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BlueBirdMedia has produced a video of the World Oyster Eating Championship held at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland where Colin Shirlow continued his streak, defeating Sonya Thomas 233 oysters (in 3 minutes) to 208.
Colin Shirlow defeats Sonya Thomas, maintains Hillsborough Oyster Festival streak
Sonya Thomas and Colin Shirlow will compete in the oyster eating contest at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland will start at 3pm Ireland time (10 am US Eastern). RakeandHerald.tv has a preview of the contest. update Amanda Poole reports Colin Shirlow defended his title with a record tying total of 233 oyters in 3 minutes.
update Sept 9 The Rake & Herald has a contest report listing Sonya’s total at 208.
update Sept 10 The Belfast Telegraph has an article and gallery
update Sept 11 The BBC has an article with pictures
The BBC has a preview of Saturday's eating contest at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Northern Ireland, where Sonya Thomas will seek to avenge a 2008 loss where she was defeated by defending champion Colin Shirlow 230 oysters to 191 in a three minute competition. The article incorrectly states Sonya Thomas' previous contest in Northern Ireland was held three years ago; it took place in 2008. The article also lists Sonya Thomas as a resident of New York who is looking to "take the trophy back to Coney Island".
The Belfast Telegraph reports that Sonya Thomas will be competing in the World Oyster Eating Championship in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland on September 8. Defending champion Colin Shirlow defeated Sonya Thomas in 2008.
Irish oyster champ claims to have defeated Sonya Thomas in 20098
update Sept 3 Sonya Thomas did compete in the 2008 contest, which took place on September 6, 2008 and was the runner up to Colin Shirlow. V1NNY69 has a video of the results announcement.
update Sept 3 #2 Scotsman.com has an article about the 2008 contest.
Food Belfast has an article about Colin Shirlow, who received a Guinness record for oyster eating (233 in 3 minutes) in 2005 and claims to have defeated Sonya Thomas at the Hillsborough Oyster Festival in Ireland last year:
Last year saw the ominously named ‘Black Widow’ (pictured, left) being flown over especially for the competition from the US.
Sonya Thomas got the nickname because of her ability to regularly defeat men four to five times her size in competitive eating events. The 43-year-old holds records in some 25 competitive eating contests and set her sights on Shirlow’s crown.
“Her record sits at 350 oysters in 10 minutes [actually 46 dozen, 532] but with this record it says it has to be three minutes. The Guinness Book of Records specifically say you have three minutes. We paid for her to come across and on the Thursday night we were like two boxers.
Sonya Thomas could not have competed in the Hillsborough Oyster Festival, which takes place during Labor Day weekend, because she was at the Buffalo Wing Festival in 2009. Shirlow is most likely confusing Sonya Thomas with Linda Li, who competed in last year’s contest after winning a qualifier at the Ceili Cottage in Toronto.
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