People travelled from far and wide to Ramsbottom to knock down as many Yorkshire puddings as possible with just black puddings.

Every year in Ramsbottom outside The Oak’s Pub, the town gathers for the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships on Sunday, September 10.

Bury Times: World Black Pudding Championship

The all-day event sees young and old take park for a small fee, with the proceeds going to local charities, and this year the winner was Ramsbottom’s very own, Stu Pearson.

Stu knocked six off when he first competed but tied with Wayne Boswell.

After a throw-off, Stu was declared the winner.

Bury Times: Winner Stu Pearson

Mike Patridge, Ryan Partridge and Chris Partridge, travelled from Wales and Buckinghamshire for the event.

The trio predicted they would do ‘badly’ but were excited all the same.

Ryan said: “It’s an important event.

“We came up to Ramsbottom a couple of years ago and saw it, so we decided we needed to come back and see the championships.

“Ramsbottom is fantastic, friendliest people in the country and a good day out.”

Crowds of families watched as people queued to take part, with children trying their best to throw the black puddings.

Jonathan Semple from Edgworth took the junior champ title, knocking off five black puddings.

Bury Times: Junior Champ Jonathan Semple

Steve Hopkins from Ashton-Under-Lyme joined his nephews in Bury for the event.

He said: “It’s going great, we’ve just been for a nice mean at Owen’s and now we’re going to have a go to win this championship.

“It’s supposed to be raining but it isn’t so we’ve done very good and hopefully we can win it.”

Unfortunately, the rain did eventually arrive at around 3pm but people continued to enjoy the day.

Bury Times: Lyn and Nigel Gerrard

Christine Walsh said: “My husband likes to take part every year but he’s done terrible, so he had a pint because he thought it might give him a better chance and now he’s queuing up again.

“It’s great if the weather is nice and it brings everybody out.

“Anything that goes on in Ramsbottom is popular, because people like to have a day out.”

Many people had travelled from Spain, Poland and Australia.

Bury Times: Second place, Wayne Boswell

There was also plenty of entertainment on offer, including Pudfest, which saw live music performed out the back of the pub in Memories Courtyard, as well as fairground rides and trampolines for the kids, and food stalls.

Pictures by Danny Crompton.