Olympic Beer Throwing

Imagine the discus throwing event - sometimes known as "The Discus" to Olympic officiandos.

Now, instead of throwing weighted discs this event involves throwing plastic pint glasses, filled with beer. This is a team sport, with teams comprising two members: A thrower and a catcher. Guess what they do.

Rather than measuring where the object hits the ground for the distance, a minimum distance is declared by the thrower (6 inch increments). The catcher must stand behind the threshold of this distance. The glass is filled to the brim with beer; the brand of which is chosen by the thrower. It is then thrown out into the field and must be caught by the fielder, with at least 85 percent of beer intact to count as a legal throw. The amount of beer left is measured for use in tie-break situations and must then be downed for the general refreshment of the fielding athlete (any spillage may be deducted from the team's total of beer thrown).

6 rounds of attempts are made. Should a catcher fail to catch a pint or drop more than 15% of beer or step over the threshold - the throw is declared invalid, or "shite", and the catcher must down a full pint of beer.

The winnner is the team with a) the outright farthest qualified throw or b) with the joint farthest throw and most amount of beer caught & drunk.