Spurtle smooth taper. The custom is that a spurtle should be used to stir in a clockwise direction with the right hand. Early spurtles were flat, wooden or metal instruments, with long handles and flat blades. The spatula-like utensils, known as 'Couthie Spurtles,' can be used for flipping oatcakes or making pancakes - but not for making porridge. The World Porridge Making Championship awards a "Golden Spurtle" as its main prize. Spurtle The spurtle (or "spurtel", "spurtil", "spirtle" or "spartle") is a wooden Scottish kitchen tool, dating from the fifteenth century, that is used to stir porridge, soups, stews and broths.
First Annual National Championship First Annual National Championship The First Annual National Championship was the final event of the . It is currently known as the PBA World Championship. 192 bowlers began the tournament. They would bowl 30 games of qualifying. The field was then cut to 12 bowlers who would bowl 30 games of match play. The bowler with the highest 60 game total would win the tournament. The PBA tour's final event of 1960, the $44,000 First Annual National Championship, was held at Imperial Lanes, in Memphis, Tennessee. The first day of PBA competition was November 25, 1960. The competition ran until