It wouldn’t be a British Bank Holiday without people getting their kit off and throwing one another around.
Luckily, then, this weekend saw the 10th annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships taking part in the spiritual home of liquid meat fat, Burnley in Lancashire.
All wrestlers – which this year include Tronald Dump, Twilight Sparkle, The Oxo Fox, Barry Bovril and The Potato Masher – get sponsorship and give it their all to raise money for charity.
Despite being placed in the top 10 of the weirdest ‘sports’ and pastimes, hundreds of people flocked to the unusual event to watch contenders get down and dirty in a puddle of gravy.
Dozens of contestants wrestled in gallons of the brown stuff in the name of charity, raising much-needed funds for the East Lancashire Hospice and other nominated charities.
In order to win this unusual culinary contest, contestants must wrestle in the gravy for two minutes and points are scored for fancy dress, comedy effect, entertainment and wrestling ability. The local fire brigade is on hand to wash down wrestlers between bouts.
The championships are billed as a fun family day out with plenty of entertainment on hand for all and children are allowed to have a go in the gravy too – if their parents let them.
Splash down: This weekend saw the 10th annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships taking part in the spiritual home of liquid meat fat, Burnley in Lancashire
Dicey: It would appear all is fair in love, war and gravy wrestling as one contender throws another down in an illegal move
All wrestlers – which this year include Tronald Dump, Twilight Sparkle, The Oxo Fox, Barry Bovril and The Potato Masher – get sponsorship and give it their all to raise money for charity
Vicious: Dozens of contestants wrestled in gallons of the brown stuff in the name of charity, raising much-needed funds for the East Lancashire Hospice and other nominated charities
The Lion and the Unicorn: In order to win this unusual culinary contest, contestants must wrestle in the gravy for two minutes and points are scored for fancy dress, comedy effect, entertainment – and wrestling ability
Timber: A contender in a white t-shirt who managed to remain surprisingly gravy-free falls into the massive pool of brown
Cooling off: The local fire brigade was on hand to wash down wrestlers of their gravy coating between fighting bouts
Having a pop at the champ: This heavily-muscled contender particularly looked the part with a more than passing resemblance to Game of Thrones’ Khal Drogo
Defeat: A woman dressed as a peanut takes down another woman dressed as Wally of Where’s Wally fame in the gravy pit
Coated: One young woman looked slightly shell-shocked as she emerged from the puddle of lukewarm stock
Going to town: Two women, one who may have gone for a police theme for her fancy dress, slide around in the liquid
Unpleasant: Someone obviously forgot to use the strainer when they made this particular batch of thick and rubbery gravy
Champ: Despite Conor McGregor losing to Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGravy was victorious against Andy from Little Britain
Cleansed: Contestants are washed off by the fire brigade at the World Gravy Wrestling Championships near Burnley