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Harry Keeps Career Ambition on Track After Grasmere Sports Win
A teenager from Whitehaven has made great progress in his quest to one day become a sports reporter, by being named Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show’s Young Sports Reporter 2024. Harry Taylor (13), entered the contest by stating why he thought he would make a great reporter. Having been…
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Young Fell Runner With a Clear Vision Scoops Pete Bland Bursary 2024
A 14-year-old fell runner from Cumbria is hoping to race faster towards his goal of representing England, having been awarded the Pete Bland Bursary by Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show. Zeke Sumner, from Little Langdale, Ambleside, joined Ambleside Running Club aged eight and has proved to be a…
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Grasmere Sports Spirit Shines Through the Storm Clouds
Out of adversity comes triumph and that was the spirit that shone through at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show on Sunday August 25, as the impacts of torrential rain were felt across the Lake District. Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show had already highlighted how its ownership of the show field and…
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Locals and First-timers Could be Rewarded at Grasmere Sports
Get your running shoes on, if you are local to the Grasmere area, or channel your inner resilience and resolve to have a go at a sport you’ve never tried, as both could see you picking up some rewards this weekend. Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show offers trophies to the best placed local who…
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New Last-minute Entertainment Addition at Grasmere Sports
Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show has announced a last-minute addition to its already packed programme of events, which will emphasise its long-established roots within the farming community and add even more value to a great day out. The show, which takes place on Sunday August 25, over the Bank…
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Step Back in Time for a Traditional Bank Holiday Day Out
Step back in time and celebrate all that’s enriching and wholesome about a traditional day out in fresh countryside air, by heading to the glorious Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show in the Lake District, Cumbria, on August Bank Holiday Sunday (August 25). 170+ years of tradition is woven into the…
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Young Wrestlers to Compete for Honour of Being First Roger Robson Trophy Winner
Young Cumberland and Westmorland wrestlers heading to Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show will have the opportunity to scoop a brand new trophy, poignantly named in honour of a wrestling legend and incredible ambassador for the sport. The Roger Robson Memorial Trophy has been created to mark the…
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Charlotte Prepares to be Queen of the Fells Once More
An 18-year-old athlete from Otley has featured in a new podcast that highlights her achievements within the world of fell running and how she is preparing to defend her women’s title at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, on August 25, on the 40th anniversary of women being able to compete in her
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Grasmere Sports Highlights 40 Years of Women’s Equality in Iconic Fell Race
The 2024 Senior Guides race at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show will this year mark the 40th year of women’s participation in the iconic fell race, at an event that has been running since the mid 19th century. The first time women were allowed to tackle the tough 294-metre ascent up Butter…
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Poignant New and Glittering Established Silverware On Offer in Grasmere
As Olympians start to eye up medals, Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show is making it known that it too has glittering trophies on offer – and more than ever before. A brand-new cup, with a real touch of poignancy, is up for grabs in the Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling mixed boys and girls…
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Local Pride, Citizenship and Tradition Sit Behind Grasmere Sports Art Contest
Parents and teachers wanting to fuel the artistic creativity of younger minds can do just that, whilst also promoting a sense of citizenship, thanks to a Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show initiative. Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling tradition has long seen families battling, not just in an…
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Grasmere Sports Seeks Young Sports Reporter 2024
- Writing tips training for 5 contenders and trophy and prize on offer Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show, the traditional August Bank Holiday event held since the mid 19th century, is looking for a young, creative writer, who can be crowned its Young Sports Reporter 2024. Whoever takes…
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Young Athlete’s Bursary Deadline is Looming
The county of Cumbria is going all out, for the second year running, to help shape a young cross country or track runner of the future, through the award of a running bursary established in the name of the late great, Pete Bland. The Pete Bland Bursary was set up in honour of Pete who, as well as…
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Enjoy a Phenomenal ‘Fellside’ August Day Out
Step back in time and celebrate all that’s enriching and wholesome about a traditional day out in fresh countryside air, by heading to the glorious Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show in the Lake District, Cumbria, on August Bank Holiday Sunday (August 25). 170+ years of tradition is woven into the…
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Grasmere Sports is Striding Back to its Farming Roots
Grasmere Lakeland Sports and show is making great strides to return its traditional Lake District event to its long-established roots, by forging new and vibrant relationships with Cumbria Young Farmers. The committee is actively promoting what it can offer to an organisation that has around 170…
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New Grasmere Sports Manager Has Hit the Ground Running
The Lake District’s premier traditional Cumbrian show and sporting occasion, Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, has a new Sports Manager at the helm – and it’s one who understands the world of Lakeland sports to a tee. Richard Hooper and his wife arrived in the district exactly two years ago…
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Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show’s Committee ‘Say It’ With Flowers
Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show’s Show and Field Manager, Deborah Black, has entered semi-retirement, having delivered her final Show in August 2023. Although Deborah will no longer be handling all that goes with organising such an iconic rural and culturally important show, staged for the 171st…
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Molly Wrestles With Reporting Challenge and Follows in Great-Grandad’s Grasmere Sports Footsteps
A strange case of serendipity occurred at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show on August 27, when it was discovered that a young reporter had unknown connections to the event. In advance of the show, Grasmere Sports had launched its very first Young Sports Reporter contest – a challenge for which it…
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Grasmere Sports Crowns World Champion and Creates Sporting Magic, Misery and Memories
The 171st Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show culminated in the crowning of a new World Champion in the All Weights Men’s Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling division, a fitting end to a day full of sporting achievement and enormous family fun. Whilst returning Breton wrestlers triumphed in a…
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Cumberland & Westmorland Wrestling World Champion to be Crowned in Grasmere
The 171st Grasmere Sports event will be staged on Sunday August 27 and celebrated with not only the World Championship in the All Weights division of the Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling competition but also the return of vibrant Breton, Icelandic and Scottish wrestlers, who have not been seen
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Legend Details What it Will Take to Beat the ‘Olympics’ Fell Running Record
The history of fell running will fall under the spotlight at the weekend, as those watching the Senior Guides race at Grasmere Sports again wonder whether Fred Reeves’ long-standing 1978 record of can finally be broken. That question has been put to Tommy Sedgwick, Grasmere Lakeland Sports and…
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Enjoy a Unique Lake District Cultural Experience at Grasmere Sports
Visitors can enjoy a great day out at an iconic Lake District event on August Bank Holiday Sunday (August 27 2023) and also immerse themselves in Cumbrian culture, for true sense of place and holidaying authenticity. Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, founded in 1868, will again be presenting a…
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Grasmere Sports Celebrates the Return of The Bretons!
Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show is celebrating the news that 15 Breton wrestlers will be back in Grasmere on Sunday August 27 and competing for Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling prizes, including the much-coveted All Weights World Championship title. The World Champion will be crowned within…
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Sport of Hound Trailing Given Big Boost at Grasmere Sports This Year
The audience at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show will be asked to ‘shush’ at times at this year’s event on August 27, as just part of an electrification of the already thrilling sport of hound trailing and a boosting of this year’s competition and hound focus. The request to be quiet is…
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Search for the Grasmere Sports Young Sports Reporter of the Year Begins!
Keen young writers should start sharpening their pencils, as Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show has launched a search for budding young sports reporters, who can capture the essence of its August 27 events. The Grasmere Sports Young Sports Reporters Competition, new for 2023, is seeking the best…
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Lake District Children Invited to Design a Traditional Wrestling Outfit
Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show is inviting talented primary school-aged children to help celebrate the traditional Lakeland sport of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling, by creating a design for an outfit. The show organisers are asking local primary school children, in Grasmere and Rydal, to…
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World Champion All-Weights Wrestler to be Crowned at Grasmere Sports
Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling bouts at this year’s Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show will have added spice, with the show having been awarded the huge honour of hosting the All Weights C&W Wresting World Championship. The wrestling action that will culminate in someone being crowned 202…
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Visit Grasmere Sports For a Unique Cumbrian Culture-filled Experience
One of the most immersive and iconic events in northern sporting and countryside culture – the Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show – will thrill visitors to the World Heritage Site of the Lake District, on August Bank Holiday Sunday (August 27, 2023), even if they ‘hate’ sport. The…
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Appeal for Sports-makers to Help Deliver Iconic Lakeland Event
Iconic Lakeland event, Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, is seeking Sports-makers – volunteers who will assume a similar role to ‘games makers’ at Olympic and Commonwealth games, to help with a variety of aspects of organisation and put smiles on faces. The desire to become a…
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Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show Still Seeks Dynamic Manager
Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show is still seeking the perfect replacement for Deborah Black, who successfully oversaw the renaissance of the event post-pandemic, but who is set to retire in December 2023, having delivered her third compelling event. Deborah Black will be retiring from her…
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One Young Fell Runner Set to be Awarded Career Boosting Bursary
One young Cumbrian fell runner, potentially ‘one to watch’ for the future, will have some of the expenses associated with participation in the sport taken off their or their family’s shoulders, by becoming the first recipient of the Pete Bland Bursary, announced at last year’s Grasmere
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Deborah to Step Down After Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show 2023
The woman who successfully oversaw the renaissance of Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, after two years of Covid pandemic cancellation, will be leading the show for one more glorious year, before stepping down and allowing someone else to take the reins. Deborah Black will be retiring from her role…
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Brighton Boys Conquer the Fell in Wordsworth’s Former Village
Brothers from Brighton & Hove Athletic Club triumphed at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, in Cumbria, on the August Bank Holiday weekend, coming away with three medals, having taken on the best of the north in the sports of fell running and middle distance running. 14-year-old Finlay Goodman…
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Fell Runners Do White Rose Proud at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show
Fell Runners Do White Rose Proud at Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show Runners from Yorkshire made a huge mark at the Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, on Sunday August 28, with individuals from the White Rose county winning the Senior Guides fell race – the prestige event in the fell racing
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Grasmere Sports Pre-Competition!
Fill in the blanks in this story and you could win a £25 voucher to spend at Levens Kitchen, the contemporary eatery at Levens Hall and Gardens, courtesy of Catapult PR (www.catapultpr.co.uk) Entering is really easy. Just think ‘dogs’, think logically and head to the 2019 results page…
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Grasmere Sports' Guide to Knowing Your 'Buttocks' From Your 'Hanks'
Ahead of its 2022 ‘renaissance’ event, Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show has helpfully put together a jargon-busting guide for anyone attending its traditional sporting extravaganza, recognising some knowledge may have dissipated in the two years it has been away. Realising visitors could get…
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Head to Grasmere Sports for a True Taste of Lake District Life
Head to Grasmere in the Lake District this Sunday and enjoy a fantastic day out, filled with traditional Lakeland sports, children’s activities and races and things to make your dog’s tail wag. Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show, taking place on August 28, will be back with a bang after two…
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More Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling Categories Than Ever at Grasmere Sports 2022
The spectacle of Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling is set to be greater than ever at this year’s Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show, as the show follows news of its staging of the under-10s World Championship with that of brand-new categories in this year’s competition. The August 28, 202…
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Slippers, Catchers and Buttocks – Why Grasmere Sports Can’t be Beaten as a Sporting Spectacle
With ‘catchers’, ‘trailers’ and ‘slippers’ all in action, those heading to Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show on Sunday, August 28, might be forgiven for thinking they have stumbled across a game of Quidditch. Instead, they will be entering a world equally as magical to those who have…
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Grasmere Sports to Crown Under-10s Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling World Champ
- The next-gen Dwayne Johnson could emerge amidst the fells of Cumbria Wrestling stars of the future could be on show in the English Lake District this summer, as Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show announces it has been awarded the right to stage the prestigious Under-10s Cumberland and
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Grasmere Sports to Stage Under-10s Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling World Championships
The Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show, returning during the August Bank Holiday weekend after a two-year absence due to Covid, has a very special pull for the young wrestling stars of the future. The show has just announced that it has been awarded the right to stage the prestigious Under-10s…
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Poignant New Hound Handler Trophy For Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show
A brand-new and rather poignant trophy is on offer to hounds (and their owners) heading to Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show on Sunday, August 28. The Chris Swainson Trophy has been created in memory of the Show’s hound trail manager, Chris Swainson, who passed away during the pandemic after 5…
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Grasmere's Lakeland Sports and Show Launches Wheelbarrow Competition
The Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show returns on August 28, 2022 (Bank Holiday Sunday) and organisers are calling on locals to get in to the spirit of the event by taking part in a new friendly Wheelbarrow Garden competition. All ages are encouraged to join in on a fun, green-fingered challenge, for…
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Grasmere Sports Offers the Ultimate Outdoor Summer Family Day Out
One of the most activity-packed outdoor family days out of the summer returns on August 28, 2022 (Bank Holiday Sunday, as the Grasmere Lakeland Sports and Show, prepares to make its 172nd year’s event one of the very best, to make up for lost time over the past two years. Children of all ages have…
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Grasmere Sports is Ready to Boom!
Iconic Lakeland event, Grasmere Lakeland Sports & Show is back with a bang on August 28, 2022 (Bank Holiday Sunday) and going all out to rekindle its engagement with local Lake District residents. The show, which started in 1868, has only ever been cancelled three times – during the Second World…
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Grasmere Boasts Possibly the Best Dog Owner’s Day Out
Dog owners should lap up what’s on offer at the iconic Grasmere Sports and Lakeland Show this year, whether they want to view the honed skills of particular breeds, watch their dog trying to emulate others, or see their child scoop a ‘young dog handler’ prize. The Cumbrian-based show, set…