World Championship of Cornhole

This just in from our very own Wacky World Championship Correspondent. The actual and genuine World Championship of Cornhole will take place this very September 5-7 in the very lovely Evansville, Indiana.

I quote:

3. Be Ready for Non-Stop Cornhole Action. This weekend is all about cornhole so you'll be playing a lot! This ain't your typical double-elimination tournament. When you play in the Worlds, you play a lot!

4. Full concessions available. The crew at Metro Sports Center will be serving up the concessions and Beef O'Brady's will be onsite with some delicious wings!

5. Have fun but please Keep your Cool. The competition is fun but please don't take yourselves too seriously and go sideways on us. If you do, we will make fun of you on the PA for everyone else's amusement.

6. Lets have some fun! Rick and I have been working on this thing for more than a year and we are ready to have some fun and host a great event. Yeah, I'm sure we'll have a few hickups here and there (we always do) but hang with us and we'll make sure it all works out!

And:

The World Championship of Cornhole crew is pleased to announce that ESPN2 will be covering the Beef O'Brady's World Championship of Cornhole on Sunday, Sept. 6. Producers will be filming the event and talking to players for the new sports magazine show E:60.

Bring your A-Game 'cause you might just be featured on national television!

FY additional I, see Wikipedia

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith

Strange tales from weird world championships

I received an email from someone who's real name is not Dave Gali. Mr. a.k.a. Gali was interested in knowing if he could participate in a Junkyard Sports world championship event. Never having imagined that there could or should be such an event, I wrote him back, explaining that the whole idea of Junkyard Sports is to create events that are not to be taken seriously. "Sports for the fun of it," and all that.

After a few more email exchanges, my conceptual eyes were opened a wee bit. Apparently, there are a half-vast number of world championship competitions which are designed, specifically and blatantly not to be taken seriously. 

Mr. a.k.a. Gali and I have decided to label these events "Weird World Championships." And he, Mr. a.k.a. Gali himself, has agreed to be our Weird World Championships correspondent. He writes:

"I dug out a few photos of me in action at some of the world championships, and one of me on a cannon. Here's one from the "Sumo Suit Athletics world championship" from this year where I finished 3rd in both the high and the long jump.

The second one is from the "Tin Bath Racing world championship" where you have to row your tin bath to the harbor's entrance and back again. Whilst I put up a valiant effort I eventually succumbed to the inevitable, and sank.

The last one is from the "Woolsack Carrying world championship." I entered the team event in 2006. Most of the teams where made up of local rugby players, my team was me, a nurse, an accountant and a journalist. Unsurprisingly, we came in last by some way.

I suppose I should explain why I am doing this and what I am doing.

I am trying to enter as many world championships as I can find that are open to anyone. This first started with the "Crazy golf" world championships in 2004. After this I starting thinking about trying to enter several world championships in one year. Which I did in 2006, entering 30. I managed to convince my girlfriend and best mate that this was a good idea as well, and we spent the year going around the country.

To date I have competed in 43 different world championship, and I have won two: the "Egg static relay" world championships and the "Dry foam throwing" world championships, the second of which I hold the world record for (I must say that this is not recognized by Guinness). So far I have not had to leave the UK for any of the competitions. At a few of these world championships I have received permission to represent the Principality of Sealand, a small micro nation of the coast of England.

Apparently, the majority of these contests can be found in places like the U.K. and Finland. Most of them have a small entry fee, and offer similarly modest prizes. Googling for Weird World Championships, I was led to a disappointingly paltry collection of sites, and yet, in some small way, inspirational. See, for example, Mobile Phone Throwing and Wife Carrying.

Let us therefore warmly welcome our new correspondent Mr. a.k.a. Gali and joyously anticipate more strange, and yet inspiring tales of Weird World Championships.  

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith