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Pooh-Sticks World Championships 2004
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The event is based on
A.A. Milne's tales about Winnie the Pooh and friends.
The championships, known across the
globe, involves dropping a stick from a bridge over a river and seeing
how fast it travels to cross a finishing line.
www.pooh-sticks.com
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/3578055.stm
The Results
Individual World Champion:
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Gold Medal to Susan Young - Didcot.
Silver Medal to Mimi Morley-Iszatt - Oxford.
Bronze Medal to Alice Davies - Abingdon.
Team World Championship.
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Gold to Czech Republic - Captain Vojtech Chloupek.
Silver to Team Latin America - Captain Diego Benavides, Ecuador.
Bronze Medal to Mazda MX5 2nd Team.- Captain Alan Ward, UK.
Road-side parking at
Day's Lock
(7 cars
in total - another good turn out)
Teams
MX-5
(Members of our 3 teams)
Photo finish...
:-)
come on 'Blue Stick'
The Czech. team
celebrate...
World Champions 2004
MX-5 team
2 finished in 3rd position.
Back to
the pub for a picnic and drink.
The Location - Day's Lock
Just received this news.
MX-5 Oxford Area made it to National TV... :-)
There was a brief shot of Dave, Jenny and others on Trans World Sport shown last weekend,
Channel 4.
About 42 minutes in there was a piece about the Pooh stick championships and the only shot of people other than Pooh and friends was the Oxford area club members !!!!!
Mazda MX5 Oxford......as seen on T.V !!!
Thanks to Mark Bellamy for letting us know... :-)
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