An egg and spoon race is a sporting event in which participants must carry an egg on a small spoon and race to the finish line without dropping the egg.

In many schools, the egg and spoon race takes place on Sports Day, alongside other events such as the sack race and three legged race. Sports days are annual events staged by many Schools in which Children participate in Competitive sporting activities, often with the aim The sack race is a competitive Game in which participants place both of their legs inside a sack or Pillow case and hop from a starting point toward a finish A favorite at community Picnics and school Carnivals a three-legged race is a Game of Cooperation between partners as much as it is one of speed

Synthetic or hard-boiled eggs have been used in recent years because of fears that the accidental consumption of a smashed raw egg could lead to illnesses such as salmonella. Salmonella is a Genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria that causes Typhoid fever, Paratyphoid fever

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• Egg and spoon race smashes record

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