This year sees the first ever annual UK Thumb Wrestling Championships which is being held in Lowestoft, Suffolk on the 1st of August 2009. This event will see the very best thumb wrestlers from across the UK battling it out to be crowned the first ever official UK thumb wrestling champion. Thumb wrestling or thumb warring is a popular game played by two players in a tournament called a thumb-a-war (or thumb war). Thumb Wrestling competitors hook the four fingers of their right (or left) hands together such that both hands are clasped tightly. Then a short starting chant is performed and the contest begins.If you wish to compete at the first ever UK Thumb Wrestling championships being held in Lowestoft in Suffolk, then you need register for the competition online.The winner will not only become a uk champion, they will receive the The Thumb Wrestling Trophy