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Published on July
14th, 2015 / http://thechapmagazine.co.uk/2015/07/the-chap-olympics/
Another splendid day
on the Field of Pleasant Dreams took place on Saturday 11th July 2015
in Bedford Square Gardens, London.
Some 1500 Chaps and
Chapettes sauntered to this leafy Bloomsbury square at midday, clad
in their finest non-sporting raiment, to take part in sports designed
to complement, rather than insult, their immaculate clothing.
New events this year
included Aunt Avoidance, in which contestants had to get past a wall
of aunts intent on impeding their progress towards the pleasures of
youth. FreeFrom Breadbasket Ball tested the bread roll-tossing skills
of the competitors, whose trajectory towards a bread basket held by a
butler was blocked by a steward wearing a Gluten Free T-shirt and
wielding a copy of The Manchester Guardian.
During the Corby
Trouser Press Challenge, athletes were expected to change into six
consecutive pairs of trousers placed in Corby Trouser Presses,
leaving their own trousers neatly folded in the gentleman’s device.
A big thank you to Corby of Windsor for loaning us six of their
splendid trouser presses.
The Champagne
Charlie Human Pyramid of Dextrous Dandies, sponsored by Charles
Heidseick Champange, constructed a human pyramid of thirsty
competitors, who were then served champagne in the tower of glasses
they had created. Points were deducted for spillages but not for
falling over.
A full set of
photographs of the event by Stephanie Wolff may be viewed at
www.flickr.com
Special thanks to
our sponsors charlesheidsieck.com and www.corbyofwindsor.com
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