The world famous Dorset Knob Throwing Contest has been forced to be cancelled due to concerns that the event had become too big to be held safely.
A spokesperson for The Dorset Knob Throwing Festival said:
“It is with great sadness that the Dorset Knob Throwing and Frome Valley Food Festival is unable to go ahead on 1 May 2022.
“We had over 8000 people attend the 2019 event, meaning it has reached such a size that it simply cannot be run by a small voluntary village committee.
“We’ve looked at various options but sadly couldn’t make any of them work for this year for many reasons.
“We also sadly lost the support of our event management team late in 2021 and agreements with Moores Biscuits to provide the biscuits for the event’s games also took much longer than anticipated.
“We hope the event can return soon in years to come.”
Dorset Knob Throwing committee
Fortunately, the Dorset Knob Eating Contest is still planned to go ahead.
