Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake explained

Status:	Active
Frequency:	Annually
Location:	Cooper's Hill
Coordinates:	51.8299°N -2.1581°W
Country:	England, United Kingdom
Years Active:	First recorded in 1826

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.^[1] Participants race down the 200yd long hill chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester cheese. It is uncertain when the tradition first began, and is possibly much older than its earliest known written attestation in 1826. The event has a long tradition, held by the people of the village, but now people from all over the world take part. The Guardian called it a "world-famous event," with winners coming from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States.^[2]

Format

From the top of the hill, a NaNlb round of Double Gloucester cheese is sent rolling down the hill, which is long, and alternates between 60 and 40 degrees of slope.^{[3] [4]} Competitors then start racing down the hill after the cheese. 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 high speeds, 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, but a real cheese was restored the following year.^[5]

History

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; even then it was apparent that the event was an old tradition, and it is believed to be at least six hundred years old.^{[6] [7]}

Two possible origins have been proposed for the ceremony. First, it may have evolved from a requirement for maintaining grazing rights on the common.^[8] 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.^[9] This is said to be a fertility rite to encourage the fruits of harvest.^[8]

In 1982, a team of students from the University of Bristol filmed the 31 May event^[10] using film cameras, with one camera overcranked to produce slow motion.^[11]

In 1993, fifteen people were injured, four of them seriously, chasing cheeses down the hill with its one-in-three gradient (18.4 degrees).

In 2009, safety concerns were raised after 15,000 spectators arrived, when there was only space for around 5000. These concerns led to the organisers cancelling the 2010 event. ^[12] Despite the cancellation, around 100 people attended and held an unofficial event. ^[13]

In 2011, a new 2-day ticketed event was proposed in order to address the safety concerns raised in previous years and to allow the event to continue operating. ^[14] The proposals were received negatively due to the cost of tickets, and the proposed event was cancelled following the organisers receiving abuse.^[15] Despite the cancellation, the event continued unofficially with around 200 people attending.^[16]

The event has continued, however without official management or planning alongside the Council Safety Advisory Group.

In 2020 and 2021, the cheese-rolling event was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[17] The cheese-rolling event returned on Sunday 5 June 2022.^[18] ending a two-year absence.

Cheese

The cheese currently used in the event is NaNabbr=offNaNabbr=off Double Gloucester, a hard cheese traditionally made in a circular shape.^[19] 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.^[8]

Since 1988, the cheese has been supplied by local cheesemaker Diana Smart and her son Rod from their Churcham farm.^{[20] [21]} In May 2013, a police inspector warned the 86-year-old Smart that she could be held responsible for injuries. 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".^[22] Diana Smart died in 2021.^[23] 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.^[24]

Injuries

Due to the steepness and uneven surface of Cooper's Hill, there are usually several injuries each year.^[25] St John Ambulance have previously provided first aid cover at the event; however, this stopped in 2012 when the event was no longer being officially managed.^[26]

Canadian competitor Delaney Irving won the ladies race in 2023, despite finishing unconscious, and only learning of her victory in the medical enclosure.^[27] A total of six competitors were transported to hospital by ambulance treatment following the event.

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".^[28]

There is no official medical provision on site, leading to concerns from the local resilience forum about the safety of the event. ^[29]

Results

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Race 1!	Race 2	Race 3 (Women's race)	Race 4	Race 5	Notes/Reference
1952	Tom Holliday	Hugh Atkinson	Hilary Cooke			^[30]
1953	Tom Holliday	Ronald Ray	Rosemary Cooke
1954	Michael Price	Eric Avent	Elke Ellaway	Hugh Atkinson
1955	Michael Price	Hugh Atkinson	Rosemary Cooke	Roy Holliday
1956	Michael Price	Hugh Atkinson	Rosemary Cooke	Glyn Jenkins		Rosemary Cooke sets women's record of 3 wins
1957	Izzy John	Hugh Atkinson	June Wheeler	Frank Faulkner
1970			Lynda Burnell			Note: Gloucestershire echo wrongly reported her name as Lynda Burnett
1971			Lynda Burnell			Consecutive wins
1977	Tony Hendzell	David Lawlor	Megan Morris	Rory Martin
1978	Tony Hendzell	John Lowe	Janice McGrory	Stephen Gyde
1979	Stephen Gyde	Stephen Gyde	Candice Phillips	Tony Hendzell
1980	Stephen Gyde	Stephen Gyde	Mandy Day	Stephen Gyde
1981	Kevin Gyde	Kevin Gyde	Amanda Turner	Andy Fuller
1982	Stephen Gyde	Stephen Gyde	Amanda Turner	Kevin Gyde
1983	Colin Hill	Stephen Gyde	Amanda Turner	'Digger' Gardener		Amanda Turner sets joint women's record of 3 wins
1984	Stephen Gyde	Steven Brain	Claudia Dart	Ian Campbell
1985	Stephen Gyde	Stephen Gyde	Leticia Burns	Costas Logothetis		^[31]
1986	Steven Brain	Steven Brain	Leticia Burns	Stephen Gyde
1987	Steven Brain	Stephen Gyde	Rebecca Haines	Steven Brain
1988	Stephen Gyde	Stephen Gyde	Rebecca Haines	Steven Brain
1989	Paul Andres	Lawrence Farlow	Kathleen Underwood	Julian Pritchard
1990	Steven Brain	Stephen Gyde	Jacqueline McGinn	Steven Brain
1991	Stephen Gyde	Stephen Gyde	Christie Sweeney	Stephen Gyde		Stephen Gyde retires with an all-time record of 21 wins
1992	Terry Sawczuk	Stuart Heggs		Rob Preece	Star Royles
1993	Rob Preece	Rob Preece		Jamie Barnes	Andrew Deveson
1994	Rob Preece	Andrew Deveson		Star Royles	Craig Carter
1995	Stephen Brain	Jonathan Smith	Claire Carter	Darren Yates		^[32]
1996	Steven Brain	Harry Hancy	Marie Andow	John Shelton
1997	Steven Brain	Steven Brain	Tina Rimmer	Craig Carter		^[33] ^[34]
1998	Peter Astman		Amelia Hardwick			Two races cancelled for safety due to 33 injuries the previous year^[35]
1999	Steven Brain	Steven Brain	Helen Thorpe	Steven Brain		^[36]
2000	Steven Brain	Steven Brain	Kirby Shepherd	Craig Brown		^[37]
2001	colspan=6
2002	Simon Fowler	Craig Brown	Saskia Thomas	Jack Williams		Event took place on Tuesday due to Queen's Jubilee celebrations^[38]
2003	colspan=6
2004	Padam Shreer	Marc Ellis	Dionne Carter	Aaron Walden		Race 1 winner: British Army Gurkha Padam Shreer Race 2 winner: former New Zealand All Black Marc Ellis^[39] ^[40]
2005	Jason Crowther	Chris Anderson	Dionne Carter	Aaron Walden		^[41]
2006	Jason Crowther	Craig Fairley	Dionne Carter	Chris Anderson	Andrew Brewin	Dionne Carter sets joint women's record of 3 wins Fifth race added for more competitors^[42]
2007	Jason Crowther	Aaron Walden	Jemima Bullock	Alan Morris	Chris Anderson	^[43]
2008	Chris Anderson	Peter Mackenzie-Shaw	Flo Early	Craig Fairley	Wade Sansom	^[44]
2009	Chris Anderson	Scott Bevan	Michelle Kokiri-Gisbon	Chris Anderson	Josh Geitz	^[45]
2010	Chris Anderson	Craig Fairley	Tanya Silverman	Chris Anderson		^[46]
2011	Chris Anderson	Chris Anderson	Jo Guest	Chris Anderson		^[47]
2012	Chris Anderson	Chris Anderson	Lucy Townsend	Craig Fairley		^[48]
2013	Kenny Rackers	Keleb Stalder	Lucy Townsend	Ryan Fairley	Tomoaki Tanaka	^[49]
2014	Joshua Shepherd	Ryan Fairley	Lucy Townsend	Sheldon Ronald		Lucy Townsend sets joint women's record of 3 wins.^[50] ^[51]
2015	Chris Anderson	Ryan Fairley	Keavy Morgan	Chris Anderson		^[52]
2016	Chris Anderson	Chris Anderson	Flo Early	Ryan Fairley^[53]		^[54] ^[55]
2017	Chris Anderson	Chris Anderson	Keavy Morgan	Chris Anderson		^[56]
2018	Chris Anderson	Christopher Parperis	Flo Early	Chris Anderson		Chris Anderson sets all-time record of 22 wins^[57] Flo Early sets joint women's record of 3 wins
2019	Max McDougall^[58]	Ryan Fairley	Flo Early	Mark Kit		Flo Early retires with all-time women's record of 4 wins^[59]
2020	colspan=6
2021	colspan=6
2022	Chris Anderson	Jamie Evans	Abby Lampe	Robbe Gabriels Amr El Shourbagy (joint winners)		Chris Anderson retires with an all-time record of 23 wins^[60]
2023	Matt Crolla	Cooper Cummings	Delaney Irving	Ryoya Minami		Cooper Cummings sets record for fastest race time at 13 seconds^[61]
2024	Tom Kopke	Dylan Twiss	Abby Lampe	Joshua Shepherd		^[62]

Multiple winners

Men's race

• Chris Anderson – 23
• Stephen Gyde^[63] – 21
• Steven Brain^{[64] [65]} – 18
• Islwyn "Izzy" John^[66] – 13
• Ryan Fairley – 5
• Hugh Atkinson – 5 ^[30]
• Rob Preece – 4
• Craig Fairley – 4
• Michael Price - 3 ^[30]
• Tony Hendzell - 3 ^[30]
• Kevin Gyde - 3 ^[30]
• Aaron Walden – 3
• Jason Crowther – 3
• Tom Holliday - 2 ^[30]
• Star Royles – 2 ^[30]
• Andrew Deveson – 2
• Craig Carter – 2
• Craig Brown – 2
• Joshua Shepherd 2 ^[62]

Ladies' race

• Flo Early – 4 (2008, 2016, 2018, 2019)
• Rosemary Cooke – 3 (1953, 1955, 1956)^[30]
• Amanda Turner – 3 (1981, 1982, 1983)^[30]
• Dionne Carter – 3 (2004, 2005, 2006)
• Lucy Townsend – 3 (2012, 2013, 2014)
• Leticia Burns – 2 (1985, 1986)^[30]
• Rebecca Haines – 2 (1987, 1988)
• Keavy Morgan – 2 (2015, 2017)
• Abby Lampe – 2 (2022, 2024)^[62]

Similar events

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

• 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.^[68]

• Early 1970s: The New Inn pub was renamed 'The Cheese Rollers Bar & Restaurant' in the early 1970s. Located in the neighbouring village of Shurdington, it is named after the event, and has a collection of previous cheese casings along with photos and articles about the event.^[69]
• 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.^[44]
• 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: Let's Roll is a short film directed by Chris Thomas^[72] 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.^{[73] [74]}
• 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.^{[75] [76]}
• 2020: Netflix released a documentary We are the Champions, which 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.^[77]
• 2021: The game has a special item called Double Gloucester cheese that is only available from 22 May to 31 May, the period when this event takes place.^[78]

See also

• Coopers Edge

Notes and References

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63. Web site: Former Cheese Rolling champion is set to race in this year's cheese-roll one more time aged 58. Richards. Madelaine. Gloucestershire Live. 26 May 2019. 3 April 2024.
64. Web site: 'Hard as nails' champion cheeseroller and Matson rugby stalwart dies at 49. Lane. Ellis. Gloucestershire Live. 26 June 2018. 3 April 2024.
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73. Web site: Let's Roll . 2019. Norwich Film Festival.
74. Web site: Let's Roll . 2019. Edinburgh International Film Festival.
75. Web site: 9 July 2019 . Stamps: Cheese rolling, gurning and bog snorkelling on new UK stamps . . BBC.
76. Web site: Cheese Rolling at Cooper's Hill will feature on these great new stamps . 10 July 2019. gloucestershirelive.co.uk.
77. Web site: Netflix Series - We Are the Champions. 11 November 2020. netflix.com. 2020.
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