A man has been crowned the world champion of sausage throwing after hurling a raw banger 148ft across a field.
Peter Swift sent the pork projectile flying 148.5ft, roughly the length of four double-decker buses, during one of Britain’s most bizarre sporting events.
His second attempt secured victory at the World Sausage Throwing Championship on Harwich Green, Essex.
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The monster throw travelled 22.5ft further than the effort of his closest competitor, as reported by What’s The Jam.
It marked Peter’s second consecutive victory and his third title overall.
Nine competitors lined up to test their banger-flinging abilities, with each allowed two attempts.
Their efforts were carefully measured by the festival’s sausage marshals.
Only out-of-date supermarket sausages were sacrificed during the competition to ensure edible food was not wasted.
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Despite Peter’s impressive performance, the all-time record remains intact.
Todd Rothwell has held the honour since 2019, when he launched a sausage a staggering 171ft in perfect throwing conditions.
The unusual contest formed part of the annual Harwich Sausage Festival, which attracted more than 500 people this year on Saturday (7 November).
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Once the throwing was over, attention turned from distance to flavour as members of the public worked their way through 54kg of sausages made by local butchers.
Visitors sampled the entries anonymously before filling in voting slips to choose the Champion Sausage of Tendring.
A total of 247 valid votes were cast.
The culinary crown went to a chilli jam sausage created by Becky’s Butchers, of Great Bromley.
The festival was first staged in 2011 after the idea of a sausage-throwing competition repeatedly surfaced during beer festival planning meetings.
It has continued every year since.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, organisers created a DIY edition that encouraged residents to buy plain pork sausages from local butchers and judge them at home.
The throwing competition could not take place in 2020, but has since returned in all its meaty glory.
Peter is also vice-captain of the Harwich New Bell darts team.
Organisers joked that they hoped his sausage-throwing muscle memory would disappear before his next match – or the team might need a new dartboard.
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