Miguel Pistorillo was a clerical employee at the IPF back in 1991 when he came up with a novel idea. Cleaning his oven with some biocarbonate of soda, Pistorillo accidentally split some Vimto on the carton and stood back in amazement as it fizzed and bubbled before his very eyes. The next morning Miguel was in the office of anyone that would listen, insisting that a dissolvable Peeball, long seen as the Holy Grail for those dreaming of expanding the game's commercial appeal, was close at hand.

The men in charge were impressed by Miguel's idea and after six months of research and design the Power Peeball that you're familiar with started production.

The first country to embrace Power Peeball was Germany, with the rivalry between Gunther Kunter and Herman Versplashen becoming back page news from Berlin to Dusseldorf. The 1994 Munich Oktoberfest Tournament was the first Power Peeball competition in the world to offer prize money of over $10,000. As if predetermined by the sporting gods, Kunter and Versplashen met in the final, watched on TV by an estimated 10 million Germans.

At his first stand, Versplashen made the crowd choke on their sausages with a World Record time of 9.98 seconds, the first documented sub-ten second Peeball destruction in history. Remarkably, Kunter was up to the challenge. Reported not having been to the toilet for five straight days, he unleashed a torrential stream into the urinal, rinsing the last remnants of the Peeball down the drain in an astonishing 9.54 seconds. The force of his stream actually drenched the first four rows of spectators and it took the skill of a master to keep the ball itself from flying out of the urinal at the explosive first contact.

It was this epic contest that first brought Power Peeball into the public consciousness. Semi-professional leagues started up in Spain, the USA, Austria, Australia (where both men and women had been competitively weeing with no Peeballs for decades), Hungary and Greece. Multi-ball contests became popular with fans that wanted to see more long-distance urination and as the length of tournaments increased, so did participation and fan support.

The 1996 US Open, held in the car park of Daytona 500, drew almost as many fans as the race itself. An estimated 74,000 people watched on specially erected screens as the legendary Billy 'Flushing' Meadows dominated the 'four-ball' and classic events, destroying world records in both disciplines. His then world record time of 8.94 seconds for a single ball was, in the words of Norris McQuirter, "One of the twenty greatest records in the entire book".

Two years later though, the record book was ripped up with the arrival of the greatest force ever to enter the world of Peeball; the Hun with the Gun, the Human Water Cannon, the Berlin Ball Breaker - Gunther Bürsht.

Raised on the wrong side of the Wall, Bürsht's harsh upbringing resulted in a fierce determination to win. In his autobiography 'Bursting For Victory' (English translation by Kevin Keegan) Bürsht reminisces about his discovery of the sport in a Hamburg brothel, instantly posting sub-20 second times against experienced opposition.

Once the Wall fell, it wasn't long before he was being fast-tracked into Germany's all-conquering national team and two days after his 35st birthday he was named as captain. Since then, Bürsht has become probably the most famous peeballer in history. He has broken his own world record on no less than 14 occasions, the most recent being the remarkable 5.86 seconds set at the Graham Norton Classic.

Spearheaded by Bürsht's massive talent, Germany remains the dominant force on the global game. However, with Power Peeball's introduction onto UK shores, it seems unlikely that the competitive nature of the British male will let this continue without a struggle. Get involved. Make it happen.