THE SILLY SEASON HALL OF FAME

From wife carrying to nettle eating, find out more about the year's silliest events to date with Hotlist's Silly Season Hall of Fame (Image © Taina Rissanen/Rex Features)Bank holiday cheese rolling? The World Wife-Carrying Championships? The world's largest tomato fight? Discover all these and more in Hotlist's Silly Season Hall of Fame.

INTERNATIONAL BOGNOR BIRDMAN

Catch all the action from the International Bognor Birdman Contest (Image © Chris Ison/PA)For 51 weekends of the year, the Sussex town of Bognor Regis can be described, as Morrissey once noted, as the seaside town they forgot to close down. However, that all changes when the intrepid Bognor Birdmen come to town.

BOG SNORKELLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

An intrepid competitor battles through the rancid Waen Rhydd trench at the World Bog Snorkelling Championships (Image © Peter Byrne/PA)For over 20 years, intrepid competitors have descended on the small Mid Wales town of Llantyrd Wells to brave the powerful stench of the Waen Rhydd trench at the World Bog Snorkelling Championships.

THE 2007 SILLY SEASON SPECIAL

Welcome to Hotlist's Silly Season special, a celebration of the summer's weirdest, wildest and, in some cases, downright bizarre competitions and sporting tournaments.

WORLD MEMORY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Find out more about the World Memory Championships (Image © Fiona Hanson/PA)Are we using our minds less than previous generations? Maybe so, but according to Tony Buzan, human beings still possess the capacity to memorise vast amounts of information. And to prove it, he created the World Memory Championships, an event now considered the Olympics of Mind Sport. Learn more about Buzan's mind games and test your ability at the ten disciplines involved.

REAR OF THE YEAR

Which celebrity bottoms will be honoured with the accolade of Rear of the Year? (Image © Ian West/PA)If you’re concerned that you don’t have the iron constitution needed to triumph in bog snorkelling, mobile phone throwing or any of the silly season’s beautifully bizarre events, fear not! Here’s a contest that doesn’t require extreme sporting aptitude. In fact, all you need is a classically shaped and toned backside!

AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

American air guitarist Hot Lixx Hulahan was one of the leading contenders at last year's Air Guitar World Championships but who will be crowned the 2007 winner? (Image © AP Photo/Jim Cooper)What used to be a slightly embarrassing bedroom hobby has become a globally celebrated event. Join the invisible riff riot at the 12th annual Air Guitar World Championships.

THE WORLD GURNING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Six time winner Tommy "Quasimodo" Mattinson unleashes a trademark gurn at Egremont Fair's main event: the World Gurning Championships (Image © Jonathan Hordle/Rex Features)Flexibly-faced hopefuls from all over the world will battle to pull the ugliest possible face at Egremont Fair's famous World Gurning Championships.

MOBILE PHONE THROWING CHAMPIONSHIP

A Finnish competitor throws for glory at the World Mobile Phone Throwing Championships (Image © Ville Myllynen/Rex Features)Everyday modern angst has tempted the most even-tempered people to want to hurl their trusty mobile into the nearest bin, road, or lake. In Finland, such an action is ideal training for the World Mobile Phone Throwing Championships.