Britain’s financial institution vacation returns with lavatory snorkeling and river soccer
Britons made the most of the bank holiday with the usual wacky sports, from traditional river football to wrestling with gravy.
Hundreds of revellers descended on a pub garden today to watch the ‘world gravy wrestling championships’.
The bizarre international competition, named as one of the world’s weirdest sports, involves 16 men and eight women battling in a gravy-soaked ring.
Around a staggering 2,000 litres of gravy are used at the annual event, which is held each year at the Rose ‘n’ Bowl pub in Rossendale, Lancashire.
Participants wearing fancy dress compete for the championship title by beating their opponent during a two-minute long wrestling match in the brown condiment.
A man is thrown into the gravy by two other participants during the international gravy wrestling championships
Hundreds of revellers descended on a pub garden to watch the annual event – voted as one of the world’s weirdest sports
A competitor is thrown upside down in the pool of gravy during the contest takes place annually outside the Rose ‘N’ Bowl pub in Rossendale, Lancashire
Eight women and 16 men play in the competition. Pictured: Two female contestants hug each other as they are covered in gravy
A man spraying gravy into the ring. Around 2,000 litres of the stuff is used for the annual competition
Elsewhere people gathered for the annual football match in the River Windrush. Pictured: A player celebrates a goal during the match
Players try to get the ball into the opposing team’s goalposts, which are placed in the water
The winning team celebrate in the water after clinching their victory
Crowds also gathered for the traditional annual football match in the River Windrush.
The event, which takes place in the waterway in Bourton-on-the-water in Gloucestershire, sees players attempt to score goals in teams.
The long-standing tradition sees goalposts erected into the shallow waters of the river, with the two sides – who are both part of Bourton Rovers Football Club – competing in a 30-minute game.
Players were pictured getting soaked while fighting for the ball on the unconventional ‘wet’ pitch and attempting to get it into the back of the opposing side’s net.
The winning team were then seen dancing with their trophy in the water as they savoured their victory.
A spectator throws the ball back onto the ‘wet’ pitch towards a player
Players tackle for the ball during the unconventional football match
MAKING A SPLASH: Players fight for the ball in the water during the game in the River Windrush
Players celebrate with the winners’ trophy following the match
The event sees two teams, both part of Bourton Rovers Football Club, play a 30-minute game
The World Bog Snorkelling Championships took place at Waen Rhydd peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells.
Swimmers race to complete two consecutive lengths of a 60-yards ward-filled trench cut through a peat bog
In Wales, the Bank Holiday was marked with the traditional World Bog Snorkelling Championships.
In this unusual contest, swimmers race to complete two consecutive lengths of a 60-yards water-filled trench cut through a peat bog.
The hilarious contest sees the daring swimmers plunge into the cold water with snorkels, diving mask and flippers.
The annual event takes place every year at the Waen Rhydd peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells.
Some competitors even wore fancy dress as they tried to finish their lengths in the fastest time possible.
