MardiGrass XX, but HEMP Olympix XVII. MardiGrass came before the Olympix...

HEMP OLYMPIX XVII EVENTS:

Tug of War
Joint Rolling:
Speed Roll
Artistic Roll
Adverse Conditions Roll
Roll in the Dark
Seed Sorting
Chop Champion
Correct Weight
Bong Throw and Yell
Grower's Iron Person Event

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2011 Results:

Growers Iron Man:

1st - Luca (Italy) - 31 seconds
2nd - Clemont (France) - 33 seconds
3rd - Ollie (France) - 37 seconds

Growers Iron Woman:

1st - Karen (Sunshine Coast) - 51.06 seconds
2nd - Hannah (Sunshine Coast) - 51.45 seconds,
3rd - Sarah (Aratula) - 55.23 seconds

Mens Bongthrow:

1st - Hayden (Bongchucka Heads)
2nd - Garry ( Nimbin)
3rd - Luke (Caboolture)

Womens Bongthrow:

1st - Rachael (Ipswich)
2nd - Sallie (Nimbin)
3rd - Lisa (Dublin)

Joint Rolling:

Speed Roll:

1st - David (France) - 24 seconds
2nd - Bob the Joint Builder
3rd - Sally (Nimbin)

Blindfold:

1st - Bob the Joint Builder - 53 seconds
2nd - David (France)
3rd - Sarah (Aratula)

Adverse Conditions:

1st - Raphael (France) - 36 seconds
2nd - Bob the Joint Builder
3rd - Selina (Brisbane)

Artistic Roll:

1st - Tobias (Germany) - "Orchestral Triangle with Striker"
2nd - Sarah (Aratula) - "Tulip"
3rd - Bob the Builder - "Prince William" & Sally (Nimbin) - "Kate Middleton" - a Joint Effort.

2012 HEMP Olympix

Plantathlon
Best All Roundperson - Sallie, Nimbin

Speed Roll
Matthew, of France
Wendy, of St George, Queensland
Sallie, of Nimbin

Artistic Roll
Bob the Joint Builder - "The Session"
Matthew of France - "Death Joint"
Karoon of Iran - "Tulip"

Roll in the Dark
Sallie of Nimbin - 51 seconds
Aaron of Jimboomba
Aamie of Woodburn

Adverse Conditions
Wendy of St George, Queensland - 29 seconds
Bob the Joint builder
Sallie of Nimbin

Women's Ironperson
Rachael of Ipswich - 1.14 minutes
Rachael of Canada - 1.15 minutes
Hannah of the Sunshine Coast - 1.16 minutes

Women's Bong Throw (Accuracy)
Mel of Newcastle
Andrea of Nimbin
Yarni of Southport

Men's Ironperson
Miro of Slovakia - 1.01 minutes
Clark of Canada - 1.03 minutes
Bob of Tasmania - 1.11 minutes

Men's Bong Throw (Accuracy)
Luke of the Sunshine Coast
Dave of Newcastle
Chuck of California

2013 Results:

Growers Iron Man:

1st - Anders (Denmark) - 1m 22 seconds
2nd - Forest (Byrrill Creek) - 1m 23 seconds
3rd - Jose (Chile) - 1m 24 seconds

Growers Iron Woman:

1st - Hashy Smashy (Doobieville) - 1m 38 seconds
2nd - Hannah (Sunshine Coast) - 1m 49 seconds,
3rd - Cloud (Taiwan) - 1m 56 seconds

Mens Bongthrow:

1st - Robbo Da Yobbo (Da Gabba) 36.1m
2nd - Luca (Sunshine Coast) 34.5m
3rd - Ananda (Lillian Rock) 34.4m

Womens Bongthrow:

1st - Hannah (Sunshine Coast) 32.6m
2nd - Hashy Smashy (Doobieville) 29.5m
3rd - Sally (Nimbin) 29.0m

Joint Rolling:

Speed Roll:

1st - Bob the Joint Builder - 29 seconds
2nd -Wendy (St George)
3rd - Andreas (Germany)

Blindfold:

1st - Wendy (St George) - 1m 03seconds
2nd - Bob the Joint Builder
3rd - Sally (Nimbin)

Adverse Conditions:

1st - Bob the Joint Builder - 39 seconds
2nd - Andreas (Germany)
3rd - Hannah (Sunshine Coast)

Artistic Roll:

1st - Jack (Austria) - "Lotus Flower"
2nd - Marvin (Germany) - "Joint with Peace Sign"
3rd - Bob the Joint Builder - "Helicopter"

Plantem Award

Hannah (Sunshine Coast)

2014 Results:

Growers Iron Man:

1st - Justin (Hastings Point) - 1m 27 seconds
2nd - Jack (Blue Knob) - 1m 32 seconds
3rd - Glen (Sydney) - 1m 43 seconds

Tug of Peace

Polite Service: 2
Police Force: 0

FRINGE OLYMPIX

World Stoned Chess Championship.

The 2014 MardiGrass World Stoned Chess Championship was again a wonderful success .this year it started at 1330 and continued well after dark , the final few hours found the competitors battling it out by candlelight.
The day was blessed by clear skies but was unfortunately accompanied by a cold breeze that wreaked havoc with the chess pieces and reduced the numbers of competitors. Gerald Taylor ,the self proclaimed Goddess of the mardigrass and DIviner of the weather sorted out the rain but omitted to control the cold wind,now away in Cambodia needs to pull up his hemp knitted socks.
This year there were 27 competitors down from 43 last year and 8 countries including Australia represented.12 of the competitors were French and other countries represented were Algeria,Scotland,Germany,Israel,Poland and Cuba .
Due to some unforeseen divine intervention some Thc vegetable matter descended like manna from heaven onto the tables in the alley outside the Nimbin museum and play was officially underway. This year the competition was of a very high standard and losers such as Farouk from Israel,Alejandro from Cuba and Carl from Estonia were all of an excellent standard.
After 4 hours of heavy continuous smoking the royal herb there were 3 undefeated players.Pierre and Marius both French and undefeated on 5 wins and myself simon and current world stoned chess champion also undefeated on 5 wins.i decided to play Marius and the winner to play Pierre for the title.Whilst this game was underway at late dusk a newcomer presented himself and duly started to play against Pierre.of course we had to make sure he was suitably qualified and in this endeavour he was most enthusiastic .I had a tough match against Marius but I won and was preparing myself, by rolling a few more, for the final.creating great controversy and surprisingly Max defeated Pierre in a long hard fought game and so now came the decision as to whether a newcomer having played only 1 game and surely having a pathetically low Thc level and not having had to concentrate for 5 hours bent be allowed to compete to win the championship.
Pierre had left but I fortunately I had the guru jahlove to guide me and generosity won over sense and Max was allowed to play for the title.H e won the first game in a long hard fought game playing white.Colours were changed and the game see sawed for over an hour then by stealth of a silly tired move I made a mistake ax won and was awarded the title.
Max Dargin who now hails from the Gold Coast but is a Nimbin local as his parents ran the Rainbow Cafe in the roaring 70's where he grew up and went to school and his mother was one of the first shareholders in the tuntable falls community.
Controversy aside Max was definitely the better player on the day and a much deserved winner.