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The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, at Brockworth near Gloucester, England. [2] Participants race down the 200-yard (180 m) long hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese.
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“Traditions are a way of speaking to our ancestors in a language that they created,” pronounces the surprisingly profound Netflix narrator, before spoiling things slightly by over-egging the pudding: “When you participate in a tradition, you are casting a spell that lets you talk directly to a bygone era”. In the same documentary, unofficial organi...
Jem Wakeman, current Master of Ceremonies, has said, “It’s one of those things that you can’t find a great deal about. Some say 1700s, some say 1600s.” Sara Stevens thinks it’s, “thousands of years”. Cheese rolling world champion, Chris Anderson, believes it’s an old Pagan ritual: “They used to chuck a cheese down the hill to bring good luck for th...
As with many traditions that have found themselves subject to health and safety rules, the event was cancelled by local authorities in 1999, and again in 2009. However, as one of the participants says in the Netflix documentary, having freshly run his own improvised cheese slalom, “You can cancel it officially, but it will always go on like this.” ...
Unlike many other traditions, the answer to this question is best answered by the younger people in the village. After all, you won’t find too many old-timers hurling themselves from the top of Cooper’s Hill. “When you have a landscape like this, it’s like a playground,” says 31-year-old, four-times champion cheese chaser and genuine superwoman, Fl...
At the heart of Gloucestershire’s cheesiest tradition lies not just a vertiginously steep hill but also a leaderboard brimming with repeat offenders. Yes, in this case, the more times you throw yourself down a hill after a wheel of cheese, the more legendary you become. Leading the pack with a wheelbarrow of trophies is Chris Anderson, who has mana...
Injuries are many and fairly varied, although no record appears to exist of anything particularly lethal. In her 10+ years as unofficial organiser, Sara Stevens says the worst injury she’s ever seen was a foot reversed – the toes facing in the opposite direction. Injuries of this nature are part and parcel of the falling scrum. As Jem Wakeman point...
Entering the Gloucester cheese rolling contest couldn’t be easier. All you have to do is show up, walk to the top of Cooper’s Hill and take your place. Thanks to its internet-fuelled notoriety, people turn up to the event from countries all over the world. Winners have come from Canada, Australia, USA, New Zealand and Nepal. Naturally, entrants nee...
As we have seen with other traditional sports such as Shrovetide Football, rules are not for the brave of heart. However, participants should be mindful of a few things. 1. The race is over just over 100 metres long. 2. Cooper’s Hill has an average gradient of over 45°. 3. The wheel of cheese is 8lbs (3.6kg) of double Gloucester, and it tends to tr...
The cheese rolling race takes place on the Spring Bank Holiday (usually the last Monday in May) every year. In 2024, it will take place on Monday, May 27th.
The clue is in the name. You’ll find it on Cooper’s Hill, just outside Brockworth in Gloucestershire. Set your map, for Coopers Hill, Brockworth, GL3 4SB. All participant quotes used in this article come from the 2020 Netflix Documentary: We Are the Champions. The historical information in our Customs Uncovered series comes from several books, most...
Jul 18, 2023 · The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an adrenaline-fueled and slightly bonkers event that takes place annually in Gloucestershire, England. This quirky tradition involves competitors chasing a wheel of cheese down a steep hill, often resulting in hilarious tumbles and somersaults.
May 7, 2009 · In the past, the Cheese Rolling was only part of the annual Cooper's Hill wake. Other events included such delights as 'wrestling for a belt', 'grinning (through a horse's collar) for a cake',...
May 29, 2023 · Competitors chased a 7lb (3kg) Double Gloucester cheese wheel down the almost-vertical Coopers Hill in Brockworth, near Gloucester. The world-famous event went ahead despite safety fears.
Jun 6, 2022 · The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is a British tradition dating back to at least 1826, if not earlier, according to the BBC. Once a year, participants gather at the top of...
May 2, 2024 · The Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual race that pushes the limits of the body and the laws of nature to find out who truly has the ultimate love of cheese. Envision this: The charming English countryside. A mob of people standing atop a steep hill two football fields long.
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