New record set at Scottish haggis hurling championships

A new record at the World Haggis Hurling Championships was set on Sunday at the home of Robert Burns, as part of festivities to mark the birth of Scotland's national poet. The championships are held every year around the time of Burns' birthday in his former home town of Alloway, 40 miles (65 kilometres) from Glasgow on the south west coast of Scotland. Champion Gary McLay, 26, from nearby Kilmarnock, set a new event record by hurling the traditional Scottish pudding 194 feet (59 metres).