It may not have broken a Guinness Book world record but organisers say Stroud’s annual day of brick-throwing and rolling pin hurling was one for the books.
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On Saturday July 14, the 818 hatted heads fell short of the 1912 record but it won’t dissuade committee president Karen Hutchinson from trying again in 2019.
The Stroud Brick and Rolling Pin Throwing Competition has historically been an annual event held in July between the four townships of Stroud in the world - Stroud in Gloucestershire, England; in Oklahoma, United States, in Ontario, Canada, and the Stroud Showground.
The original brick-throwing competition took place between England and the United States before the other town towns joined in 1961.
Stroud, NSW is now the last town competing, but Ms Hutchinson said a challenge may be on the horizon from England.
“I threw out a challenge to them to come back in 2020 and they said game on,” she said.
Sarah Eggers and Largs’ Kurt Livens took honours in the international divisions, open only to certain postcodes.