^ "Witcham's annual Pea Shooting World Championship raises £2,400 for village hall".^ a b "World Pea Shooting champion Rob Bresler retains title 2014".^ a b "The ever so polite world championships where competitors know their Ps and Qs".(World Pea Shooting Book 2011) Kindle Edition. Archived from the original on 13 July 2018. ^ a b c "Pea shooters take aim for world championship glory".^ a b c "World Peashooting Championship 2022 cancelled".Archived from the original on 26 February 2022.
^ a b c "The Witcham Village Hall Committee has cancelled the 50th World Pea Shooting Championship 2020, due to the coronavirus situation".^ a b c "2012 World Pea Shooting Championships held in Cambridgeshire".Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. ^ a b c "Witcham, Home of the Official World Peashooting Championship".Mike Fordham 8, George Hollis 4, Helen Trent 4, Jim Collins 4, Michelle Berry 4, Sandra Ashley 4, Ian Ashmeade 4, Martha Collins 4, David Hollis 3, Julie Bissmire 3, Rob Bresler 3, Robert Norman 3, Dennis Minett 3, Dan Sargent 2, Leslie Setchell 2, Neville Burniston 2, Sally Redman-Davies 2. Roll of Honour (Multiple World Champions) She only missed 1 peaseye out of 10 with a score of 48/50 in the final - what a debut! World Pea Shooting Championship results (WPSC) 1971 onwards Sally then went on, at her first attempt, to beat the 2017 ladies' World Champion Michelle Berry in a tense final. His team, the Haddenham Easy Riders, also took the team first place, only just in front of the ladies' team Pea-u-tiful featuring Ian's girlfriend Sally Redman-Davies. In 2018, after unveiling a new pub sign at The White Horse, Ian Ashmeade in his iconic horned helmet thrashed the 2017 Champion Jim Collins to take the 48th World Pea Shooting title after 7 years of trying. In the team event the Haddenham Easy Riders beat Stockport Massive to the team title. Martha Collins won the junior title beating Madeline Bresler the runner-up. Jim Collins beat Ian Ashmeade in the open event. In 2017, incredibly for the fourth consecutive year, Michelle Berry kept her title by winning the Ladies Champion category, Martha Collins was runner-up. After a very tense final, which went into extra time, Jim Collins went on to beat Rob Bresler to take the title of Open champion, also the third title in his career. She fought her way through a strong field, while also reaching the semi-finals in the Open championship category. In 2016, at the 46th World Peashooting championships, Michelle Berry made history by regaining her Ladies title for the third consecutive year, using a laser shooter made by her father.
The event is expected to make a return in 2023. The 2022 event has also been cancelled due to fears that activity itself, involving high velocity discharge from the mouth, has a high likelihood of spreading Covid-19 to other contenders and referees. The day is combined with village fete featuring games, stalls, and more.īoth the 20 events have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition tends to be dominated by local entrants, though a small number travel from around the world, notably the United States, and American personnel from the nearby US airbases of RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath have competed. In 2003, the Parish Council funded the purchase of the John Tyson Shield on which the open champion's name is recorded each year. Tyson (1925–2002), however, the school is long since closed, and children from Witcham now go to primary school in nearby Mepal.
The World Pea Shooting Championship was conceived in 1971 as a fund-raising idea for the building of a modern Village Hall by the headmaster of the village school, John I. Peas are shot at a 12 inch target smeared with glazing putty, 12 feet away, with a peashooter not exceeding 12 inches in length, there are no restrictions to technology providing the pea is propelled by blowing with the mouth, also, anyone can enter. 4.1 Roll of Honour (Multiple World Champions).4 World Pea Shooting Championship results (WPSC) 1971 onwards.