MANJIMUP
December 8,
2012

LOCAL BOY WRESTS CROWN

IN a dramatic finish to the Australasian GlobeVista Cherry Pip Spitting Championships, local lad Clint "Dark Cloud" Thompson spat a hug 14 metre, or 12 metre, or maybe just over 11 metres, to win this years championship.

In the final were the current Australasian champion, New Zealander Aaron "Thunder Tongue" Collins and last years Australian champ Grant "Hercules" Hetherington.

One local estimated the crowd at around 15,000, while an out-of-towner suggested the number might have been closer to 5000. It made no difference, all were treated to the very best of spitting from the Australasian region.

Clint has his passport ready and is willing to fly to Cromwell in the middle south of the south island to defend his title against all the Kiwis have to spit at him.

Aaron Collins was shattered by his loss and has sworn to avenge his defeat. His manager, Ben "Haka" Wakefield said Aaron seemed out of sorts and it may have had something to do with the local beers. When reminded that all local beers were made by a New Zealand beer making corporation he quickly swallowed his and ordered a bottle of gin.

The scene is set. The next round of the Australasian Pip/Stone Spitting Championships will be spat out in Cromwell, South Island, New Zealand, on January the 4th, 2013.

Clint "Dark Cloud" holds high the trophy he won in a dash and flash of pip and saliva.

The three winners from all divisions:
Jo "Perennial" Perry, Kieran "Big Bucks" Grant and Clint "Dark Cloud" Thompson.

"Face of the Festival" Jordan Piggott with his arm around past pip spitting champ Craig "Blow Hard" McSharer.