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UK Mobile Phone Throwing Championships

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Aug 18 2007

In a bid to beat the Finns at phone throwing, adventure sports club 8th Day has again hosted the UK Mobile Phone Throwing championship. Open to anyone over 18 living in the UK it was a great opportunity to chuck a clamshell or sling a slider far enough to get into the record books. The £5 entry fee gives you three attempts, with the phones being supplied for you. A new UK men’s record was set by Chris Hughff of 95.83m. It even beats the world record, set in Finland, where handsets were hauled 94.97m, but because the competition isn’t […]

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The vast majority of posts in this blog are about quirky & eccentric competitions & festivals. I started it in 2006 in France with a competition I’ll never forget. Where contestants battle it out to become the World Champion Pig Squeeler, or ‘Cri du Cochon’. I had little knowledge back then of quite how far my pursuit of these kind of events would lead me. I’ve travelled all over Britain (and occasionally further afield) to capture our curiosities and quirks. There’s nothing uniquely eccentric about the British, you’ll find people all over the world up to all sorts of weird and wonderful activities, but we do have a remarkable capacity to embrace the madness. ‘A Brit Different’ is the book that was born from it, my labour of love! So what next? There’s always something interesting going on, so watch this space, only time will tell!

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