Friday, 09 January 2009

Wrestling latest

Fancy a fight on a mountain summit?

Published 23 December 2008

THIS year wresters have had to contend with some atrocious conditions and many events have been cancelled.

Wrestler Brocklebank is Lakeland sports personality of year

Published 12 December 2008

The extended Brocklebank/Hodgson family nearly monopolised the wrestling section of the Lakeland Sports Promoters’ Association’s awards at the recent presentation luncheon at the Heaves Hotel, near Kendal.

Pictures from way back when...

Published 12 December 2008

THE old cliché about a good picture being worth a thousand words is certainly true about Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling.

Dixon unbeatable at Carlisle points night

Published 22 November 2008

Richard Dixon, weighing in at around 11st, is improbably tall and strong for that weight, and he is clever, too.

CWWA trophies for Dixon and Harrington

Published 14 November 2008

Nine years ago, at the end of my book on Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling, a photograph under the heading The Future, Stars of the present and future champions shows two tiny wrestlers in full wrestling gear looking very seriously at the camera.

Academy Shield up for grabs

Published 7 November 2008

All five Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Academies are in action and preparing for the big night on Friday, November 21, when the Academy Shield will be up for grabs at Kendal Rugby Club.

Whitehaven world champion on verge of joining UFC

Published 31 October 2008

Newly crowned world champion Martin Thompson could be just a phone call away from appearing in the UFC.

I’m under a cloud over weather predictions

Published 31 October 2008

I WAS probably responsible for all the rain that fell in the Lake District last weekend. I should have known better than to recommend Buttermere Show so enthusiastically; but I cannot help myself; I am a serial optimist.

Loss for weather-hit Wolsingham Show

Published 24 October 2008

THROUGHOUT the Northern Counties, householders and farmers are counting the cost of flooded homes and fields.

Harrington reclaims world champion wrestler status

Published 17 October 2008

John Harrington of Bewaldeth reclaimed his status as a world champion wrestler when he won the 12st title at Alwinton Show.

Wrestling in the warm during winter

Published 10 October 2008

After this soggy Summer wrestlers may welcome a roof overhead and dry mats under their feet as Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling moves indoors for the winter.

Wrestler Joe Thompson wins two world titles

Published 3 October 2008

Joe Thompson of Alston had the best day of his wrestling life at Eskdale Show.

Wrestling suffers as weather washes out two events

Published 26 September 2008

THE appalling summer weather continues to take its toll of the wrestling events.

Luke reigns supreme at Rothbury

Published 12 September 2008

A roof is wonderful thing in a sodden year. Rothbury Mart had a roof, buckets to catch the drips, a grand crowd on the tiered seating, a bar, loads of prize-money and loads of wrestlers from all "airts" as they say in Northumberland.

All Hale Joe and Jack, the show’s champion wrestlers

Published 12 September 2008

THREE big events coincide to make this the hottest weekend of the year in Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling.

Brocklebanks lead the way at Glorious Grasmere

Published 5 September 2008

GLORIOUS Grasmere was a feast of wrestling in wall to wall sunshine. A huge crowd encircled the wrestlers for six hours of action.

Brocklebanks lead the way at Glorious Grassmere

Published 29 August 2008

GLORIOUS Grasmere was a feast of wrestling in wall to wall sunshine. A huge crowd encircled the wrestlers for six hours of action.

Boys show the way at Gosforth Show

Published 22 August 2008

GOSFORTH Show specialises in boys’ wrestling, that's all they have!

Carlisle Wrestling Club members win titles

Published 9 August 2008

The Little and Large of the Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Association Championships were contested simultaneously at agricultural shows a hundred miles apart.

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