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Chris Anderson is a groundworker and a British Army veteran, best known for winning the annual cheese rolling at Cooper's Hill in Gloucestershire a record 23 times. Chris is sponsored by Spa Security Ltd. He now spends his spare time training with Severn AC running club and entering local races. [1]
A race on 27 May 2013. This ceremony originally took place each Whit Monday, but was later moved to the Spring Bank Holiday.The first written evidence of cheese rolling is found in a message written to the Gloucester town crier in 1826; [1] even then it was apparent that the event was an old tradition, and it is believed to be at least six hundred years old.
The traditional spectacle involves chasing a wheel-shaped Double Gloucester cheese weighing 3.6 kilograms (eights pounds) down Cooper's Hill.
Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, UK. ... Situated 10 minutes away from the Old Town and under 15 from the Christmas market, the NH Collection Salzburg City has ultra-modern rooms and an ...
The annual Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, 2013. Cooper's Hill (grid reference) is a local landmark within the parish of Brockworth, which is 200 yards (180 m) long, and with a slope of around 50 per cent (26.6 degrees). [13] [14] It is known in Britain [15] and beyond [16] for its annual cheese rolling contest. A large round cheese is ...
The cheese-rolling race has been held at Cooper’s Hill, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London, since at least 1826, and the sport of cheese-rolling is believed to be much older.
After a year sabbatical, American Abby Lampe tumbled 200 yards through the mud, grass and sea of limbs down a steep hill to claim victory at an English village’s annual cheese-rolling ...
Chris Anderson (cheese roller), 23-time winner of annual cheese rolling; Chris Anderson (footballer, born 1925) (1925–1986), Scottish footballer; Chris Anderson (footballer, born 1990), English footballer; Chris Anderson (golfer) (born 1970), American professional golfer; Chris Anderson (high jumper) (born 1968), Australian high jumper