Bricks, rolling pins and rubber chooks will be thrown on Saturday July 9 in Stroud's annual Brick and Rolling Pin Throwing Throwing Competition.
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It will be a day filled with chuckers galore and chockers with activities and entertainment at Stroud Showground.
Watch the men folk bowl a brick weighing five pounds (two and a bit kilograms), while women launch a two and a half pound rolling pin (1.1kg), and the kids get to catapult a rubber chook - in an attempt to be crowned 2022's biggest Stroud brick and tosser.
Aside from the fun and community camaraderie this fun event provides, Stroud Showground will be bursting with market, craft and food stalls, activities and entertainment for every family member.
Pulling for a return is the ever popular tug-of-war, the fast and furious post splitting and wood chop.
Crafty locals will exhibit more than 60 magnificent handmade quilts - all up for critique in the People's Choice Award.
For little visitors there will be time to shape and squish sand like they've never done before, in hands-on sand sculpting workshops throughout the day.
In the dedicated children's space there will be face painting, amusement rides, a variety of fun games as well as the girl power antics of Hunter Heroes to keep them entertained.
For rev heads, United Ford Owners Club will have an impressive collection of 150 cars on show, providing a walk down memory lane for Ford lovers.
Local club, Rattlin' Moans and Engine Groans, will roll into town with one of the best displays of vintage tractors in the region.
There will also be displays from the Newcastle Restored Vehicles Club, California Crusin' Car Club and ANZAC's Motorcycle Club.
Tickets are on sale at the showground gate on the day for $10 adults, $5 children, and $25 family.
Gates open from 7am.
About the Stroud Brick and Rolling Pin Competition
In 1960 the brick-making towns of Stroud in the United Kingdom and the USA held the first bricking-throwing contest, with Australia and Canada joining the tradition in 1961.
In 1962, Australia suggested including a women's rolling pin contest.
And recently, the fun-filled addition of children hurling a hen embodies the event's sense of family spirit and light-heartedness, which keeps attracting participants and spectators year after year.
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