Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
51°49′48″N 2°09′29″W / 51.82991°N 2.15812°W
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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, near Gloucester in England.[1] Participants race down the 200-yard (180 m) long hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. The event has a long tradition, held by the people of the local village of Brockworth, but now people from all over the world take part. The Guardian called it a "world-famous event", with winners coming from Canada, Belgium, Egypt, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.[2][3]
The most recent event was held on 29 May 2023.[4]
Format
From the top of the hill, a 7–9 pounds (3–4 kilograms) round of Double Gloucester cheese is sent rolling down the hill, which is 200 yards (180 m) long. Competitors then start racing down the hill after the cheese.[5] The first person over the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese. The competitors aim to catch the cheese; however, it has around a one-second head start and can reach speeds up to 70 miles per hour (110 kilometres per hour),[5] enough to knock over and injure a spectator. Multiple races are held during the day, with separate events for men and women.
In the 2013 competition, a foam replica replaced the cheese for safety reasons.[2] The winners were given $1 million USD.
History
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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;[6] even then it was apparent that the event was an old tradition, and it is believed to be at least six hundred years old.[7][8]
Two possible origins have been proposed for the ceremony. First, it may have evolved from a requirement for maintaining grazing rights on the common.[7][9] Second, there may be pagan origins for the custom of rolling objects down the hill. It is thought that bundles of burning brushwood were rolled down the hill to represent the birth of the New Year after winter. Connected with this belief is the traditional scattering of buns, biscuits and sweets at the top of the hill by the Master of Ceremonies.[10] This is said to be a fertility rite to encourage the fruits of harvest.[9]
In 1982, a team of students from the University of Bristol filmed the 31 May event[11] using film cameras, with one camera overcranked to produce slow motion.[12]
In 1993, fifteen people were injured, four seriously, chasing cheeses down the hill with its one-in-three gradient (18.4 degrees).[9]
In 2009, it was cancelled due to concerns over health and safety. In 2010, a group of journalists and local residents threw a smaller version, in keeping with tradition, to keep grazing rights. In 2011, Candis Phillips and Sara Stevens bought and dressed four cheeses, and so the revival of this famous old tradition continued.
"No-one's going to stop us doing it. They say it's not official, but we are all Brockworth people, and we're running cheese today, so it is official. We strongly believe in it."
— Former winner Helen Thorpe in May 2011.[13]
The 2011 event took place without management, due to safety concerns over the number of people visiting the event,[14] resulting in the 'Save the Cheese Roll' campaign.[15] Despite the cancellation and lack of paramedics, around 500 people showed up in 2011 to hold some spontaneous races; no major injuries were reported.
The event is traditional and takes its name from the steep hill on which it occurs. Until recent years, it was managed in a quasi-official manner by nominated locals, but since 2010 the event has taken place without any management.[13]
The cheese-rolling event was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] The cheese-rolling event returned on Sunday 5 June 2022,[17] ending a two-year absence.[18] The spring bank holiday was moved to June 2, followed by an additional bank holiday, to create a four-day jubilee weekend in celebration of Elizabeth II's 70 years of reign.[19]
Cheese
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The cheese currently used in the event is 7–9-pound (3–4-kilogram) Double Gloucester, a hard cheese traditionally made in a circular shape.[20] Each is protected for the rolling by a wooden casing round the side, and is decorated with ribbons at the start of the race. Formerly, three cheeses were presented by parishioners, and the cheeses were usually rolled by them. A collection is usually made now to purchase them, as well as sweets, and also to provide prize money.[9]
Since 1988, the cheese has been supplied by local cheesemaker Diana Smart and her son Rod from their Churcham farm, although Diana Smart has now retired.[5][21][22] In May 2013, a police inspector warned the 86-year-old Smart that she could be held responsible for injuries.[5] Chief Superintendent Nigel Avron of Gloucestershire Constabulary also made these comments: "If you are an organiser in some way or some capacity you could potentially be held liable for something that took place at that event".[5] In recent years, organisers of the event have felt compelled to use a lightweight foam version for safety reasons. In the second race of 2013, Australian Caleb Stalder managed to catch the fake cheese and claim victory despite being some way behind the leaders.[23]
Injuries
Due to the steepness and uneven surface of Cooper's Hill, there are usually a number of injuries each year. A first aid service is provided by the local St John Ambulance (Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud Divisions) at the bottom of the hill.[24] Members of the local rugby club and Young Farmers volunteer their services by acting as 'catchers' for any participants who lose their balance and also are on hand to carry down any casualties requiring first aid who do not reach the bottom. A number of ambulance vehicles attend the event, since there is invariably at least one and often several injuries requiring hospital treatment.[24]
Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling has been summarised by a previous participant as "twenty young men chasing a cheese off a cliff and tumbling 200 yards to the bottom, where they are scraped up by paramedics and packed off to hospital".[25] This quotation was reported in The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper of 13 November 2008[25] in an article titled "Return to Edam" (a pun on Australian soap opera Return to Eden).[25] The same article reports one Scottish competitor prodding another in the ribs at the top of the hill, quizzing him if his "travel insurance cover[s] this"?[25] The Australian author, Sam Vincent, "questions his sanity" as he is "crouched on the summit of a diabolical slope", alongside thirteen other competitors whilst they are "awaiting the call to start what is surely the world's most dangerous footrace".[25]
Canadian competitor Delaney Irving won the ladies race in 2023, despite finishing unconscious, and only learning of her victory in the medical enclosure.[26]
Results
Year | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 (Women's race) |
Race 4 | Race 5 (from 2006) |
Notes/Reference | |
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1985 | Steven Gyde | Steven Gyde | Leticia Burns | Costas Logothetis | [27][28] | ||
1986 | Steven Brain | Steven Brain | Leticia Burns | Steven Gyde | [27][28] | ||
1987 | Steven Brain | Steve Gyde | Rebecca Haines | Steven Brain | [27] | ||
1988 | Steve Gyde | Steve Gyde | Rebecca Haines | Steven Brain | [27] | ||
1989 | Paul Andres | Lawrence Farlow | Kathleen Underwood | Julian Pritchard | [28] | ||
1990 | Steven Brain | Steve Gyde | Jacqueline McGinn | Steven Brain | [27] | ||
1991 | Steve Gyde | Steve Gyde | Christie Sweeney | Steve Gyde | [27][28] | Adam Norell | |
1992 | Terry Sawczuk | Stuart Heggs | - | Rob Preece | Star Royles | [28] | |
1993 | Rob Preece | Rob Preece | - | Jamie Barnes | Andrew Deveson | [28] | |
1994 | Rob Preece | Andrew Deveson | - | Star Royles | Craig Carter | [28] | Adam Norell |
1995 | Steven Brain | Jonathan Smith | Claire Carter | Darren Yates | [29][27] | ||
1996 | Steven Brain | Harry Hancy | Marie Andow | John Shelton | [28] | Adam Norell | |
1997 | Steven Brain | Steven Brain | Tina Rimmer | Craig Carter | [30][31] | Adam Norell | |
1998 | Peter Astman | — | Amelia Hardwick | — | [32] 2 races abandoned for safety, due to 33 injuries the previous year | ||
1999 | Steven Brain | Steven Brain | Helen Thorpe | Steven Brain | [33] | ||
2000 | Steven Brain | Steven Brain | Kirby Shepherd | Craig Brown | [34] | ||
2001 | [35] Event abandoned due to foot-and-mouth disease; however, a single cheese was still rolled down the hill to maintain tradition. | ||||||
2002 | Simon Fowler | Craig Brown | Saskia Thomas | Jack Williams | [36][28] Event took place on Tuesday due to Queen's Jubilee celebrations | ||
2003 | [37] Event abandoned due to volunteer safety team being diverted to Algeria following their earthquake; a solitary cheese was rolled by the committee a few days later to retain tradition. | ||||||
2004 | ![]() |
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Aaron Walden | [38][39] Race 1 winner was a British Army soldier from the Gurkhas. Race 2 winner was former New Zealand All Black Marc Ellis. | ||
2005 | Jason Crowther | Chris Anderson | ![]() |
Aaron Walden | [1][40] Images and references by BBC. | ||
2006 | Jason Crowther | Craig Fairley | ![]() |
Chris Anderson | Andrew Brewin | [41] A fifth race added due to an increase in competitors | |
2007 | Jason Crowther | Joshua De Leon | ![]() |
Alan Morris | Chris Anderson | [25][42] | |
2008 | Chris Anderson | Peter Mackenzie-Shaw | Flo Early | Craig Fairley | Wade Sansom | [43] | |
2009 | Chris Anderson | Scott Bevan | Michelle Kokiri-Gisbon | Chris Anderson | Josh Geitz | [44][45][24] | |
2010 | Chris Anderson | Craig Fairley | Tanya Silverman | Chris Anderson | — | [46] | |
2011 | Chris Anderson | Chris Anderson | Jo Guest | Chris Anderson | — | [47][48][13] | |
2012 | Chris Anderson | Chris Anderson | Lucy Townsend | Craig Fairley | — | [49] | |
2013 | ![]() |
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Lucy Townsend | Ryan Fairley | ![]() |
[23][50][2] | |
2014 | Joshua Shepherd | Ryan Fairley | Lucy Townsend | Sheldon Ronald | — | [51][52] | |
2015 | Chris Anderson | Ryan Fairley | Keavy Morgan | Chris Anderson | — | [53] | |
2016 | Chris Anderson | Chris Anderson | Flo Early | Ryan Fairley[54] | — | [55][56] | |
2017 | Chris Anderson | Chris Anderson | Keavy Morgan | Chris Anderson | Roni Aloe | [57] | |
2018 | Chris Anderson | Christopher Parperis | Flo Early | Chris Anderson | [58][59][60][57] Chris Anderson sets a new all-time record of 22 race wins | ||
2019 | Max McDougall[61] | Ryan Fairley | Flo Early | ![]() |
Trent Unsworth | [62] Flo Early sets ladies all-time record of 4 wins | |
2020 | Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Cheese still rolled to maintain tradition.[18] | ||||||
2021 | Event cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Cheese still rolled to maintain tradition.[63][64] | ||||||
2022 | Chris Anderson | Jamie Evans | ![]() |
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[3][65] Chris Anderson new all-time record 23 race wins | |
2023 | Matt Crolla | ![]() |
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- | [26][66] |
Multiple winners
Men's race
- Chris Anderson 23
- Steve Gyde 21
- Steven Brain 18
- Izzy (Islwyn) John 13
- Ryan Fairley 5
- Hugh Atkinson 5[6]
- Rob Preece 4
- Craig Fairley 4
- Aaron Walden 3
- Jason Crowther 3
- Star Royles 2
- Andrew Deveson 2
- Craig Carter 2
- Craig Brown 2[27]
Ladies' race
- Flo Early 4 (2008, 2016, 2018, 2019)
- Rosemary Cooke 3 (1953, 1955, 1956)
- Amanda Turner 3 (1981, 1982, 1983)
- Dionne Carter
3 (2004, 2005, 2006)
- Lucy Townsend 3 (2012, 2013, 2014)
- Leticia Burns 2 (1985, 1986)
- Rebecca Haines 2 (1987, 1988)[27]
- Keavy Morgan 2 (2015, 2017)
Similar events
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An annual cheese-rolling event has taken place in Chester since about 2002, to promote the town's food and drink festival. The rolling takes place on the flat down an obstacle course.[67]
Cheese-rolling in popular culture
- A pub called ‘The Cheese Rollers Bar & Restaurant’ located in the neighbouring village of Shurdington is named after the event. The pub has a collection of previous cheese casings along with photos and articles about the event. It has also been used as a filming location for multiple TV programs on the event.
- The game Animal Crossing: New Horizons has a special item called Double Gloucester cheese that is only available from May 22 to May 31, the period when this event takes place.
- 1948: ‘Cheese Rolling on Cooper’s Hill’ is a painting by Charles March Gere, is part of the Museum of Gloucester Collection, and depicts a live action scene of the event.[6]
- 1982: A short documentary film ‘Cheese Rolling Day May 31, 1982’, written and directed by James Hartzell, and filmed by University of Bristol students and friends, analyses the event happening that day.[12]
- 1997: The cheese rolling event appears in episode 16 of the novel Mason and Dixon by author Thomas Pynchon. In the scene, Charles Mason himself is nearly struck by a large cheese-wheel rolling down the hill.
- 2005: A children's computer game from Neopets named "Cheeseroller", involves different varieties of outlandish cheeses, rolled down a 120-metre hill in under 60 seconds, negotiating obstacles on route. Points are awarded for grade of cheese difficulty and speed of descent.[68]
- 2007: Cheese rolling appeared in the television series ER, Season 14 Episode 8, "Coming Home", where a motley bunch of cheese rolling enthusiasts (with accents of dubious accuracy) have a dispute, allowing Morris to demonstrate the Judgement of Solomon.
- 2008: Cheese rolling was prominently featured in the first episode of the UK television channel Five series: Rory & Paddy's Great British Adventure, broadcast on 13 August 2008, and was described as "the grandaddy of weird sports" by the titular Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness.[43]
- 2011: Cheese rolling footage from SoGlos was used in Off the Air at the end of the series premiere episode "Animals".
- 2014: The NPR news quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me featured cheese-rolling in a 'Not My Job' segment with skier Mikaela Shiffrin.[69]
- 2018: The contest was the subject of the BBC One programme The Great Cheese Chase.[70] The contest was part of the German reality show Joko gegen Klaas - Das Duell um die Welt, where German former football Thorsten Legat was supposed to participate, but at the end refused to do so.[71]
- 2019: The race was parodied in Disney Junior series Mickey and the Roadster Racers S2.E18 "Super-Charged: The Big Cheesy". Clarabelle Cow’s gift of jeweled dog collars for the queen gets stuck on the cheese wheel and Goofy and the gang chase it around London.[72][73]
- 2019: Let's Roll is a short film directed by Chris Thomas[74] about a teenage girl Antonia (Amy Bowden) attempting to emulate her brother's successes in the cheese rolling. The film was screened at BAFTA-qualifying film festivals: Norwich and Edinburgh.[75][76]
- 2019: Royal Mail issue a collectable stamps edition of UK Weird and Wonderful Customs which includes Bog snorkelling at Llanwrtyd Wells, World Gurning Championship at Egremont, Up Helly Aa in Lerwick, Burning the Clocks in Brighton, 'Obby 'Oss festival in Padstow, Samhain Celtic festival (Halloween) at Derry, Horn Dance at Abbots Bromley and Cheese-Rolling at Cooper's Hill.[77][78]
- 2020: Netflix released a documentary We are the Champions, covers six bizarre events and competitions from across the world, starting with Cheese-Rolling at Cooper's Hill. The Cheese-Rolling follows Flo Early in her preparations for 2019 and her attempt to win the ladies race for the fourth time, which had never been achieved before.[79]
- 2020: Channel 4 reality show Gogglebox featured the Netflix documentary named We are the Champions, following Flo Early's historical achievement in the 2019 ladies cheese rolling race.[80]
- 2020: The Spanish folk metal band Saurom released a song about the cheese rolling called El Queso Rodante on their album Música.[81]
- 2023 : The folk bands The Longest Johns and El Pony Pisador wrote a song about the cheese rolling called Wheels of Glory on their album The Longest Pony.[82]
See also
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