16 août 2009
Unofficial event: beer barrel over the bar
The technique for this unique Bressuire event is similar to that used in the weight over the bar event.
The contestant stands with his back to the bar, swings the 27.5 kilo barrel between his legs for momentum, lets it go up and over the bar and then barrels along out of the way.
A barrel of fun
“Roll out the barrel – let’s have a barrel of fun!” So the song goes and fun it may be for the spectators.
But it’s a source of soul-searching for the athletes. Should they use one or two hands? A vertical hold or a horizontal one? And perhaps the trickiest question of all: how to keep the kilt out of the way?
A dilemma indeed, which each man solved as best he could, the winner being Hans (one hand or two hands?) Lolkema with a height of 4.80 m.
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