On the second Saturday in January, Manitou Springs in Colorado, USA, hosts the Great Fruitcake Toss. This competition is based on the idea that fruitcakes are very dense, weighty hard cakes - unwanted Christmas gifts which can be readily sacrificed and in fact, thrown away. By that date, I know that our Christmas cakes would definitely be consumed so I am not sure if it is a sporting event our family could qualify for. However, Manitou Springs, a small town of approximately 5000 people, has organised the tournament since 1995. During the competition, fruitcakes are thrown, hurled, catapulted and cannoned into the air using a range of inventive devices. The high-powered equipment used in recent years has sent fruitcakes souring to distances "beyond measurement." Lewis said in 2013, one official distance was recorded as "destination unknown." The record hand toss with a 2 lb cake (1 kg cake ) is 415 feet (126.5 metres ), ...
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