July 10, 2010

Pea Shooting Championships

The humble pea-shooter, typically a straw or small plastic tube, through which a naughty schoolchild can blow a frozen pea with great ferocity towards the back of their teacher's head.

Today however I experienced the next level of pea-shooting- the World Championships, held in the small village of Witcham in Cambridgeshire. I was on order for The Sun, who thought that an English winner could restore the sense of national pride that our football team has all but extinguished.


4 time World Champion George Hollis.



Complete with 4 tournaments- Woman, Teams, Juniors and Open, some contestants' pea-shooters had stands, lazers and other stabilization methods. The new World Champion is Ian Ashmeade, (above) last year's runner up.

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