World pie eating championships held in Wigan

The 2013 World Pie Eating Championships will take place midday otherwise known as 'Pie Noon' in Wigan.

The 2012 Pielympics 200 Grams Men's Champion was Martin Clare, 34, a furniture salesman from Wigan, who scoffed his pie in 23.53 seconds. **

He was presented with The Bradley Piggins Trophy and the gold medal.

The cooked dimensions of the official pie are a diameter of 12cm and a depth of 3.5cm, and a pie wall angle from base to top of between zero and 15 degrees. Minimum content cube dimensions of the meat and potato mix are 1cm, and they must have 66% meat content not including pastry.