The Paddy Games is a sports festival taking place in the Mardyke Arena, Cork, Ireland on August 14th 2010. The slogan of the games is 'taking silly very seriously'. The Paddy Games was originally dreamt up by Colin Carroll who was Ireland's first entrant at the World Sumo Championships, has a gold medal in Elephant Polo and holds the record for the fastest 3-legged marathon with John Meade. The event listing for the Paddy Games is as follows: * Retro Running (i.e. Backwards running) * 3-Legged Race * Crawling * Under the Hurdle * Stilt Sprint * Broken leg sprint * Blindfold Dash * Skateboard Dash * Tricycle Race * Welly Hop * Irish Dancing Hurdles * Hand of Henry * Inter-species Relay * Retro Running Relay * Fireman Carry Relay * Skateboard Relay * Blindfold Relay * Crawling Relay * Donkey Vault * Backwards triple jump * Pogo Stick High Jump * Mobile Phone throwing * Strait-jacket wrestling * Belly Bashing * Loudest Roar * Cow pat spitting * Car tyre floor routine * Bog Roll Gymnastics * Inter-species freestyle dance
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