A man has died choking on a pie during a fundraising event at a rugby club in Ashburton.
Phillip Andrew Ludemann, 30, of Canterbury, died on June 29 at the Southern Rugby Club's biennial fundraiser in Hinds.
Stuff reported he was competing in a three-person team as part of a time trial that involved his father, Ian Ludemann, shearing a sheep, following by the next team member drinking a beer, and the third eating a pie.
Club president Phil Cushnie told Stuff that "unfortunately Phil choked on the pie".
Ludemann's obituary said he "tragically passed away, peacefully".
