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Woman wins annual cheese-rolling race while unconscious
UPI ^
| MAY 30, 2023 / 12:55 PM
| By Ben Hooper
Posted on 05/30/2023 11:06:25 AM PDT by Red Badger
VIDEO AT LINK...............
May 30 (UPI) -- The annual Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling race in England featured the winner of one round getting knocked unconscious and only learning of her victory when she woke up in a medical tent.
The annual event in Brockworth, near Gloucester, featured multiple rounds of racers stumbling down the steep Cooper's Hill to chase a simulated wheel of double Gloucester cheese to earn a real wheel of cheese as a prize.
Delaney Irving, 19, who traveled from Canada to participate in the cheese chase, ran in a women-only round and didn't discover she had won the race until she woke up in a medical tent.
A video shows Irving nearing the bottom of the hill when she trips and tumbles unconscious across the finish line.
Other big winners of the day included Matt Crolla, 28, of Manchester, and Ryoya Minami, of Japan.
The unusual local sport has a history stretching back to at least 1826, but local legend claims it began as early as the mid-17th century.
The Cooper's Hill Wake -- "wake" being a local word for festival -- formerly featured cheese rolling alongside other events including wrestling matches and shin-kicking competitions. The modern Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake features only cheese rolling and an uphill race for children to win sweets.
The event was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but made a return in 2022.
TOPICS: Food; Health/Medicine; History; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bit; brockworth; cheese; cheesymoosebitsister; coopershill; coopershillwake; delaneyirving; doublegloucester; gloucester; mattcrolla; moose; ryoyaminami; sister; sisterbitmooseback; unitedkingdom
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To: Red Badger; Rennes Templar
only learning of her victory when she woke up in a medical tent Some might say, "Who gives edam?", but she rennet with all of her heart.
Who says that there isn't a Gouda.
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posted on
05/30/2023 11:47:34 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(ποΈ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars βοΈ, aka every man)
To: Ezekiel
That was cheesy....................
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posted on
05/30/2023 11:56:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger; Rennes Templar
The unusual local sport has a history stretching back to at least 1826, but nobody knows Jack.
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:02:42 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(ποΈ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars βοΈ, aka every man)
To: Red Badger
The documentary about this event (its name escapes me) is hysterical.
I really canβt approve but I grudgingly admire their spirit. Uniquely human.
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:12:12 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
To: Ezekiel
It was a cottage industry back then......................
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:14:11 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Curdos to you!
πππ
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:16:02 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(ποΈ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars βοΈ, aka every man)
To: Ezekiel
Thanks! I have my wheys....................
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:21:24 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
You make it look so easy — you never have to strain yourself!
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:37:40 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(ποΈ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars βοΈ, aka every man)
To: Ezekiel
At my age, I try to stay Extra Sharp!...................
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:38:27 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
You shred the competition!
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:40:56 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(ποΈ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars βοΈ, aka every man)
To: Ezekiel
Well I don’t try to be Holey-er than thou................
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:43:20 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: ClearCase_guy
It’s a good thing she wasn’t on a boat or she could
have awaken’d in the wake...or maybe not.
Quick,someone throw her a cheese!
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:43:22 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Red Badger
I suppose you could try to bring religion into it, but that would be a whole other ball of wax.
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:51:24 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(ποΈ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars βοΈ, aka every man)
To: Red Badger
Grater than all the rest.
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posted on
05/30/2023 12:52:18 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
To: Ezekiel
Nah, for me it’s Bries...................
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05/30/2023 12:54:42 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I would suggest that people take tips from you, but that could be dangerous. Someone might go too far.
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posted on
05/30/2023 1:04:42 PM PDT
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Ezekiel
(ποΈ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars βοΈ, aka every man)
To: Ezekiel
It’s a fetacompli......................
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posted on
05/30/2023 1:07:17 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/30/2023 1:11:17 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
To: Ezekiel
Who says that there isn't a Gouda.And that reminds me of that old Civil War Song:
Cheese, cheese, cheese, cheese
Eating Gouda cheese.
Goodness, how delicious,
Eating Gouda cheese.
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posted on
05/30/2023 1:12:28 PM PDT
by
higgmeister
(In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
To: Red Badger
Whoa, did you steal that?
Gonna need an Ambert alert.
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posted on
05/30/2023 1:21:04 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(ποΈ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars βοΈ, aka every man)
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