Sunday, September 07, 2008

UK-Ireland 'wife-carrying' contest!!!

Several wives and girlfriends got dumped on their heads and a few more were thoroughly drenched Saturday during the first UK and Ireland Wife-Carrying Championships.

Northern Irish students Aaron Moisson and Clara Hawthawn-Cole won the title and will go on to compete in the world championships in Finland.

Eight couples -- only three of them actually husband and wife -- battled it out through four heats and a final around an obstacle course which included a water jump.

The championships were held at the National Trust conservation organisation's Springhill House in central Northern Ireland. More...

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