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Mud Wrestling

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  • BRITAIN
Aug 01 2011

Looking to treat yourself to a bit of exercise and a mud wrap combined into one? Look no further. There’s no need to go and spend a fortune at some poncy health farm, when you can enjoy a full body exfoliation and massage during a bout of mud wrestling at the Lowland Games. Held in Thorney, near Langport in Somerset, Mud Wrestling is the climax of the 4 day long festival, which was held from the 28th – 31st July this year. Started in 1984, the games are more popular than ever with people coming to take part in, or […]

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World Gravy Wrestling Championships

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  • BRITAIN
Sep 02 2009

Gravy –  2,000 litres of the stuff (all out-of-date) was supplied by Bisto on the weekend to help competitors battle it out in front of a judging panel to become the world’s best gravy wrestler. Held at the Rose ‘n’ Bowl pub in Stacksteads, Lancashire, all the action took place on their bowling green in a 16ft wide paddling pool, with plenty of extra padding around to soften the fall. Each round is 2 minutes long, and points are awarded on fighting performance and entertainment value. Joel Hicks, fighting name ‘Stone Cold Steve Bisto’ took the men’s title from last […]

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World Toe Wrestling Championship

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  • BRITAIN
Jun 16 2009

Alan ‘Nasty’ Nash, reclaimed the men’s World Toe Wrestling title on Saturday after he beat the ‘Toeminator’ who held it for the past 4 years. Despite tough competition from names such as ‘Detoenator’ and ‘Toenado’, it was the friendly rivals who made it to face each other in the final, as expected. Any chance the ‘Itoelian Stoellion’ had to improve on his 2nd place from last year went out the window when he failed the nurses foot inspection. Special mention must go to my nemesis Lisa Shenton, who just wrestled me to the post for the ladies title. Grrrr – […]

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Schwing festival

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  • ABROAD
Jul 12 2007

Schwingen is a Swiss variant of wrestling, and a Swiss national sport. The fight takes place on the ring, a circular area with a diameter of 12 meters that is covered with sawdust. The two opponents wear short pants made of jute over their clothes. Holding each other at these pants the fighters try to throw each other onto their backs. A fight is won when the winner holds the opponent’s pants with at least one hand and both the opponent’s shoulders touch the ground. By tradition the winner brushes the saw dust off the loser’s back after the fight. […]

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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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