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Mobile phone throwing is an international sport that started in Finland in the year 2000. It is a sport in which participants throw mobile phones and are judged on distance or technique.

There are usually four categories in the sport:[1]

  • Original (also called 'Traditional'): an over-the-shoulder throw with the farthest distance winning (best of 3)
  • Freestyle: contestants get points for aesthetics and creative choreographics
  • Team original: up to three competitors have one throw each with their scores added together
  • Junior: for children aged 12 or younger

The phones used vary not just between events but between competitors, with any phone that weighs over 220 grams being acceptable.[2] At some events the choice is down to personal preference from those provided by the event organisers, while others provide only one model of phone.

Lawrence University has hosted a Rotary Phone Throw in 2005, 2006, and 2007. This competition has similar rules to the mobile phone throw, yet uses rotary phones.[3]

World and national championships

The Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships have been held annually since 2000 in Savonlinna, Finland. The first national competition was held in Trondheim, Norway in June 2004, with several other countries across Europe also staging their own events. The first winter championships were held in Stoos, Switzerland in February 2005. Commonly, the prize for first place in a national event is entry to the world championships, and the grand prize for winning the world championship is a new mobile phone. Many events are supported by mobile phone recycling organisations and promote the recycling of the phones.[2]

In the UK the championships are held every August and organised by 8th Day UK Ltd. The first event in 2005 was held at Richmond Golf Driving Range, the 2006 event at Tooting Bec Athletics Track in London. ActionAid Recycling partnered the event to raise awareness for mobile phone recycling and raised money from donated phones for the first two years, but due to the involvement of a casino (Golden Palace) in the 2007 event and the associations this would have in relation to charity, are no longer involved.[4]

In 2007, the UK event was held at Old Hamptonians Rugby Club on the 12th August, with throws recorded from 3.70m to 95.83, a new unofficial world record. The men's winner was Chris Hughff, and the ladies winner was Jan Singleton, both successfully defending their 2006 titles. There were also throws recorded by a penguin and a gorilla[citation needed], prompting a new category - fancy dress, to be incorporated for 2008.[citation needed] The 2008 competition was held at the same location, with Jan Singleton defending her title and Jeremy Gallop claiming the men's title. Madeleine James set a new benchmark for the Under 3 Category of 1.57m.

The 2007 world championships were in Savonlinna as usual. The winner of the men's freestyle event, Taco Cohen of the Netherlands, won for a novel performance which incorporated juggling and acrobatics.[5][6][7]

2009 saw the UK event move to Battersea Park Athletics stadium, with Jeremy Gallop (89.10m) defending his title and Julia Geene (33.40m) winning the ladies event. Peter Yates set a new Vets record of 75.20m, and Oliver James set an Under 2 record of 2.05m. The fancy dress event was won by Morph, who threw 54.73m. The event was run alongside the Sumo Suit Athletics World Championships.

In 2010 the event was again held together with the Sumo Suit Athletics World Championships in Battersea park athletics track. Both Jeremy Gallop and Julia Geens successfully defended their titles with throws of 88.51m and 32.00m respectively. In the men's event there was a 1st prize of an Xbox 360 sponsored by BuyMobilePhones.net in an effort to raise awareness about mobile recycling.

The World event for 2010 was to be held on the 21st of August 2010 but for unknown reasons (as yet) was canceled).

Other tournaments

Spain

The Spanish championships are held in Tarragona, Catalonia during the celebrations of 'Carnival' in February or March. The 2009 tournament was held on Sunday, the 22nd of February in the Francoli Park, Tarragona.

United States

On August 1, 2008 the United States held its first national championship in South Hadley, Massachusetts at Buttery Brook Park, sponsored by Family Wireless.[8] The United States event has also dedicated itself to recycling cellular phones.

There was a second cell phone throwing contest held in the United States July 5, 2009 at Szot Park in Chicopee, Massachusetts. It was sponsored by Family Wireless.[8] The results for the American event held in July 2010 are yet to be published.

Liechtenstein

The first National Championships for Liechtenstein were held on the 29th of May 2010 in the town Ruggell.[9] They were completed in accordance with the Finnish rules with the same four categories.

Johannes Heeb won in the men's category with a throw of 74.2m and the women's category was won by Stephanie Parusel throwing 48.5m.[10] Manuel Hug won the juniors with a throw of 55.9m while the team category was won by Team "Schulzentrum Unterland" with 196m. The current Swiss national record holder, Dino Roguljic, made a "celebrity" appearance and managed to throw 66.2m

Freestyle

Freestyle phone throwing is an event held in which contestants enter a mat that is around 1" thick to soften impact in the case that a phone is dropped. Players begin perfrorming a series of tricks that include various flips, spins, high throws, etc. If you drop your mobile phone you are automatically out and judges take your score from that point. 1 minute is given for a total "run time" and after the minute is up, if you have not dropped your phone, you get a score from 1 to 100. Phone classes include standard phones, which are free to $50 phones with either no moving device such as slide or flip open, or with the standard flip open style. Second class is the "Advanced" class, which includes phones with full keyboards, slide movement devices, side-kick flip devices, or touch screens. This class is based on the fact that if the phone is dropped there is more of a consequence since the phones are so elaborate and/or expensive.

Records

The current (unofficial) records (as of August 2007) are:[4]

  • Men's world record - 95.83 meters (314.4 ft) Chris Hughff (Aug 2007)
  • Women's world record - 53.52 meters (175.6 ft) Jan Singleton (Aug 2006)

Both the above were set at the UK Championships.

Men's Seasons Best

  • (Updated August 2010)
YEAR DISTANCE ATHLETE PLACE
2000 48.00  Erno Riihela (FIN) Finland
2001 57.03  Ejani Torpo (FIN) Finland
2002 66.72  Petri Valta (FIN) Finland
2003 66.62  Samu Santala (FIN) Finland
2004 82.55  Ville Piippo (FIN) Finland
2005 94.97  Mikko Lampi (FIN) Finland
2006 92.30  ChrisHughff (ENG) London
2007 95.83 (WR)  ChrisHughff (ENG) London
2008 85.95  Jeremy Gallop (RSA) London
2009 89.10  Jeremy Gallop (RSA) London
2010 88.51*  Jeremy Gallop (RSA) London

'*' 2010 results as yet not complete.

Top Ten Men's Best Throwers of All Time

  • (Updated June 2010)
RANK MARK ATHLETE PLACE DATE
1. 95.83  Chris Hughff (GBR) London 2007-08-12
2. 95.59  Simon Wells (GBR) London 2007-08-12
3. 94.97  Mikko Lampi (FIN) Savonlinna 2005-08-27
4. 93.33  Bjornbet Sondre (NOR) Savonlinna 2005-08-27
5. 92.06  Jeremy Gallop (RSA) London 2007-08-12
6. 90.00  Ville Piipo (FIN) Savonlinna 2005-08-27
7. 89.62  Huotari Tommi (FIN) Savonlinna 2007-08-25
8. 89.00  Lassi Etelätalo (FIN) Savonlinna 2006-08-26
9. 85.74  Peter Hinderson (FIN) Savonlinna 2005-08-27
10. 85.43  Mikael Nyström (FIN) Savonlinna 2005-08-27

Men's National Records

  • (Updated June 2010)
DISTANCE ATHLETE PLACE Year
95.83 (WR)  Chris Hughff (ENG) England 2007
94.97  Miko Lampi (FIN) Finland 2005
93.33  Bjornbet Sondre (NOR) Norway 2005
92.06  Jeremy Gallop (RSA) South Africa 2007
85.00  Timmo Lilium (EST) Estonia 2008
84.25  Dino Roguljic (SUI) Switzerland 2005
83.69  William Reinaud (USA) USA 2008
74.20  Johannes Heeb (LIE) Liechtenstein 2010
73.00  Boh Tjarks (GER) Germany 2006
70.81  Björn Forsberg (SWE) Sweden 2008
70.64  Niels Kuper (NED) Netherlands 2005
66.45  Ricky De Zutter (BEL) Belgium 2006
66.00  Paul Aherne (ZIM) Zimbabwe 2005
65.10  Jay Coffee (NZL) New Zealand 2009
62.35  Mike Krischonas (AUS) Australia 2006
61.58  Särkijärvi Kyle (CAN) Canada 2007
60.10  Neil Rogers (SCO) Scotland 2009
52.85  Ian Preddy (MEX) Mexico 2006
52.67  Jose Damian Téllez Sanz (ESP) Spain 2005
49.76  Robert Danninger (AUT) Austria 2005
44.34  Tim Metzgen (BLZ) Belize 2006
43.59  Dadonoc Juri (RUS) Russia 2007
43.59  Martin McCann (IRE) Ireland 2005
14.30  Rungtip Womgsathagun (THA) Thailand 2003

Women's Seasons Best

  • (Updated July 2010)
YEAR DISTANCE ATHLETE PLACE
2000 - - -
2001 - - -
2002 20.35  Mina Kulju (FIN) Finland
2003 - - -
2004 - - -
2005 38.74  Jan Singleton (GBR) London
2006 53.52  Jan Singleton (GBR) London
2007 52.05  Jan Singleton (GBR) London
2008 41.00  Valeria Kadorova (EST) Estonia
2009 37.05  Suvi Torikka (FIN) Savonlinna
2010 48.50* [11]  Stephanie Parusel (LIE) Liechtenstein

'*' 2010 results as yet not complete. Other dates incomplete as no data available. Please help.

Top Ten Women's Best Throwers of All Time

  • (Updated July 2010)
RANK MARK ATHLETE PLACE DATE
1. 53.52  Jan Singleton (GBR) London 2006-08-20
2. 50.83  Eija Laakso (FIN) Finland 2006-08-26
3. 48.50  Stephanie Parusel (LIE) Liechtenstein 2010-05-23
4. 43.34  Sari Säisänen (FIN) Finland 2006-08-26
5. 41.42  Marke Krok (FIN) Finland 2005-08-27
6. 41.00  Valeria Kadorova (EST) Estonia 2008-08-23
7. 38.91  Lee ? (GBR) London 2007-08-12
8. 37.18  Minna Pekonen (FIN) Savonlinna 2005-08-27
9. 37.05  Suvi Torikka (FIN) Savonlinna 2009-08-22
10. 36.65  Nicole Greuter (LIE) Liechtenstein 2010-05-29

Women's National Records

  • (Updated December 2010)
DISTANCE ATHLETE PLACE Year
53.52  Jan Singleton (ENG) England 2006
50.83  Eija Laakso (FIN) Finland 2006
48.50  Stephanie Parusel (LIE) Liechtenstein 2010
41.00  Valeria Kadorova (EST) Estonia 2008
36.28  Cecilie Krohn (NOR) Norway 2006
34.09  Gabriella Szekely (HUN) Hungary 2007
31.59  Tanya van Schalkwyk (RSA) South Africa 2006
29.50  Jacqueline Roessler (GER) Germany 2010
28.21  Bec Hanson (AUS) Australia 2006
27.11  Tracey Belcourt (CAN) Canada 2009
21.17  Aga Dymerska (POL) Poland 2006
14.99  Tilder Frolig (SWE) Sweden 2006

Record Sources: [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

References

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  5. ^ "Mobile phone throwing turns artistic in Finland". Reuters. August 25, 2007.
  6. ^ Michael Santo (August 27, 2007). "Juggling, Lobbing at the 8th Annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships". RealTechNews.
  7. ^ "Two Finns world champion mobile phone throwers". earthtimes.org. 26 August 2007.
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  20. ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20061013010735/www.actionaidrecycling.org.uk/newsstory_86.html
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  22. ^ http://www.wgl-schwaebischhall.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=212:handy-weitwurf-am-06112010-in-uttenhofen&catid=12:berichte&Itemid=5
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