The World Pea Shooting Championships have been held annually since 1971 on the second Saturday in July, in the village of Witcham near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, and has attracted competitors from as far afield as the USA, Canada, Scandinavia, France, Spain, New Zealand and Holland.[1][2]
Both the 2020 and 2021 events have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[3] and the 2022 event has also been cancelled due to fears that the activity may spread Covid-19[4]
The World Pea Shooting Championships made a return after 4 years, on Saturday 8 July 2023.[5]
The 2024 event took place on Saturday 13th July, the ladies event was abolished, no reason was given why.
- ^ "Witcham, Home of the Official World Peashooting Championship". witcham.org.uk (Archived). 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018.
- ^ "2012 World Pea Shooting Championships held in Cambridgeshire". bbc.co.uk. 2012.
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