January
Mappleton Bridge Jump-Mappleton,Ashbourne, Derbyshire. New Years Day
The Kirkwell Ba’ football Game – Kirkwell, Scotland. New Years Day
Tunarama – home of Tuna Tossing,Port Lincoln, South Australia.Last Weekend in January
Haxey Hood – mob football - Haxey, Lincolnshire. Twelfth Day
Ponteland Wheelbarrow Races – Ponteland, North of Newcastle. New Years Day
Great Fruitcake Toss -Manitou Springs, Colorada, US. January
Beer Barrel Chariot Racing-Llanwrtyd, Wales, January
Wolverhampton Tough Guy Race-Wolverhampton, Late January
Krispy Kreme Challenge-North Carolina State University. Late January
February
Pancake Racing – Olney, Buckinghamshire. Shrove Tuesday
The Jedburgh Hand Ba’ – Jedburgh, Scotland. Shrove Tuesday
Royal Ashbourne Football – Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Shrove Tuesday
Scoring the Hales – Mob Football. Alnwick, Northumberland. Shrove Tuesday
Sedgefield Ball Game – Mob Football. Sedgefield, Co. Durham. Shrove Tuesday
Atherstone Ball Game – Mob Football. Atherstone, Watrwickshire. Shrove Tuesday
Hurling the Silver Ball – St Ives, Cornwall.
Skipping Festival – Scarborough, Yorkshire. Shrove Tuesday
UK National Indoor Tug of War Championships – location varies. February
Cinchilla Melon Festival/Melon Skiing – bienniel Chinchilla, Australia. February
March/April
World Pooh Sticks Championships – Days Lock, Oxfordshire. Sunday in March
Egg Rolling - Preston, Lancashire. Easter Mondayd
Clog Cobbing – Waterfoot, Rossendale. Easter
World Marble Championship – Tinsley Green, Sussex. Good Friday
Hare Pie Scrambling & Bottle Kicking – Hallaton, Leicestershire. Easter Monday
World Coal Carrying – Gawthorpe, Yorkshire. Easter Monday
Mullet Throwing – Florida. Late April
Snowball Fighting/Yukigassen – Kemijärvi, Lapland. March/April
Llangollen Bunny Hop – Llangollen, Wales. Easter
Cricket Spitting/Cockroach Racing – Purdue University Bug Ball, US. April
Eel Throwing at Ely Eel Day – Ely, Cambridgeshire. Late April
World Ice Golf Championships– Uummannaq, Greenland. March.
Spamarama– Austin, Texas. April
May
Worm Charming – Blackawton, Devon. May Day Bank Holiday
Stilton Chees Rolling – Stilton, Leicestershire. May Day Bank Holiday
Cheese Rolling – Coopers Hill, Brockworth, Glos. Spring Bank Holiday
Woolsack Racing – Tetbury, Gloucestershire. Spring Bank Holiday
Sheep Grand National – Hoo Farm, Telford, Shropshire. Early May
Wagon Wheel Rolling– Black Horse Pub, Fulmer, Slough. May
June
Cotswold Olimpicks, Shinkicking – Chipping Campden, Glos. Early June.
World Custard Pie Throwing – Maidstone, Kent. Early June
Man versus Horse – Llanwrtytd Wells, Powys. June
Nettle Eating – Marshwood, Bridport, Dorset. Mid-June
World Worm Charming – Willaston, Cheshire. Late June/ Early July
Sandcastle Building – Woolacombe, Devon. Late June/Early July
World Egg Throwing Championships - Thorpe Latimer, Lincolnshire, Late June
British Town Criers Championship – Blakemere, Northwich. June
Cornish Wrestling – Royal Cornish Show, Wadebridge. Early June
Watermelon Seed Spitting – Watermelon Thump, Luling, Texas. Late June
UK National Outdoor Tug of War Championships – 3 Counties Show, Malvern. Mid-June
UK Swamp Soccer Championships – Dunoon, Scotland. Mid-June
Goanna Pulling – Wooli, New South Wales, Aus. June
Cartwheeling Festival - Königsallee, Düsseldorf. June
Great Knaresborough Bed Race – Knaresborough, N. Yorkshire. June
July
Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling - Llanwrtytd Wells, Powys. July
Pea Shooting Championships – Witcham, Cambs. July
US Stone Skipping Championships – Mackinac Island, N Michagan, US. 44th July
The Redneck games – East Dublin, georgia, US. Early July
US Cherry Pit Spitting Championships - Eau Claire, Michigan. Early July
World Marble Championships – Prague, Czech Republic. July
World Snail Racing – Congham, Norfolk . July
World Toe Wrestling Championship -Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Late July
Dwile Flunking – Lewes Arms Pub, Lewes, Sussex
Flounder Tramping– Palnackie, Scotland. Mid-July
World Swamp Soccer Championships -Hyrynsalmi, Finland. Mid July
Winkle Spitting – Mogueriec, Breton, France. Mid July.
Conger Cuddling – Lyme Regis, Dorset.
Rolling Pin & Brick Throwing - Stroud, Gloucestershire. July
Wife Carrying Championships – Sonkajärvi, Finland. Early July
The Stanga Games/Gotlandic Olympics - Gotland, Sweden. July
Darwin Beer Can Regatta- Darwin, NT, Australia. July
August
Brambles Cricket Match – Isle of White. August
Kubb World Championships – Gotland, Sweden. Early August
Mobile Phone Throwing – Tooting Bec, London. August
Totnes Orange Race – Totnes, Devon. August
River Football - Bourton-on-the-Water,Glocs.August Bank Holiday
Bog Snorkelling - Llanwrtytd Wells, Powys. August Bank Holiday
La giostra del maialetto - Segni, Lazio, Italy. First 2 weeks of August
International Bathtub Regatta - Dinant, Belgium, August
National Canal Jumping Contest – Netherlands. August
World Mobile Phone Throwing Contest –Savonlinna, Finland. Last week of August
World Gurning Championships – Egremont, Nr Whitehaven. Mid-August
Potato Days Festival/Potato Wrestling – Barnesville, Minnesota. Late August
Wales Open Stone Skimming – Castle Pond, Pembroke. August
International Bathtub Regatta– Dinant, Belgium. August
September
Birdman of Bognor – Bognor Regis, Sussex. September
British Minigolf Championships – locations vary. Mid-September
Pewsey Wheelbeero Race– Pewsey, Wiltshire. Mid-September
Wisconsin State Cow Chip Throw - Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. Labour Day Weekend
World Stone Skimming Championships – Easdale Island, Argyll, Scotland. Late Spetember
Winton Outback Festival – Winton, Queensland, Aus. Last week in September
Black Pudding Throwing Championships – Ramsbottom, Nr. Bury. September
Egremont Crab Fair– Egremont, Cumbria. September
World Gravy Wrestling– Pennine Festival of Food, Darwen, Lancashire. September
October
World Rock Paper Scissors Championships – vary. Mid-October
Nova Scotia Pumpkin Regatta– Windsor, Nova Scotia. October
World Conker Championships – Ashton, Northamptonshire. 2nd Sunday, October
Irish Conker Championship -Freshford, Co. Kilkenny. End of October
Sherston Scrump: Mangold hurling - Sherston, Wiltshire. October
World Pea Throwing Competition – Lewes Arms Pub, Lewes, Sussex. October
Huntaway Festival /The Shemozzzle – Hunterville, Australia. Late October
High Heel Racing– Washington, US. October
November
Barrel Racing – Ottery St. Mary, Devon. November 5th
DecemberThe Kirkwell Ba’ football Game – Kirkwell, Scotland. Christmas Day
The Great Christmas Pudding Race -Covent Garden, London. Early December
Maldon Mud Race – Maldon, Essex. Between Christmas and New Year
