Small World News Service - The world-famous spectacle was abandoned earlier this year after organisers proposed a £20 entrance fee to fund the rising cost of insurance and medical cover. But a large number of dedicated spectators ignored the miserable weather to watch the hardcore cheese rollers stage their own version of the wacky event on Cooper’s Hill, Gloucestershire. Three of this year’s races were won by Chris Anderson, 23, taking the local thrill seeker’s career tally to NINE. And the female race was won by 14-year-old Joanna Guest, from Wolverhampton.
Frigen Brits, sometimes they're so awesome I can't stand it. Like I was shocked a few months back when I heard this years Cheese Roll even had been canceled due to lack of insurance of all things. Why was I so taken a-back by the cancellation of a small cultural sport/tradition? Because without a doubt this is the number 1 pseudo sport/tradition in the world that I dream of taking part in some day (Japanese log riding coming in a close second, but the whole fear of being run over by a 1 ton log can't compete with winning a free wheel of cheese).
How can it be topped? I mean look at the smile on that girls face to the left? Broken collar bone, grade 3 level sprained ankle, and dirt everywhere. All worth it for a blood spattered wheel of cheese.
