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Published 21 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.
Andrew wins 14 stone wrestling title
Published 4 August 2008
YOUTH is taking over in Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling with another championship going to an 18-year-old.
Andrew wins world title
Published 25 July 2008
Morpeth's Andrew Ord he is the new 14st world champion after he dethroned Hallbankgate’s Alan Jones.
Bampton spectacle
Published 18 July 2008
THE TINY village of Bampton, lying between Haweswater and Shap hosted wrestling at its sports day for a second year.
Luke stays on top of the world
Published 11 July 2008
Luke Benn, a wrestler rarely seen outside his own area, proved again that he is the best of his age, when he retained the Under 18 Years World Championship at Haltwhistle Carnival.
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