A pitchfork is used to hurl a hessian bag stuffed with straw over a horizontal bar above the competitor's head.
After all challengers have made their attempts, the bar is raised and all successful competitors move on to the new height.
It is a feature of the annual Sykehouse Show in South Yorkshire, England.
A variation of this rule is that if one brings a custom pitchfork to the competition, they must allow any other competitor to use that fork.
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