Article: 'Playing Pooh sticks' with centuries of history.

Article: Obituary: Lord Onslow of Woking
The Independent - London;  March 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ...DESCRIBED BY Michael Heseltine as "the old style and effective Chairman of the 1922 Committee", Cranley Onslow held the post from 1984 until 1992 when he was defeated by the more populist Marcus Fox. Watching the latter make a beeline for the television cameras in after years, a great many

Article: Pooh sticks The world's easiest sport
The Independent on Sunday;  March 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... girl. And the international sport? Pooh sticks. Do not think that this was merely ... Acre Wood for the 26th annual World Pooh Sticks Championships. Lydia (pictured below) had to battle through five heats of Pooh sticks last year. So how had she prepared ...

Article: Pooh Sticks race fun to help kids
Evening Times;  April 30, 2009 ;     282 words ...A SPECIAL Pooh Sticks Race will be held next week to help raise funds for the Children ... and take them to meet the larger than life Kelburn Teddy Bears. The Pooh Sticks race is open to all and donations will go to CHAS, with a prize for ...

Article: Stick 'em up: THE WORLD POOH STICKS ...
The Mirror (London, England);  March 14, 2003 ;     361 words ... ... would have thought it would catch on as a sport. Yet the World Pooh Sticks Championships has been going for 20 years - although it was cancelled ... spectators. Tel: 01491 838294. CAPTION(S): RACERS: Dropping Pooh Sticks. Below: Pooh Bear

Article: As the Beatles Did It; Albums From the La's, EMF, Pooh ...
The Washington Post;  July 10, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... Depeche Mode, it's not demonstrated on "Schubert Dip." The Pooh Sticks: `The Great White Wonder' On last year's wonderful "Formula One Generation," the Pooh Sticks staked the best claim yet to the speedy but tuneful teen-tunes ...

Article: Pooh sticks big success; CHARITY.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  March 30, 2009 ;     291 words ...ABOUT 800 competitors took part in the World Pooh Sticks Championships yesterday. The event at Little Wittenham, Oxon, raised pounds 1,000 for charities including the RNLI. Organiser Liz Williamson of the Rotary Club said: "It was fantastic. The weather was beautiful."

Article: What about Pooh sticks on the Sherbourne?(Letters)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  April 7, 2006 ;     410 words ... ... atmosphere of The Boat Race. What an attraction. Perhaps a similar event on a smaller scale could be arranged between Coventry University and the University of Warwick. May I suggest Pooh sticks? Robert Garlick, Mantilla Drive, Styvechale.