RAMSBOTTOM, England :The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships drew competitors to the Lancashire town of Ramsbottom once again this year for one of Britain's most eccentric sporting spectacles on a day of laughter, lore and lobbing.

This year's champion Ged Flanagan from nearby Salford finally claimed the coveted title after years of near misses. "Knocked six off," he said proudly on Sunday.

The aim of the game is delightfully absurd: competitors hurl black puddings wrapped in women's nylon stockings at a plinth stacked with 12 giant Yorkshire puddings, trying to knock off as many as possible in three underarm throws.

Black pudding is a British blood sausage made primarily from animal blood.

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