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ORIGIN
The first written evidence of cheese rolling is found in a message written to the Gloucester town crier in 1826.
Even then it was apparent that the event was an old tradition, and it is believed to be at least six hundred years old.

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THE FANS IT HAS
About 200 people gathered at Coopers Hill in Gloucestershire for an unofficial cheese-rolling contest.

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YEARLY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Nowadays there is not oficial competitions but every year this event takes places at Coopers Hill in Brockworth, Gloucester.

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Extreme ironing was invented in 1997 in Leicester, England.
His creator was Shaw, who had a number of chores to do, including ironing. Preferring the idea of an evening out rock climbing, he decided to combine the two activities into a new extreme sport.

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How many People play it and it's competitions

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How many People play it and it's competitions

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Nearly 1500 People had played this sport.
Recently, on 2022, one tournament was raised and his winner recieved a World reccord guinnes.

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This sport seems to be very curious due to the fact that it can be played in a lot of creative places.

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•Austria
•Australia
•Chile
•Croatia
•Great Britain
•Germany

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Watch a Downhill Cheese-Chasing Competition in Britain | National Geographic

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Urban- Involved ironing in/on/around a broken down car.

Water- A fast flowing river was the location for this station. Competitors could use surfboards, canoes or rubber rings to help them.

Forest- Ironing at the top of a tree did not suit all the competitors.

Lauda- A purpose built climbing wall, which ironists had to climb and iron a T-shirt.

Freestyle- The section where "anything goes".

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PEOPLE INVOLVED
There are four downhill races

- three for men and one for women with a maximum of 14 racers for each,

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Origins of Red Bull SoapBox Race:
The first Red Bull Soap Box Race (it was two words back in those crazy days) was held in Belgium in 2000, and since then it spread around the world.

The Soap Box Derby, a youth car racing program, originated in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to Akron, Ohio, attracting 70,000 spectators in the 1950s and 1960!

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The sport is mainly held in different parts of the world, not classifying under any circumstances nor any places!

In London's race, participants drove on a Pokémon-inspired soapbox, showcasing creativity in folklore, pop culture, and everyday life themes.

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Your Favorite Soapbox Cars Of All Time | Red Bull Soapbox Race

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The Most Unique Horse Competition: Hobby Horse Championships #shorts - YouTube

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The Most Unique Horse Competition: Hobby Horse Championships #shorts

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Thank you Finland. This is something many more people need to know about! Special thanks to The Melodica Menhttps://www.youtube.com/@MelodicaMenGet your melo...

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1. What are the origins of your sport?
2. How many fans does it have?
3. Are there yearly championships?
4. Where are they held?
5. How many people or teams compete?
6. How is the game played?
7. Can you find a video of the sport in action to show the class?
8. Would you like to try it? Why? Why not?

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Finland's Newest Competitive Sport Is Hobby Horsing

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Hobbyhorses have been around since the 1500s. They featured in German and Spanish artwork, 18th century Anglo-Irish literature and still play a part in folk traditions today, such as May Day celebrations and Morris dancing. However, it’s only been the past decade that the sport of “hobbyhorsing” has really taken off, although in Finland the trend has been quietly growing since the 19th century.

Source: Hobbyhorse is a sport comprising equestrian events with a pony on a stick (horseandhound.co.uk)

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If the real thing is too expensive (we hear you), a hobbyhorse might be the next best thing to a living, breathing horse. It's essentially a toy, constructed of a stuffed fabric horse's head attached to a stick. It might even have reins and a bridle, but it's hardly going to take you to the Olympics - or is it?

Hobbyhorses have been around for donkeys' years, if that's not overdoing the mix of equid metaphors. Back in the 1500s they featured in German and Spanish artwork, 18th century Anglo-Irish literature and on to playing a part in folk traditions today, such as May Day celebrations and Morris dancing. However, it's only been the past decade that the sport of "hobbyhorsing" has really taken off, although in Finland the trend has been quietly growing since the 19th century.

As an ideal present for pony-mad children, it's unsurprising that hobbyhorses have become a huge craze among prepubescent girls - and older. "Riders" care for, groom and ride these imaginary horses, giving them names, breeds, and genders. There are not only riders, but coaches and judges. They compete in dressage and showjumping, they gallop, attend camps, and debrief afterwards about tactics and temperaments. It's become such a hit in Finland that it has spread to other Nordic countries, Russia, France, Ukraine and the Netherlands, who all have hobby horse associations.

In fact, it's not particularly new - it's not a direct by-product of the global cost of living crisis forcing former pony owners to get their kicks in a fantasy world. The Finnish Hobbyhorse Association was founded in 2004, but really got going in 2016. In 2017, Finnish hobbyhorsing featured in a film, Hobbyhorse Revolution, which documented the often secret world of the hobbyhorse community. Not all practitioners go public with what some view as a rather obscure passion.

The association says: "There are two stereotypes about hobbyhorsists; we are either a bunch of school kids playing or a group of middle-aged women gone wild and jumping around the bushes." The truth is that most are 12- to 18-year-old girls, but there are "plenty of adults in the community, most of them in their twenties started when they were young and just never stopped. Everyone can do it everywhere, so give your child a horse and let them play!"

There is an element of the centaur about the sport - with the lower half of the human's body acting out the horse's legs, the upper half the rider. Or perhaps just a different kind of ballet - you have a routine, you dance around on a stick, judges award marks... Either way, it's fantasy, fun and some sort of escape from the humdrum of life for those who are hooked - much like the living, breathing version!

The biggest hobbyhorsing championships in the world

Finland remains the go-to country for hobbyhorse enthusiasts, where there are more than 10,000 practitioners. Every year there is a hobbyhorse championship, held in the city of Seinäjoki organised by the Equestrian Federation of Finland, which draws in hundreds of competitors and thousands of spectators.

The championships first took place in 2012. The event features the Finnish national jumping classes, which go up to 1.10m max with timing, and you need to qualify to compete in the final. Some indication of Finland's dominance is that the international showjumping class goes up to just 80cm. These classes may include either style evaluation or timing. And there's also clear-round jumping and some sort of puissance (starts at 1.10m) - the only obstacle which can be approached "running" rather than in "canter or gallop". The record is 4ft 7in.

Dressage-wise, there's a grand prix and a kür as well as an "easy" and "advanced" class; there's barrel racing for Western fans.

Competitive hobbyhorses are often hand-made by their owners, and there is a specific exhibition class for this at the championships. Interestingly, just mares and stallions can compete - no geldings allowed.

How to make a hobbyhorse

As well as riding and competing, hobbyhorsists enjoy what we might call the "stable management" and the business side (although all in good community spirit). Part of the fun is making horses as realistic as possible, selling, collecting and trading them, organising competitions and so on. If you're not feeling too creative, check out readymade hobbyhorses at etsy.com or amazon.co.uk.

You can make your hobbyhorse using a sock, an old broom stick and a bit of creativity, but if you want to get stuck in to producing something a little special, you will need:

Method:

Make a pattern of a horse's head without ears on paper or card, and cut it out

Then pin this paper pattern on to the reverse of your chosen fabric. Use a marker pen to draw around the pattern

Unpin, then turn the paper pattern over and repin to another part of your fabric (also reverse side) and mark again

Sew the two horse heads together (reverse sides outermost) ideally with a sewing machine, leaving a gap at the bottom of the neck

Turn the horse's head out so that the stitching is on the inside

Stuff the horse's head and pin at the bottom to stop the filling coming out. Ideally the filling should not be too slippery because this can give a lumpy result

Now for the ears. Cut two pieces of paper that are the same shape as a horse's ear as viewed from the front, and then repeat so you have two pairs. Sew the sides together and attach to the top of the head

Craft eyes can either be fixed in, hot-glued or sewn on

For the mane: decide on the length you want the mane to be, say 10cm, then double that length, to 20cm. Holding that 20cm length in your hand, pull out another 20cm length and loop it back, and keep repeating so you have a big bundle of looped yarn at 20cm. Trim all the ends of the loops off, and group the threads into bunches of four and tie through the middle (so at 10cm) with a double knot. Either using a glue-gun or sewing, attach the bunches to the neck of the horse, and a few at the front for the forelock

For the hose you can stick on black fabric cut out in the shape of nostrils

Push the stick deep into the stuffing at the bottom of the neck and tape it on firmly

Now all you have to do is to give your new horse a name and create a background - breeding, temperament, ability.

Where can I compete hobbyhorses?

Have you got the bug? The first lockdown provoked a wave of hobbyhorse competitions in this country, many to raise funds for the NHS. While it's nothing like the scale of the Nordic trend, it's worth looking out for some local classes, or sideshows at some bigger rural events to occupy the children. By and large, once equestrian competition resumed later in 2020, the hobbyhorses largely went back on to (toy) box rest.

But there's still an appetite for hobbyhorsing at a fun level. For instance, at Hurst Show and Country Fayre, Berks, on 26 June 2022, the team are hoping to break the Guinness World for the "largest stick horse parade" with a 1km hack around the village.

Certain Pony Club branches occasionally run hobby horse competitions, but in this country at least, hobbyhorse competitions are probably more likely to be seen as a bit of fun at a school sports day than as a serious competition.

In Britain, the hobbyhorse vogue is more in the vein of celebrating famous horses' achievements, such as 2011 Gold Cup winner Long Run and dressage star Valegro. Though who wouldn't want to ride him in the dressage grand prix at the Seinäjoki hobbyhorse championships?

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Want to compete, but struggling with horse power? Check out the hobbyhorse championships

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Hobbyhorse is the surprising sport that is taking Finland by storm, as riders vie for prizes in dressage, jumping and more at the hobbyhorsing championships

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Advanced timing systems in rally races determine heat winners, measuring time, with each heat lasting less than 30 seconds.

Thousands attend London's Red Bull Soapbox race, featuring 70 amateur teams creating homemade soapboxes for a downhill course.

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HOW IS THE GAME PLAYED
Competitors must run and reach the cheese down the hill. The first person who grabs the cheese (or who was closest to catching it) and reaches the finish line, wins the cheese.

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What’s your thoughts about the game?
Would you try it?
If yes, why and if not, why?

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PERSONAL OPINIÓN
If we have de chance we wouldn’t like to try it as we would feel so stupid running behind a cheese

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https://youtu.be/0-ai0GGeRjs

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The biggest tumbles from the 2019 Gloucester Cheese Rolling Race