{"id":176143,"date":"2023-05-29T13:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T13:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=176143"},"modified":"2023-05-29T13:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T13:09:18","slug":"daredevils-hurl-themselves-down-hill-in-bizarre-cheese-rolling-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/daredevils-hurl-themselves-down-hill-in-bizarre-cheese-rolling-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Daredevils hurl themselves down hill in bizarre cheese rolling event"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>On your marks, get set&#8230; ROLL! Daredevils hurl themselves down Cooper&#8217;s Hill in bid to win 7lb wheel of Double Gloucester &#8211; after annual Cheese Race is nearly scrapped over fears of &#8216;mass casualties&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gloucestershire&#8217;s famous cheese-rolling event has gone ahead despite concerns<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Daredevils have taken part in a famous event which involves competitors chasing a 7lb Double Gloucester cheese rolling down a steep 200 yard hill.<\/p>\n<p>Gloucestershire&#8217;s famous cheese-rolling event, which has no official organisers, has gone ahead on Bank Holiday Monday despite safety fears.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The county&#8217;s Local Resilience Forum &#8211; made up of local councillors and representatives of the emergency services &#8211; met to discuss their worries about the annual event, where people roll cheeses down Cooper&#8217;s Hill.<\/p>\n<p>One senior police officer even said there was a &#8216;risk of mass casualties&#8217; if something went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Superintendent Arman Mathieson, who is the gold commander for the event, said it is &#8216;unsafe&#8217; for both spectators and participants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/29\/12\/71528603-12136051-image-a-55_1685361110785.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Contestants take part in the annual Cheese Race at Coopers Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire this Bank Holiday Monday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If a major incident were to occur, if people were to slip at the top of the hill and fall, we would have a crush, we would have multiple casualties and we would have a requirement to respond.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;lack of appropriate planning&#8217; means that emergency services would struggle to respond, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of people gather at Cooper&#8217;s Hill, near Brockworth, to watch the<span>\u00a0event, which is thought to have its roots in a pagan festival to celebrate the return of spring.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Competitors chase a 3kg Double Gloucester cheese rolling down the steep 180m hill. Many trip and tumble as they go, but pick themselves up and resume the chase.<\/p>\n<p>The steep gradient means the event is not for the faint-hearted, and the cheese can reach speeds of up to 70mph, with the first runner to catch it crowned the winner.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/05\/29\/13\/71528605-12136051-The_steep_gradient_means_the_event_is_not_for_the_faint_hearted_-m-2_1685361998534.jpg\" height=\"481\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The steep gradient means the event is not for the faint-hearted, and the cheese can reach speeds of up to 70mph<\/p>\n<p>The county&#8217;s Safety Advisory Board, which is also represented at the Local Resilience Forum, said it was &#8216;willing to work with representatives from the event to ensure the event can be made safer&#8217;.<\/p>\n<h3>Where did the cheese rolling tradition come from?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Some\u00a0say it was all about claiming grazing rights on the common and land around Cooper&#8217;s Hill, others believe it could have been a fertility ritual.<\/p>\n<p>The cheese used is 3-4-kilogram Double Gloucester, a hard cheese traditionally made locally in a circular shape. Each is protected for the rolling by a wooden casing round the side, and is decorated with ribbons at the start of the race.<\/p>\n<p>The cheese can reach speeds of up to 70mph.<\/p>\n<p>Contestants run down the hill and the first runner to the bottom wins and the cheese is the prize.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Anderson first competed in 2004 at the age of 17, coming second, and he won his first race in 2005 and beat the record.<\/p>\n<p>Florence Early, from Stroud, first ran the race when she was 17 and is the four-time champion of the ladies&#8217; race.<\/p>\n<p>The Safety Advisory Group said it was willing to help the organisers get the right documentation and insurance in place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We would like to see evidence of safety documentation and risk-assessment processes,&#8217; Kathryn Griffiths, principal environmental health officer of Tewkesbury Borough Council, said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event today is dedicated to a woman who had hoped to take part before her death at the age of 22.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Organisers of the ladies&#8217; race at Cooper&#8217;s Hill hope to raise awareness of premenstrual dysphoric disorder, which Paige McCormack suffered with, after her\u00a0family said they felt &#8216;brushed aside&#8217; when trying to get help.<\/p>\n<p>Her mother Fiona said it was &#8216;a long battle&#8217; to get Paige &#8211; who took her own life in October 2022 &#8211; the help she needed for PMDD, a severe form of premenstrual syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;When we suggested that her symptoms might be linked to her monthly cycle, we were told it was pretty much impossible,&#8217; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Paige, from Brockworth, Gloucestershire, experienced extreme mood swings, ranging from aggression to depression, her family said.<\/p>\n<p>Her dad Tom said: &#8216;Sometimes she would start punching people, me and her mother, her little brother at times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She was not attacking us, but she did not know what to do with herself. It was a really dark time&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Claudine Domoney, a doctor at Chelsea and Westminster hospital&#8217;s PMDD clinic, said it often gets misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;PMDD is the equivalent to severe PMS, but because PMS is often downgraded as being a &#8220;normal event&#8221; in women&#8217;s lives, I think PMDD gives it the status that reflects the severity of it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She said it impacts women&#8217;s ability to work and to hold down relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust said: &#8216;We would like to express our sympathies to Paige&#8217;s family and everyone who knew her for their loss.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We would welcome a conversation with Paige&#8217;s family to ensure we are aware of any element of her care which could have been improved.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s champion cheese chaser Chris Anderson took the title for the 23rd time.<\/p>\n<p>Down the years he has suffered for his glory &#8211; his injuries have included a broken ankle, bruised kidneys, concussion and a torn calf muscle.<\/p>\n<p>The event attracts competitors from around the world. In 2006, the American National Library of Medicine published a report from The Australian headlined &#8216;Dozens injured as cheese roll goes crackers.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Twenty five people were injured at an annual cheese rolling competition in which daredevils chase giant cheese wheels down a steep slope in western England,&#8217; it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Dozens took part in the bizarre event at Cooper&#8217;s Hill in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, before a crowd of about 3,000 cheering spectators.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;re never going to stop the event, it&#8217;s not in our power to stop the event,&#8217; said Chief Supt Mathieson.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a fantastic part of our heritage, but we want to make sure that people can attend and attend safely and enjoy it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12136051\/Daredevils-hurl-Coopers-Hill-bid-win-7lb-wheel-Double-Gloucester.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On your marks, get set&#8230; ROLL! 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