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The competition
was held on Sunday in the northern English village of
Ramsbottom, about 15 miles (24 km) north of Manchester. Each
contestant had three chances to knock as many 6-1/2-pound (3-kg)
Yorkshire puddings off a plinth as possible by throwing black
pudding at them.
Gavin Ogden, a 50-year-old from nearby Rochdale, was first to
throw and took home the title by knocking down three puddings.
The event draws thousands of people to the town, and the
tradition of pudding throwing dates to a battle in the 15th
century War of the Roses. According to local lore, troops who
ran out of ammunition resorted to throwing Yorkshire and Black
puddings at each other.
Yorkshire pudding is a British dish consisting of baked batter.
Black pudding is congealed pigs' blood, fat and rusk encased in
pig intestine.
(Reporting by Reuters TV)
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