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spitting contest is made of a round of heats and then finals later in the day. The event is sponsored by GlobeVista, who has previously provided the winner of the cherry pip spitting contest to New
Zealand to compete for the title of Australasian Cherry Pip Spit Champion. Clinton Thompson, a Perth resident has won the competition multiple times including the 2012, 2014 and 2017 competitions. An ABC news article states that the 2014 prize was "a ticket to the festival's Long Table Lunch, $ 150 in cash and a ticket to New Zealand to compete in the New Zealand Cherry Pip Spitting Competition". In 2017, Manjimups victor Clayton Ellis was sponsored by GlobeVista to compete in the New Zealand Olive Stone Spitting competition, which replaced the cherry stone spitting competition after a relocation of the annual Ford Ranger New Zealand Rural Games from "the cherry capital in Central Otago to Palmerston North" Ellis claimed the national record at the New Zealand Olive Stone Spitting competition with a winning distance of 12.64 metres (41 ft 6 in).
120:, Australia, features a cherry pip spitting competition, held in early December every year. Contestants are required to pick a cherry randomly from a box then spit the cherry pip as far as possible. Young is known as the cherry capital of Australia, responsible for over 60% of all Australian cherries. There is a junior and senior division, with cash prizes of $ 50 AUD for the junior category and $ 100 AUD for the senior category. The 2019 competition had close to 60 entrants participated, each contestant was given 2 pips to spit. Simon Taboury won the men's division with a distance of 11.6 metres (38 ft 1 in), Cherie McAllister won the ladies title by spitting her pip 7.5 metres (24 ft 7 in) and Ronan Winfield won the children's category with a distance of 5.4 metres (17 ft 9 in).
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pit spit competition was previously involved in a scandal regarding cherry pit tampering. The head of the
Witzenhausen organising committee Ulrich Walger said: "After the competition we found manipulated cherry stones on the spitting range". Further inquiry revealed that a competitor has slit open the pip then inserted metal shots and covered it with a filler then varnish. The organisers were unable to identify the culprit and as a result annulled the champions.
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188:"Gentleman Joe" Lessard Sr. is a well-known competitor in both the Eau Claire, Michigan, and Blenheim, Ontario, competitions. In 2013 he was a 3-time champion of the International cherry Pit-Spitting Championship in Michigan. He won his three titles in 1986, 1993 and 1996 with a distance of 21.9 metres (71 ft 10 in)
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Phantom of the Orchard" was the winner of the Canadian Pit Spit Championship in 2001 with a distance of 15.85 m (52.0 ft) and placed fourth in the International competition held in Michigan the same year. He won his first Canadian title in 1992 and gained his nickname as
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Guinness World Record for the "Greatest distance to spit a cherry stone" is held by Brian "Young Gun" Krause for a spit of 28.51 metres (93 ft 6.5 in) at the 2004 International Cherry Pit-Spitting championship. Krause also competed in the freestyle competition on the same day where he
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Annakirmes or St Anne's Fair is held annually in Düren Germany. The fair began in 1715 and the first world championship of cherry-pit-long-spitting at the festival occurred in 1974 on a police dogs training ground. The cherry pit spitting event celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2014 and held a
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Manjimup cherry spit competition is an annual event at the Manjimup Cherry Harmony Festival, an annual festival since 2001 in Western Australia, attracting between 7000 and 8000 people in 2017. The cherry festival is held in December and celebrates the start of the Cherry season. The cherry pip
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Each contestant was allowed to pick three cherries and, one at a time, chew around the cherry pit. They then stood with their feet against a line and spat the cherry seed as far in front of them as they could. The contestant was given three attempts, after which the longest spit was measured. The
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Brian "Young Gun" Krause, son of Rick Krause, is best known for being the current
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Marlene Krause, wife of Rick Krause, is a seven-time winner of the women's contest at the
International Cherry Pit-Spitting Championship competition at the Tree-Mendus fruit farm in Eau Claire, Michigan. She and her husband both won consecutively in 2009 and 2010.
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Kevin Bartz is well known for being the 2019 international cherry pit spitting champion in 2019 with a distance of 16.5 metres (54 ft 2 in); he began competition at age ten and won the youth division as well as being the men's division champion twice.
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Clinton Thompson was the winner of the Manjimup Cherry Spit in Young NSW three times, in 2012, 2014 and 2017. As a result of his 2014 victory, he was flown to New Zealand to compete in the New Zealand Cherry Pip Spitting Competition.
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