Hurling Haggis or Haggis Hurling? Raising awareness...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080122/od_nm/scotland_haggis_us_dc;_ylt=ApCMxS23fqELm_d4P3rkLJbtiBIF

And while you're at it, learn how to hurl it too: (the following text is from http://www.scottishhaggis.co.uk/haggis_hurling.htm)



The World Haggis Hurling Championships have taken off again backed by McKean Foods - the official sponsors of this long overdue event.The tradition of Haggis Hurling dates back to early Scottish Clan Gatherings, where the women folk would toss a haggis across a stream to their husbands, who would catch the haggis in their kilts.In the modern version a haggis is hurled for distance and accuracy from atop a platform (usually a whisky barrel).Two variations on the tradition have developed, one enacted at festivals, the other a professional sport. It is due to be presented as a demonstration sport at the 2004 Olympics!!

The Scottish heats took place at the Bearsden and Milngavie Highland Games earlier this month. North America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand heats will follow soon in readiness for the World Championship next summer.
The present World Record for Haggis Hurling has been held by Alan Pettigrew for over 18 years. Hardly surprising if you consider he threw a 1lb 8oz haggis an astonishing 180' 10'' on the island of Inchmurrin on Loch Lomond in August 1984.