Walking the Plank World Championships

[Black Syren]

August 23rd, 2009: Walking the Plank World Championships,

Queenborough Quay, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM.

"Be ye brave enough to join the renowned ranks of The Plankers?" The fearsome Captain Cutlass and the scurvy crew of The Salty Sea Pig are once again searching for 'volunteers' to take part in the Isle of Sheppey's Walking The Plank World Championships. This fund-raising has become a major attraction as a motley collection of 'plankers' (contestants) take turns to be pushed off a wooden plank by the scurvy crew known as the Sheppey Pirates. They are judged on Costume, Command of Piratical Speak, Height of Jump, Scream as they are plummeting towards the water, and the size of the after splash. The challenge has been set for August 23rd for the World Walking the Plank champion the Mad Dane to have his title snatched from him. For more details contact purser@sheppeypirates.org