Is there anyone out there who is proud and/or confident enough to travel at your own expense to try and claim a $1000 prize to the slinger with the best aggregate score for long range shooting, point blank accuracy shooting and rapidity of firing (within a broader accuracy range than the first two)?   I'll put up the money (or get a sponsor to do it) and tentatively we are looking at the Pumpkin Chuckin' contest in Delaware, USA  AS A START to try and identify a competency core whose eventual mission will be to provide a demonstration to the Olympic organizers of the realities of the manifold attractions of a slinging competition in the summer Olympics.

As of this is date this is a hypothetical proposal so ...

How about $1000 for each category with a $2000 prize for the overall??????????



Trivia:
I know, USD are not considered to be worth a dam these days by some nations... by the way... note the spelling of the word dam... in the early days of the US, a tinker, or tinsmith, received their solder in "pigs" or large bricks.  Foundries cast iron plates with narrow troughs formed into their surface for the tinkers.  Tinkers fashioned a small piece of tin to place into the ends of the troughs before melting the solder pig and pouring it into long, skinny bars suitable for everyday soldering of tin articles (cups, serving pieces, etc.).  After removing the skinny bars the small piece of tin was discarded as worthless (too small and bent and oxidized).  It was referred to as a Tinker's Dam.  Comments in language about someone or something being "worthless" were referred to as their "not being worth a tinker's dam" ... later shortened to "not being worth a dam" and later completely changed in it's entire literal meaning to "not being worth a damn"... go figure

isn't punkin chunkin - seen it on telly, sure looks like fun - in october ?
There was a british team a few years ago, from the scrapyard challenge tv program.
Certainly looks like fun.

let me know where and when and I'll consider it - can't see me winning any prizes but I can wang a stone fair way :-)
The close vicinity of any international airports would also be useful.
These days a sling's about the only thing you can get through customs anyway (and matt_c's plastic knives)
:-)

ps.
it's in november
[url]http://www.punkinchunkin.com/main.htm[/url]

pps. if anyone on the forums entering a machine and wants cheap labour - I can lift heavy weights and carry stuff pretty much all day - I'll even do the evening barbycue :-) (if there ain't a barby I ain't comin' !) lol