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2. Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake - Wikipedia

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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 .

3. Chris Anderson (cheese roller) - Wikipedia

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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]

4. Competitors take a tumble in annual cheese rolling race

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   The traditional spectacle involves chasing a wheel-shaped Double Gloucester cheese weighing 3.6 kilograms (eights pounds) down Cooper's Hill. Competitors take a tumble in annual cheese rolling ...

5. Gloucester cheese - Wikipedia

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   A wheel of Double Gloucester cheese is also used every spring for the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, in which competitors chase the cheese down a steep Gloucestershire hillside; the first person to reach the bottom of the 50% gradient, 200 yards (180 m) slope wins the cheese. [12] The wheel has a one-second head start. During its roll ...

6. She’s Britain’s cheese rolling champ again. NC State grad to ...

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   The cheese-rolling tradition is thought to date back hundreds of years to mark the return of spring, according to the Independent. The event got so big it was officially canceled after 15,000 ...

7. 7 of the coolest cultural festivals in Europe, from tomato ...

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   The Cheese Rolling tradition is said to date back at least 200 years (Getty Images) This Gloucestershire tradition takes place annually on Cooper’s Hill, near the village of Brockworth, on the ...

8. Brockworth - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

9. Rolling thunder: Contestants chase cheese wheel down a hill ...

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   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.