Tag: Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake

Cheese-rolling champion goes out at the top as injuries grate

Chris Anderson’s first experience of falling down the near-vertical hill where an annual cheese-rolling race takes place was when he was a teenager after having a few drinks one night. “I was thrown down there a couple of times when I was drunk,” Anderson, the record-breaking 23-time champion of...

UK’s Annual Cheese-Rolling Contest Gets A Request From Animal Rights Body

Former winners of Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake. Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake, a challenging yet risky sport, draws competitors from all over the world to Gloucester each year. The extreme sports competition takes place at Cooper’s Hill, close to Gloucester, England, on the Spring Bank Holiday. The main...