Black Pudding Throwing Championships: Hundreds gather for annual Ramsbottom event

Hundreds of people have turned out to watch a bizarre but endearing tradition.

The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships took place in Bury and saw competitors hurl black puddings at a pile of Yorkshire puddings to see how many they can knock down.

An enthusiastic crowd gathered outside The Oaks pub on Bridge Street in Ramsbottom where the competition is held and cheered on the optimistic souls who tried their hand at topping the leader board and winning £100 for the most Yorkshire Puddings felled.

The competition was open to anybody with there being a seniors leader board and junior leader board for the little ones.

To enter, punters were asked to pay £2 for three black puddings and were allowed as many goes as possible. It wasn't just locals who made the trip to Bury for the competition with some contenders coming for places such as Leeds, Salford and even the West Midlands.

Stuart Hubbard was one of those who travelled far and wide to take part in the competition. From Wolverhampton, he is been attending the Black Pudding Throwing Championship for nine years and described it as 'good fun'.

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