| Where: | Sandford on Thames, Oxfordshire at Sandford Lock |
| When: | Sunday in May or June |
| Time: | 11.30 am |
As all Winnie the Pooh fans will know, Pooh Sticks is the game of dropping twigs into a stream from the bridge above and seeing whose stick emerges first from the other side. Simple, but competition can be fierce! There are team well as individual events and prizes are, of course, cuddly Winnie the Poohs. For over 30 years the competition was held at Days Lock at Little Wittenham but as the popularity of the event increased, so did problems with parking and road safety so a new venue was chosen. As there is no river traffic at the new venue on the River Windrush it also means that the former restrictions on when the event could be held were lifted and it can now take place later in the season, hopefully with a bit of summer sunshine. The event raises money for local and international charities and is organised by the local Rotarians.
Helpful Hints
For many years the competition was held at Little Wittenham but from 2015 it moved to a new location and has shifted date from late March to June to late May.
In 2025 it should be on Monday 26th May at Sandford Lock (to be confirmed). Spectators may watch free of charge but competitors must buy tickets for £4.
Click here for the website: https://poohsticks.uk/
and tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-poohsticks-championship-tickets-528592322867?aff=oddtdtcreator
Click here for the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldPoohSticksChampionships/
We are very sorry to announce that we have to cancel this Sunday’s World Pooh Sticks Championships 2013.
If we had just had a little rain on the day then we would have still played and we would have splashed around in wellington boots and dropped our coloured sticks over the bridges, however we’ve had so much rain over the last few weeks that the river is still too high and fast to have our safety boats on the river and there’s no sign of the rain stopping this weekend.
http://www.pooh-sticks.com
Many thanks for letting us know -I’ve amended our website entry with the news. It’s a shame and I can see that there will be many other event casualties this year – here’s hoping for a better season in 2014!
Averil