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Ryan Dolan gets to grips with rivals in Under 18 Championship

Wrestlers from Rothbury, Kendal, Carlisle and Dundee came together for the opening event of the Wrestling Association’s grass season.

Last updated 11 May 2012
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All Weights Championship to be held at Langholm Show

The CWWA All Weights Championship, the hardest to win, is allocated to Langholm Show just over the Border into Scotland.

Last updated 13 April 2012
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Yellow clad Brocklebank shines bright at Kendal open night

Kendal Academy went back to its country roots when wrestlers and fans filled the village hall in Grayrigg for its open night.

Last updated 5 April 2012
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Wrestling rules were amended to stop mixed bouts

When the Wrestling Association was formed on 1906 women wore long skirts, with bustles, improbably big hats and whale-boned waists…. not the best athletic costume. The idea that women might compete at wrestling was never considered. My auntie Jean may have wrestled with her brothers at home on the farm at Longlea, but there was no thought of public action.

Last updated 30 March 2012
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Carlile wins to secure Lightweights Points Trophy

Bonny Prince Charlie could win battles but lost the war. At Carlisle Wrestling Club, in slightly less romantic circumstances, the same applied in all three wrestling categories of the Senior Points Competition. The campaign started earlier than usual in October and continued monthly until this week.

Last updated 23 March 2012
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Young farmers getting to grips with Cumberland wrestling

March is a month for tidying up the indoor wrestling season and looking ahead to competition for six months in 60 grass rings throughout the Northern Counties and the Borders of Scotland.

Last updated 9 March 2012
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Cumbrian wrestlers return with eight titles

Eleven wrestlers, a long way from home, had a marvellous haul of trophies. The Breton Backhold Championships were held in Guipavas, a town on the outskirts of Brest, and wrestlers from Northumberland, Carlisle, Waberthwaite and Kendal won eight championship trophies and several medals.

Last updated 2 March 2012
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Wharton's masterclass at Carlisle's senior points night

This week we saw a strange twist where father followed children onto the wrestling mats.

Last updated 17 February 2012
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Currock House picture exhibition records 2011 wrestling season

Beautiful sport in beautiful places: The 2011 Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling season has been distilled into a collection of digital photographs which was launched at Currock House, Carlisle, this week.

Last updated 16 December 2011
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Carlisle wrestle back Academy Shield from Kendal

Carlisle Wrestling Club wrested the Academy Shield back from Kendal Academy, last year’s winner, at a fascinating night of wrestling at Currock House, Carlisle.

Last updated 2 December 2011
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Jimmy gets new season off to a flyer

CARLISLE Wrestling Club’s indoor season is in full swing in the Gym at Currock House. The senior wrestlers are there with their sack-full of championships and years of achievement.

Last updated 18 November 2011
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Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling season finished

The Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling season is done and dusted, though there has been precious little dust. The soggy conditions in the second half of the season caused the cancellation of five host events, and the wrestling at Wasdale Head Show was washed out at the end of a long wet day.

Last updated 4 November 2011
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Hayhurst follows in great-grandfather’s footsteps at Buttermere

In 1947 Edgar Hayhurst won wrestling's 12st Championship. This year his great-grandson James Hayhurst won the same title at Buttermere Show in the last gasp of a long wet season.

Last updated 28 October 2011
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Last chance saloon for Cumberland wrestling's 12st world championships

Never have weather forecasts been more scrutinised by wrestling organisers than in the run-up to tomorrow’s Buttermere Show, for it is the last chance saloon for the CWWA 12st World Championship event, which has already been postponed twice because of cancelled venues.

Last updated 21 October 2011
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