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www.principality-hutt-river.org/sports
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PHR -
Stone Throwing!
(Not to be confused with stone
skimming!)
World Champion
Joins the Elite of the
Principality Sports Competitors!
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2014 World Stone Throwing
Championships! |
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Corofin in 2014 hosts the 15th world series at Campbell’s Yard. Both men’s and
ladies’ titles to be won.
The competition will take place in Campbell’s Yard, Main Street on the
Sunday of the may bank holiday weekend May 04 2014.
The participants are challenged to break glasses placed on spikes.
There is
both a male and female trophy
and the competition is fierce.
THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS of stone throwing is another sport that appeals to our Dame Julia Galvin.
Report from the event by Dame Julia Galvin:
This festival is a family festival. it is run the annually on the
first weekend of May, with many activities in the programme.
The object of the competition is to throw stones at an upturned bottle on a
stick.
In the first part of the competition the competitors buy five stones for 5
euros, money raised at this point goes towards the costs associated with the
Christmas fairy lights for the village.
Anybody can enter this part of the competition as often as they like, if you
crack a bottle you get into the finals.
The women target in 6 metres away The mens is 8m.
Sinéad Dinneen took home the ladies cup for the 4th time! Pat Kennelly won
the men's title.
Unfortunately, I did not get past the first round, although I hit a bottle
it failed to crack.
This does at least make good on my promise made last year, to frighten the
bottles a lot more than I did last year,
so I'm on track to maybe break one next year!~..
Despite my failure to qualify for the next round, I did get to meet
Ireland's best full beard Brían De Mairís and
second best beard Colin McArdle, so all was not lost!
A great day was had by all. |
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Photo's from
the 2014 competition weekend. |
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(CLICK
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Male &
Female Target areas. |
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Dame Julia
raring to go! |
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Spectators
gather.. |
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Mr. BRÍAN DE MAIRÍS set's up his throw
and it's AWAY! |
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High heels
add some extra "class" to the competition? |
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Soon to be
4 times Ladies World Champion Sinéad Dinneen takes down the target! |
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Steward
checking for cracks in the bottles |
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World
Champs 2014 Sinéad Dinneen and Pat Kennelly |
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Mr. BRÍAN
DE MAIRÍS - Irelands best full beard 2014 |
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Dame Julia
with Mr. BRÍAN DE MAIRÍS - Sporting Irelands best full beard 2014! |
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Dame Julia
with Colin McArdle owner of Irelands second best full beard for 2014 |
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That
bottle will have nowhere to hide in 2015! |
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