The most emblematic of the heavy events is known as ‘tossing the caber’ – in this event a strong man throws a tree trunk (or caber), which is around 5.5 meters in length and weighs 55kg ...

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Wood Rising lift tossing-the-caber crown. Foxley twinned with Wolferton. September – Pedlar of Swaffham surprise winner of the East Anglian leg of Tour of Britain Cycle Race after taking ...

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Faire of Champions opens it’s “Grand Opening” season Saturday. The winter fantasy festival features vendors, live ...

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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Ontario Reign 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday at Acrisure Arena. The Firebirds wasted no time to open up the scoring as Luke Henman buried his third goal of ...

Jimmy Leonard, a British bouncer and truck driver, won the British Dwarf-Throwing Championships by tossing “Lenny the Giant,” a 4-foot-4-inch, 98-pound British dwarf, a distance of 11 feet 5 inches at ...