International teams confirmed


The 2012 World Egg Throwing Championships.

PRESS RELEASE


Confirmed teams, so far, flying in from Germany, Holland, Greece, South Africa, USA, Ireland, Sweden and New Zealand

A selection of current Teams info.

Germany

 A Technological marvel, genius Car maker, a sporting mecca, a Giant in the World of Sausages and Pork Knuckles, and true maestro in the art of brewing beer, but there is a sense of sadness. Perhaps even despair amongst her population. Trailing the all-time Olympic World Leader, the USA, by close to 1500 medals, suffering a disappointing Second Place in the Euro 2008, Third Place in the 2010 World Cup; Germany needs a dose of pride, a shot of respect and a reason to once again believe in themselves; this summer, that’s eggs-actly what they hope to achieve...

With flying shells of calcium and yolk, German Representatives Björn Heibeult and Timo Breunig are striding forth onto the World Stage for the egg-ceptionally unique glory found only in the World Championship Egg Throwing Competition. Incensed by their bitter rivals The Netherlands maintaining a firm grasp on the title, the boys have been hard at work, lobbing eggs great distances through the air, wearing their splattered remains with pride as they hone their skills in an effort to match the Worlds Best.

Holland

The current World Champions and World Record Holders have changed their team in order to improve their chances of retaining the title. The two top tossers Smink and Vissar are supported by a group of managers, trainers, physiotherapists and ergonomics specialists as they take on the Words best.  Having won the title last year and sealed it further with wins in Ireland and Holland since then, they seek to improve n their World Record of 63.3m. Can it be done?

Greece.

Leaving behind the uncertainty of home they come seeking fame and hopefully fortune. The identical twin brothers, Kiri Poulous and Kostas Poulous, known as “Double Trouble” have assured us that they will crush all opposition from the Dutch and German teams saying “They have their ways of doing things, we have our own….. and ours is better”.  Relatively late entries into this sport but they say history is on their side “We invented sport egg throwing, against the Persians in 480 BC at Thermopylae and we certainly left them with egg on their face.”

South Africa.

For the first time we have an African contestant
 And one who has high hopes of taking the Russian Egg Roulette title. Leo Houwing of Cape Town, flies in on the 22nd, leaving behind the cool South African winter and exchanging it for the scorching heat of England. An accomplished fencer (with swords, not erecter) and field hockey player of note his trainer and mother says “He’s got the right stuff and will bring pride to all of South Africa”

England

Whilst there is extreme disappointment that local hero Jake Wilkinson will be out due to a fractured ankle caused during training, there is some hope that John Ward, famed inventor of the “ward-a-matic automatic bra warmer” will keep the egg trebuchet title in English hand with his new invention of the “ward-a-matic egg flinging trebuchet”

Joel Hicks, World Gravy Wrestling Champion, will again be in attendance and acting as target for the Target Throwing event.

This year’s events will be:

Two person throw and catch
Static relay.
Target throwing
Egg trebuchet
Russian Egg Roulette.



Full information on the disciplines can be gained via www.eggthrowing.com.

Notes for editors.

The World Egg Throwing Championships are to be held on Sunday the 24th of June at Swaton in Lincolnshire and are be hosted by Swaton Vintage Day.

All monies raised by the event are used to support local, national and international good causes such ads Leukaemia Research, The Red Cross, Air Ambulance provision, Children’s Hospices, and Shelter Box.

No chickens will be hurt during the championships.
 

Further Information can be obtained from:

Andy Dunlop
07900 26 78 70
admin@eggthrowing.com


Wednesday 30 May 2012

Idiot alert. Correction to World Record

The idiot that wrote the last press release got his fingers mixed up when typing and failed to notice when he checked for errors.

The new World Record set by Dutchmen Smink and Vissar is actualy 63.2m and not 73.2.

Monday 28 May 2012


The 2012 World Egg Throwing Championships.

PRESS RELEASE




International Teams gearing up for the big event.



The World Egg Throwing Federation is eggcited by the prospect of a truly epic games as the Worlds best egg tossers converge onto Swaton for June 24th and the 7th World Egg Throwing Championships.



Teams have been practicing hard since the close of last year’s season and promise a better than ever event. 



Last year’s Champs, the Dutch, return again to take on the World and their old rivals the Germans. 



The Dutch team mainstay of Smink, with a new partner, has just set a new World Record  in the Dutch heats of 73.2m. 



The Germans, this year submitting 2 teams, have experessed that they see “No problem” as their teams are regularly making the catch at 55m in training despite strong cross winds.  They go on to say, “Any chimp can throw that distance outside competition, they (the Dutch) won’t be able to take the heat on the day”. 



The Dutch have responded with “The Germans, with no offence meant to women, throw like big girls” and to prove the point are sending their own female team to make their official third national pair.



Irish champ Paul Murphy has already confirmed that he will be attending to defend his title in Russian Egg Roulette, as have the Latvians, with their Trebuchet.



Although still to confirm travel arrangements, we expect Joel Hicks (World Gravy Wrestling Champion and star of BGT) to once again to step up to the mark to be target in the Throwing with Accuracy Challenge.



This years events will be:

Two person throw and catch

Static relay.

Target throwing

Egg trebuchet

Russian Egg Roulette.



Full information on the disciplines can be gained via www.eggthrowing.com.



Notes for editors.

The World Egg Throwing Championships are to be held on Sunday the 24th of June at Swaton in Lincolnshire and are be hosted by Swaton Vintage Day.

All monies raised by the event are used to support local, national and international good causes such ads Leukaemia Research, The Red Cross, Air Ambulance provision, Children’s Hospices, and Shelter Box.

No chickens will be hurt during the championships.



Further Information can be obtained from:



Andy Dunlop

07900 26 78 70

admin@eggthrowing.com