The Royal Bun Throwing Championships

About

The three hundred year old ceremony of Bun-Throwing is a tradition much-loved by the people of Abingdon, a Thameside market town just south of Oxford. The ceremony is only held when the Town Council decrees that there is a significant Royal Event to celebrate so the last one took place on the afternoon of the Royal Wedding. Councillors in full ceremonial robes lob over a thousand specially baked buns from the roof of the County Hall to the waiting crowds below. This year, as part of the Easter fun going on in the town, the town council are holding a Royal Bun Throwing Championships to allow ordinary folk of the town a chance to participate. Two winners will be chosen who show the ability to lob their buns farther than anyone else and their prize is the unique opportunity to join the councillors on the roof at the next Royal Bun Throwing, taking place during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, on 3rd June.

The Royal Bun Throwing Championships will take place in Abingdon on April 14th (2pm to 4pm) at the Abingdon Cricket Club, just a bun's throw away from the medieval bridge that spans the Thames and today carries the main A415 route into the town.