10 Facts About Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer.

Cornish wrestling is a national sport of Cornwall, which spread throughout the British Isles and then, along with the Cornish diaspora, to such places as the United States, Australia, Mexico, New Zealand and South Africa.

Objective of Cornish wrestling is to throw ones opponent and cause them to land as flat as possible on the back.

Cornish wrestling has a long history, and Geoffrey of Monmouth suggests in Historia Regum Britanniae, of c 1139 that Corineus wrestled a Cornish giant, Gogmagog or Goemagot upon the cliff top known as Lamm Goemagot.

Cornish wrestling's was a miner who dressed in men's clothes.

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Cornwall and Devon Cornish wrestling Society was formed in 1752, running tournaments and matches in London, often at Hackney Wick.

Different regional associations within Cornwall merged into the Cornwall County Wrestling Association in September 1923, under the presidency of Lord St Levan, to help standardize the rules, facilitate the competing of Duchy championships, mitigate the risk of clashing tournaments and promote Cornish Wrestling throughout Cornwall and indeed Worldwide.

In 1928, William Tregonning Hooper initiated inter-celtic tournaments between the CCWA and its counterpart in Brittany, as the similarities of Breton and Cornish wrestling are sufficient for successful competitions to be held between the two.

In 1933 the CCWA changed its name to the Cornish Wrestling Association and adopted a rule to limit rounds to 15 minutes.

Cornish wrestling is Cornwall's oldest sport and as Cornwall's native tradition it has travelled the world to places like Victoria, Australia and Grass Valley, California following the miners and gold rushes.