World Gravy Wrestling Championships Explained

The World Gravy Wrestling Championships is an annual event held in the village of Stacksteads, Lancashire.[1] The first championship was held in 2007.[2]

Bouts last two minutes, and participants wrestle a shallow pool filled with "Lancashire Gravy".[3] The "Lancashire Gravy" was initially an actual gravy prepared with meat juices and vegetables.[4] It was later replaced with a mixture of cornflour and caramel.[1]

Bout winners are decided not only on their wrestling skills, but also whether the participant has a better fancy dress costume.[5]

Money raised by the Championship is donated to local charitable organisations.[2] [6]

Video clips from the 2010 event was featured on Australian TV show The Footy Show (AFL) in 2017 - Season 24, Episode 4 - as part of the Sam's Mailbag feature followed by a brief discussion about Aussie Rules ex-player panelists that should feature in it.[7]

Gravy wrestling championship results were included in the Guinness World Records in 2019.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Pidd . Helen . Gravy wrestlers battle it out for world title . 13 March 2021 . . 1 September 2015.
  2. News: What's on: World gravy wrestling championship, Stacksteads, August 27 . 13 March 2021 . . 21 August 2012 . Lancashire Telegraph - What's on: World gravy wrestling championship, Stacksteads, August 27.
  3. News: World Gravy Wrestling Championship held in Lancashire . 13 March 2021 . . 9 August 2016 . BBC News - 9 August 2016 - World Gravy Wrestling Championship held in Lancashire.
  4. News: World Gravy Wrestling Championship takes place in Lancashire . 13 March 2021 . . 28 August 2013 . The Irish Times - 28 August 2013 - World Gravy Wrestling Championship takes place in Lancashire.
  5. News: Johnson . Helen . Contestants battle it out in the annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships . 13 March 2021 . . 22 August 2019 . Manchester Evening News - 22 August 2019 - Contestants battle it out in the annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships.
  6. News: Scoring brownie points in gravy wrestling . 13 March 2021 . . 27 August 2019 . BBC News - 27 August 2019 - Scoring brownie points in gravy wrestling.
  7. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6tsmcy The Footy Show (AFL) 2017 Ep 4 Part 1 Dailymotion
  8. Web site: Glenday . Craig . Gravy wrestling joins shin-kicking, wife-carrying and pillow-fighting in the record books . . 4 August 2021 . 20 September 2019.