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'Never shoot with a wonky pea!': meet the alternative world champions:
Two years ago, I found myself on the village green in Witcham in Cambridgeshire. It was my birthday and my boyfriend Ian had "treated" me by taking me to the worldpeashootingchampionship. Being a local, he had entered the competition for many years, and won twice. I had no idea what to expect.
The competition was started in 1971 by John Tyson, a local schoolteacher. After confiscating some peashooters in the playground, he had the idea of holding a competition to raise funds to build a village hall.
You stand 12ft away from a target that's 1ft in diameter; it's filled with putty and has three rings. The inner ring, which has a similar diameter to that of a tin can, has a score of five points, the middle ring scores three points and the outer ring scores one point. Sometimes the peas stick in the putty, sometimes they don't, but that's not important. It's all about the pea leaving an impression in the putty when it hits the target.
The peashooter tube can be either metal or plastic, but it must be 12in long. Some of them are fitted with laser sights. The peas are hard and brown, and it's best for them to fit the inside of the tube almost exactly. You don't want them rattling around inside. You can get some square-ish ones in a packet that have shrivelled a little, but they can catch in the tube. Never shoot with a wonky pea!
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(Score: 2) by looorg on Sunday October 04 2020, @10:51AM (1 child)
I find it amusing that they filed it under "Sports" in the Guardian, there was a few other odd "sports" mentioned below it to so it wasn't all peashooting, but I guess the definition has gotten a lot more lax in regards to what is a sport or not. Everything that is some kind of competition is now apparently a sport. Still funny that you can just walk in by accident and become the "world champion".
(Score: 4, Informative) by FatPhil on Sunday October 04 2020, @11:11AM
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sport (n.)
early 15c., "pleasant pastime," shortening of disport "activity that offers amusement or relaxation; entertainment, fun" (c. 1300), also "a pastime or game; flirtation; pleasure taken in such activity" (late 14c.), from Anglo-French disport, Old French desport, deport "pleasure, enjoyment, delight; solace, consolation; favor, privilege," related to desporter, deporter "to divert, amuse, please, play" (see sport (v.)), also compare disport (n.).
Original sense preserved in phrases such as in sport "in jest" (mid-15c.). Meaning "game involving physical exercise" first recorded 1520s. Sense of "stylish man" is from 1861, American English, probably because they lived by gambling and betting on races. Meaning "good fellow" is attested from 1881 (as in be a sport, 1913). Sport as a familiar form of address to a man is from 1935, Australian English. The sport of kings was originally (1660s) war-making. Other, lost senses of Middle English disport were "consolation, solace; a source of comfort."
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 04 2020, @04:40PM (1 child)
I'm sure we'll get some "oh but this isn't tech" but I'm happy to have the variety, so long as this kind of thing is in the minority.
Besides, there's all kinds of hack-the-game nerding and geeking ... laser sights! And nobody has entered a robotic peashooter yet! etc.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday October 04 2020, @08:31PM
I came here to comment on the 404 errors I get from the links in the summary, but it looks like it's the fault of the Witchley website, which appears to be rather haphazardly run.
Also, there's a pub quiz on the the White Horse pub on the 25th. See you there.