Organizers ax 200-year-old cheese chase English race is cancelled due to overcrowding worries
LONDON - A 200-year-old English race in which competitors chase round cheeses rolling down a hillside has been canceled this year because of overcrowding concerns.
Organizers say the event in Gloucestershire in southwestern England has become so popular that anticipated crowds have far outgrown the capacity of the location.
The event has been held at Cooper's Hill since at least 1826.
Organizers said Friday that thousands of people tried to attend last year and some 19 spectators were injured while watching competitors run after — and tumble down — the steep, slippery hill in pursuit of a 7-pound Double Gloucester cheese.
One organizer, Richard Jefferies, told the BBC: "... Last year, the police estimate was 15,000 and they reckon it will be even more this year because it has got so internationally well-known..."
The BBC said all the cheeses rolled down the hill were made by Diana Smart, 83, at her farm at Birdwood in the Forest of Dean, England.
She told the broadcaster that she was "shattered" by the cancellation.
"I'm shaking at the prospect of not having any cheese-rolling," she said.
The winner of each race ... wins the cheese.
Seriously?!
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2 comments:
NO!!!!!!!!
Let the cheese roll!!!!!!
This is a travesty.
I'm disgusted.
Seriously.
However...my pragmatic side says that this is a spinal cord injury just waiting to happen.
just sayin...
HA! I'm sure that there are SEVERAL spinal cord injuries waiting to happen!!!
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