The Chap Olympiad is a celebration of absurdity and one of Britain's most eccentric sporting events where ladies and gents compete in games such as Umbrella Jousting.

In other activities, participants try to outclass each other by throwing cucumber sandwiches, holding cups of tea while riding a bicycle and performing a hop, skip and jump with a glass of gin and tonic.

Add picnic vaulting, a moustache tug and freestyle hobby horse to complete the throwback fun.

The games reward flamboyance rather than sporting prowess and require the minimum of physical exertion.

The 2019 Chap Olympiad was hosted as part of the Firle Vintage Fair, near Lewes whose theme was appropriately ‘step back in time in style’.

The Chap Olympiad is a celebration of absurdity in one of Britain's most eccentric sporting events where ladies and gents compete in games such as Umbrella Jousting. In other activities participants try to outclass each other by throwing cucumber sandwiches ‘discus style’, not spilling tea while riding a bicycle, and performing a hop, skip and jump while holding a glass of gin and tonic. Add picnic vaulting, a moustache tug and freestyle hobby horse to complete the sporting frolics. The games reward flamboyance rather than sporting prowess, and require the minimum of physical exertion, also deviation from the rules is actively encouraged!

The 2019 Chap Olympiad was hosted as part of the Firle Vintage Fair, near Lewes whose theme was appropriately ‘step back in time in style’.