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Sunday, 03 October 2010 08:22
Wife Carrying is a sport in which male competitors race while each carrying a female teammate. The objective is for the male to carry the female through a special obstacle track in the fastest time.
 
 
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Camel Wrestling PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 12 December 2010 07:37

Camel wrestling is a sport in which two male camels wrestle in response to a female camel in heat being led before them. It is most common in the Aegean region of Turkey, but is also found in the Marmara and Mediterranean regions of that country. There are an estimated 1,200 wrestling (or Tulu) camels in Turkey, bred specially for the competitions.

 

 

 

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Chess Boxing PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 05 October 2010 13:16

Chess boxing is a hybrid sport which combines boxing with chess in alternating rounds.

 

 

Structure and rules

Competitors may win by a knockout, achieving a checkmate, by the judges' decision, or if their opponent's twelve minutes of chess time is exceeded. If a competitor fails to make a move during the chess round, he is issued a warning and he must move within the next 10 seconds. Repeated warnings may result in a disqualification. The players put on headphones so that they do not hear any shouted assistance from the audience.A match consists of up to eleven alternating rounds of boxing and chess. The match begins with a four-minute chess round. This is followed by three minutes of boxing, with rounds of chess and boxing alternating until the end. There is a one minute break between rounds. Speed chess is used, a form in which each player has a total of only twelve minutes for the whole game.

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cheese rolling PDF Print E-mail
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Saturday, 20 November 2010 04:08
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in the Cotswolds region of England. It is traditionally by and for the people who live in Brockworth - the local village, but now people from all over the world take part. The event takes its name from the hill on which it occurs.
 
The 2010 event was officially cancelled due to safety concerns over the number of people visiting the event, but it is hoped that it will be held on the late May Bank Holiday in 2011. However, despite the ban and a lack of paramedics, about 500 people showed up again in 2010 to hold some unofficial races, with six times champion Chris Anderson winning again. No major injuries were reported.
 
 

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