It is said that one’s pastime defines personality. The hobbies say a lot about a person’s likes or dislikes, their abilities and their skills. Hobbies or pastimes usually include house-invented games, activities such as painting, reading, and writing, playing
musical instruments etcetera or some miscellaneous projects such as collecting coins or stamps.
Such day-to-day activities and pastimes have garnered a lot of attention around the world and have been adopted into mainstream sports where there exists a real duel between teams or individuals who would be vying for the world championship trophy.
Chess Boxing
The most famous and well known championship is the mixture of brain and brawn known as Chess Boxing. This sport is regulated by a World Chess Boxing organization who conducts annual events all over Europe.
The format of the championship is designed in such a way that the main sports-chess and boxing-alternates between rounds of both the games. Individuals first “box” in the ring waiting to knock out the opponent and then retreat to a chessboard arranged near
the ring.
There is a four-minute chess round and a two minute boxing round, lasting up to 11 rounds in total. Chess is considered as the ultimate test of intelligence whereas boxing tests one’s physical limit to get hurt.
Horseshoes
The U-shaped metal item known as the horseshoe is a very famous instrument for passing the time.
However, the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association took the pastime into a fully fledged sport of horseshoe pitching in the U.S.A. The game has a special set of rules and regulations which is usually played between two individuals or two teams. There are
four horseshoes which are to be thrown at a target.
This championship usually takes place in America with teams from all over the world participating. The competitive sport is usually arranged on beaches as to avoid injuries from miss-fired targets.
Paper-Scissors-Rock Championship
The most interesting pastime turned sport is the paper scissors rock championship.
The traditional playground game is not limited to school going kids anymore. The game now has its own RPS World Championship which is held in Canada every year and features teams from U.S.A, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
The winners get prizes in form of hard cash. But the game is not restricted to a playground anymore, it has its own ring where the players try to out-do each other.
The world of disc sports
Adults and children like to throw a Frisbee at beaches and picnics but the pastime is now turned into different levels of sports.
A disc sport, as it is known, includes competitive games with the use of Frisbees. There is a tennis-inspired sport with the instrument known as double disc court in which two individuals throw the Frisbee in a tennis court. The tennis rackets are the human
hands and the tennis ball is the Frisbee.
Other disc sports include TRC-Throw, Run, and Catch where an individual does everything and the game continues till the competitor drops a catch.
Lawn Mowing Racing
Once a hobby, now a renowned competition- lawn mowing is known to be the most inexpensive and practical sport of the world.
It helps an individual to reduce weight and it can take place anywhere there is grown grass. The mowing race also has its own sister sport, known as lawn racing where individuals sit on the lawn mower and try to work the vehicle through a maze.
The participants include those people who aspire to be a Formula One racer but they are short of the funds so they polish up their act in the lawn mower race to win a huge prize.
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