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Outdoor activities? What about Redneck Games!
POSTED 07 Apr 2011 . BY Tom Walker
Rednecks in action
Want to provide your gym members with a completely different outdoor exercise class this summer? You could recreate The Redneck Horse contest - where people try to throw toilet seats as far as they can.

The bizarre event is just one of the 'sports' contested at this year's Redneck Games. The Hubcap Hurl and Bobbin' for Pig's Feet Fest are other popular choices at the games, which take place on 9 July in Georgia, Atlanta, US.

The games reportedly started as a joke event to run alongside the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. Around 500 competitors were expected, but 5,000 showed up.

Over the last 10 years approximately 95,000 people have taken part in the games, with all profits going to local charities. For more details on the Redneck Games, click here

Image: www.flickr.com-stevethornton

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Outdoor activities? What about Redneck Games!
POSTED 07 Apr 2011 . BY Tom Walker
Rednecks in action
Want to provide your gym members with a completely different outdoor exercise class this summer? You could recreate The Redneck Horse contest - where people try to throw toilet seats as far as they can.

The bizarre event is just one of the 'sports' contested at this year's Redneck Games. The Hubcap Hurl and Bobbin' for Pig's Feet Fest are other popular choices at the games, which take place on 9 July in Georgia, Atlanta, US.

The games reportedly started as a joke event to run alongside the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996. Around 500 competitors were expected, but 5,000 showed up.

Over the last 10 years approximately 95,000 people have taken part in the games, with all profits going to local charities. For more details on the Redneck Games, click here

Image: www.flickr.com-stevethornton

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