Viral ‘Seagull Boy’ judges Weston-super-Mare competition

Sarah TurnnidgeBBC Information Bristol Gull screeching contest involves Weston-super-MareAn 11-year-old who went viral for his seagull-mimicking expertise says he had a “whale of a time” judging a screeching competitors.Cooper was the visitor of honour on the first ever Weston-super-Mare Seagull Screeching Championship earlier. ‘Seagull Boy’ grew to become an in a single day sensation aged simply 9 after successful a European championship in 2024, and went on to defend his title in April. “I like how persons are attempting to make the world a greater world by screeching,” he mentioned.The seagull fanatic, from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, was invited to guage two competitions – one for under-12s and one other for youngsters and adults. Household photoEleven-year-old Cooper went viral in 2024 for his uncanny impression of a seagullDavid Peters, tourism advertising and marketing officer for Weston-super-Mare, mentioned: “We noticed Cooper on tv and on the web – he was everywhere.”Principally, as quickly as we noticed him, we simply thought that we needed to get him right down to Weston-super-Mare. “It’s simply such a enjoyable occasion and he’s so good at what he does that we simply thought ‘that is so Weston’.” The competitors happened on the Stacks Lounge.”There have been so many good folks doing a very good noise, so it was very laborious and fairly scary to select who was going to be the winner,” Cooper mentioned. Go to Weston-super-MareWeston-super-Mare AFC mascot Sammy the Seagull hit the city on Thursday to advertise the competitionContestants had completely different causes for participating and have been seen soothing their throats with lozenges in preparation.Simon, from Nailsea, mentioned: “My girlfriend entered me into it, who tells me I am not allowed to do it after we’re out and about, however I simply can’t assist it.”The winner of the grownup competitors was Scott Milton from Weston-super-Mare.Since first going viral in 2024, Cooper has been interviewed by TV and radio stations all over the world, was adopted by a Korean movie crew for 3 days as a part of a documentary about seagulls and even received €1,000 (£867) on a German recreation present.