More Sport - Mountaingirl Style :-)

When too much sport is never enough, consider the offerings from this week's report!


The world of tossing should never be taken for granted - lets face it, if you can chuck something further than someone else, call it a sport and crown yourself "World Champion". Now of all of the silly things to toss, the sport of Tuna Tossing must be one of the most ridiculous - if nothing else, does anyone consider how much these things actually cost, let alone it is an actual living creature (or was at some point). Would love to see someone doing cat-tossing or dog-tossing and see whether the world reacts the same way.... But to get off my soapbox and concentrate on this 'sport'. Tuna Tossing is one of the features of the Tunarama, Port Lincoln (SA) tuna festival ... actually I am going to stop there because a Tunarama deserves a followup all of its own. It happens at the end of January so stay tuned :-)


Toe Wrestling may have started as a friendly competition between kids but, yep, you guessed it, the competition has lifted to the point that a World Championship has been considered justified. There was an application lodged in 1997 for Toe Wrestling to be included as an Olympic sport, but (unsurprisingly) the application was not successful. Wiki advises that "to play, all players must be bare feet, so remove all shoes and socks before the match. Players must link toes and each players feet much touch flat on the others persons feet. Typically, after a short starting chant which varies by region (for example, "one, two, three, four, I declare a toe war."), the opponents proceed to attempt to pin (capture or trap) their opponent's feet for three seconds, while avoiding the same."


The 2007 World Marble Championship was held in Prague. Yes another playground game that has progressed to the elite level! Admittedly the Brits play this at the pub so that probably accounts for some of its popularity :-) There are team games, individual challenges and very specific rules that cover all possibilities. Most importantly a "Player is allowed to smoke during the game only with the permission of his opponent".