Ready-set-carry!

Finally it is here, first day of wife carrying world championship. The best weekend of summer!

In Africa there is a proverb ”it takes a village to raise a child” and it fits perfectly on this event. Whole municipality has participated on some level. Organizations, entrepreneurs and volunteers has put hours and hours of their time, to make this event possible.

And now everything is ready to rumble! Barries and waterhazards are waiting you! You can also come here to enjoy the atmosphere, if you don’t want to sing karaoke, throw tonkkumi or carry anybody.

Weather is traditional Finnish weather, so all you need to take with you is bikinis or speedos, sun lotion, insect repellent, umbrella, winter coat and mittens.

Welcome everybody to have a great time in Sonkajärvi!

What is TonkKumi?

 

TonkKumi is sport that suit everybody between age of 10 to 100.  Target is churn (40liters) , which is being trying to hit with teat rubbers. 

 

Throwing distance is 4 meters.  You throw eight (8) teat rubber on two different series. Then referee will count, how many rubbers you manages to get in the churn. Sounds easy, but it is not. 

 

 TonkKumi doesn’t require good condition or big muscles. Only good hand-eye coordination and happy attitude. (You can also be grumpy, if you don’t want to be happy)

There will be championship contest for individuals and 3 person teams. After two qualifying rounds, 16 best contestants go to finals. Then will 8 pairs of finalists throw only one serie of 8 rubbers and winner continue on.  At the end, there will be only two left and one of them will be best of the world. (You can imagine the sound on of ”we are the champions”)  

Are you ready to be the champion of the world?