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Sniper is a bizarre marriage of apple bobbing and hula-hoop dancing. An apple is tied to a length of string (60-90cm works well) and this is then attached to a belt so that when worn the apple will dangle down at the front of the wearer.

Another player then holds up a plank at waist height through which a long nail has been hammered. Players then take it in turns to wear the belt and by spinning around they try to impale the apple upon the nail. The player who impales their apple in the quickest time is the winner.

There are two schools of thought on the most effective technique for this game: there are the players who try to line up the nail with the apple then fire the fruit with a Shakira-like flick of the hips, and then there are the ‘whirling dervishes’ who spin around frantically with the apple as a crazed satellite—frankly a danger to both themselves and anyone in the firing line.