List of rural sports and games

List of rural sports and games

• Haggis hurling or throwing – A Scottish game involving throwing a haggis.

• Welly throwing originated in Britain, most likely in the Village of Upperthong in the county of Yorkshire. Competitors are required to hurl a Wellington boot as far as possible within boundary lines, from a standing or running start.

• Aunt Sally – An Oxfordshire game it is the under arm throwing of the dolly (a truncheon shaped stick) at a suspended target. Each player in the team has 6 throws. The best score out of 24 wins.

• Wheelbarrow race – teams of two players race with one teammate playing the role of the driver, and the other playing the role of the wheelbarrow. The driver holds on to the other player's ankles, while the other player walks with his hands. It is commonly played at fairs and family events.

• Coconut shy – Each player has 6 balls to throw at targets of coconuts balanced on raised stands. The player with the highest number of hits wins.

• Tip-cat – The cat is a stubby six-inch projectile tapered at each end. It is placed on a flat surface. A baseball bat is then used to tap or hit it airborne, as it rises it is then hit again with the baseball bat, as far as possible. Each player has three attempts; the team with the longest hit within the zone wins.

• Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, competitors race down a steep hill in Gloucestershire, attempting to catch a Double Gloucester cheese which has been set rolling from the top.

• Dwile Flonking - An East Anglian sport in which competitors use a pole to launch a beer soaked cloth at opponents. If you miss your target twice in a row, a “flonker” must quickly drink a pot of ale before the opposing team, standing in a circle, could pass around a rag one to the other.

• Gravy Wrestling - An annual charity event held in the heart of the Lancashire village of Stacksteads, This very popular and interesting sport combines the art (loosely based as no experience required) and good Lancashire gravy. This wonderfully messy sport is open to men and women, competing in their own separate categories. The rules are simple, all the contestants have to do is defeat their opponents in a 2 minute long wrestling match in the Gravy. Points are scored for fancy dress, comedy effect, entertainment and the judges may even consider wrestling ability.

External links

• Living Heritage Pentathlon Challenge 2005

• World Gravy Wrestling