Haggis hurling
In 2004 Robin Dunseath, publicist for Scottish entrepreneur Tom Farmer and ex-president of the World Haggis Hurling Association, said he invented the sport as a practical joke for the 1977 Gathering of the Clans in Edinburgh, later using it to raise funds for charity at Highland games.However, the Australian cricket player Tom Moody was purported to have thrown a haggis in 1989 over 230 feet (70 metres).[4] The sport requires subtle technique rather than brute force, as the hurl must result in a gentle landing to keep the haggis skin intact.Plans to use a fake haggis in a hurling competition at a Highland festival in Melbourne split purists from those who are fearful of the mess a high-speed impacting may cause.In 2004, a Highland festival in Melbourne made plans to use a fake haggis in a hurling competition there.