So the first taste of World Championship prospects I put out there hasn’t quite tantalised your taste buds completely?
If you’ve played a bit of sport before and are looking to utilise that now seldom used touch of skill, cunning, brute strength and brash recklessness, here are ten more absolutely genuine realistic opportunities to become a legitimate 2017 World Champion!
1. World Stinging Nettle Eating Championships
Speaking of taste buds; if yours don’t function properly then The Bottle Inn in Dorset, England is the place for you.
The World Stinging Nettle Eating Championships take place in June. Yes, you read that correctly; Stinging Nettle Eating.
Contestants have an hour to eat as many leaves from a range of two-foot long stalks as they can. You are allowed to drink the local tipple with your meal as well!
You can enter here.
2. World Custard Pie Championships
Despite what the name may imply, in the World Custard Pie Championships you’ll be wearing more pies than you’ll be eating.
Teams of four stand eight feet apart and hurl pies at each other. They are awarded points for accuracy and are docked points for missing, but can recover with bonuses for costumes and technique!
All keen pie chuckers should head to Maidstone, England in June for the 50th edition of the Championship.
Up to date news of the 2017 edition of the event can be found here.
3. World Stone Skimming Championship
Were you the best in your school at skimming stones? Do you think you could you “skim for Australia”?
Well, the world stage awaits your arrival. Scotland’s Easdale Island was previously a thriving slate mine and is now the perfect amphitheatre to host the World Championships. Stones must skim at least three times in order to be legal and the stone that travels the furthest is the winner!
If you are keen to represent Australia, or any other country, at the 2017 event in September then hit their website.
4. World Championship of Welly Wanging
If you’d rather keep to dry land, the amusingly named Upperthong Village in Yorkshire hosts the World Championship of Welly Wanging in June.
Aussies and Kiwis may know this better as the good old Gumboot Throw.
It’s pretty simple too. You can use any technique you want, with or without a run-up and as long as the boot lands in the designated “thong” area, it is legal.
If you’re keen to try and become the World’s Best Welly Wanger check out the Upperthong Village website – don’t worry it is safe for work!
5. World Gravy Wrestling Championship
Would you like to emulate your childhood wrestling heroes like Hulk Hogan or The Undertaker and get down and dirty in the process?
Gravy Wrestling might just be your calling.
Combatants take to the gravy pit for two minutes and attain points for takedowns, falls and crowd amusement! They lose points for taking it too seriously!
The Rose N Bowl pub in Rossendale, Lancashire, England puts on the fun in August and you can enter here.
6. World Conker Championships
Have Health and Safety regulations got you down? Has Conkers been banned from your neighbourhood?
There’s none of that red tape rubbish at this tournament, so get your nuts over to Southwick in England next October for the 2017 World Championships.
You get a new conker in each round in the knockout format so you can go in all guns blazing in each contest.
If you’re Australia’s best hope for glory, check out the website for more information.
7. Air Hockey World Championship
Were you the king of the Arcades growing up? I bet you still fancy yourself as the Puckmaster.
The Air Hockey Players Association (AHPA) holds it’s World Championship in July in Colorado Springs, USA. It’s open to anyone that wants to puck off against the best players in the world.
The Americans like to think they’re the dominant force in the Air Hockey world so it’s high time they’re proven wrong. Details for all AHPA tournaments can be found here.
8. World Championship of Cornhole
Along with Baseball, American Football, Basketball and Beer Pong; Cornhole is another sport that commands World Championship of America status.
In Cornhole, players throw a bag of corn into a hole from ten metres away. Play can be in singles or pairs and there’s a $10,000 prize up for grabs too.
The venue for the Tournament moves around so be sure to check their website for details.
9. World Crokinole Championships
What do you get if you cross marbles with billiards, add a touch of curling and then turn it into a bar boardgame?
Sound too good to be true? Well, Crokinole kind of is.
Somewhat popular in Canada and becoming more popular in China, now is a great time to take it up. Simple to learn and easy to understand, head out to Tavistock, Ontario if you’re keen to compete in the World Championship.
There’s even finger and cue versions to play!
If you are keen to take on the Canucks at Crokinole, check out their website.
10. Trugo World Championships
Don’t fancy travelling around the world? Melbourne has its very own unique sport that is so simple, anyone can play it. And I mean anyone.
Trugo was invented by railwaymen in the 1920s and uses equipment that was readily available in the rail yards.
Players face backwards and hit a rubber ring with a mallet from between their legs into a goal 20 metres away.
Trugo has a league but also boasts individual competitions throughout the year, including the World Championship. For more information on Trugo head to their website.
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