World Pea Shooting Championships

The World Pea Shooting Championships have been held annually since 1971 on the second Saturday in July, in the village of Witcham near Ely in Cambridgeshire, England, and has attracted competitors from as far afield as the US, Canada, Scandinavia, France, Spain, New Zealand and Holland.

Both the 2020 and 2021 events have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2022 event has also been cancelled due to fears that the activity may spread COVID-19

The World Pea Shooting Championships made a return after 4 years, on Saturday 8 July 2023.

In 2024, the ladies event was abolished, the reason given was:

The sport does not rely on physical strength, size, or gender-specific attributes.

Peashooting is about: accuracy technique consistency nerve

Those are not gendered abilities, so separating competitors by gender doesn’t reflect how the sport actually works.

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