Pipe tossing competition tests strength at Fieldays
Hynds Pipes are holding a competition at their Fieldays site called Toss the Boss. Ali Brady finds out more.
Everyone will have the opportunity to test their strength at tossing a 23kg pipe at this year’s Fieldays thanks to Hynds Pipes.
Toss the Boss is a competition adapted from the toss the caber event in the Highland games.
Hynds Pipes staff member, Shaun Stock said a boss pipe is one of their plastic culverts and weigh anywhere from 20 to 30kg.
“Basically it’s like a caber from the highland games and you’ve just got to try and get that as far as you can,” Stock said. “You’ve just to biff it up there.”
The competition will run through Fieldays and there are different divisions for prizes.
“There’s 70kg and under, 70 to 100kg and 100kg and over,” he said. “And women and kids have their own division.”
The winner of each category will be determined whoever throws the pipe the furthest.
As of Wednesday morning the leading contestant had thrown the pipe 7.1 meters and the leading kid throw was 3 meters.
The winners will each receive a “Scooler”.
“It’s a ride on chilly bin, called a Scooler – like a cooler but also a scooter,” Bloggs said.
Stock said the reaction to the event has been fantastic.
