World Black Pudding Throwing Championships

The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships are held annually in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, outside the Royal Oak pub on Bridge Street on the second Sunday of September. The event was originally held outside the Corner Pin pub in nearby Stubbins before that pub was closed and converted to offices. Money raised by the event is donated to local good causes. [1]

Crowd gathered outside the Royal Oak, Ramsbottom, for the 2007 championship

Local legends claim the tradition dates back to the War of the Roses. Warring factions of the House of Lancaster and the House of York at a battle in Stubbins, Lancashire, in 1455 are said to have run out of ammunition and resorted to throwing food at each other; black pudding from Lancashire and Yorkshire puddings from Yorkshire.[2]

Revived by residents in the 1980s, it has been a popular custom in the town ever since, drawing thousands of spectators to watch every year.[3]

Competitors must knock down the most Yorkshire puddings, placed on a 7.6 metre high plinth, by hurling three black puddings at them.

List of winners
  • 2019: Tom Lowden[4]
  • 2018: Andrew Ferrier[5]
  • 2017: Nick Pennell[6]
  • 2016: Gavin Ogden[7]
  • 2015: Mark Cannon[8]
  • 2014: John Barrett[9]
  • 2013: Huseyin Ozluk[10]
  • 2009: Huseyin Ozluk[11]
  • 2008: Adam Arthern[12]
  • 2004: John Burns[13]

References
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  5. George, Thomas. "The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships return to Ramsbottom". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  6. Scapens, Alex. "The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships: Or, how hundreds of people helped batter Yorkshire today..." Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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  11. Benjamin, Tui (9 September 2013). "Hundreds flock to World Black Pudding Throwing Championships in Ramsbottom". The Bolton News. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  12. "Strong armed Adam is set to defend his title". Bury Times. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  13. "The Prince of Puddings". BBC News. 15 September 2004. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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