Former Ashburton College head boy Lachie Davidson and Ben McColgan, egg-throwing champions of the world. Photo supplied.Ashburton has another world champion flying the New Zealand flag on the world stage, this time in egg throwing.

Former Ashburton College head boy Lachie Davidson and his team-mate Ben McColgan finished first at the World Egg Throwing Championships in the United Kingdom in the early hours of Monday morning (NZ time).

The pair successfully threw the egg 60m, with Davidson doing the throwing and McColgan, a wicket-keeper, the catching.

The pair qualified for the event after finishing second at the New Zealand Rural Games after only initially entering the have-a-go competition.

“We were doing the fencing and stuff and hadn’t even thought about the egg throwing, but we won the have-a-go section and ended up in the nationals which was full of cricket players and baseball players,” Davidson said before the trip to the United Kingdom.

The pair that won the national title chose not to take up the offer of a free trip to the world championships, handing it to Davidson and McColgan.

The flights to the event in England were sponsored by a travel company and Davidson said Massey University has jumped on-board, sponsoring their team outfits, proudly showing off their name, the Yolk Ferns.

Prior to the competition, Davidson said their goal was to head over and give it a good crack and have a bit of fun.

By Jaime Pitt-MacKay © The Ashburton Guardian - 2 July 2019