- Thousands of spectators expected to gather for the annual Tetbury Woolsack Races https...
- Participants pass woolsacks on their shoulder during a relay at the annual Tetbury Woolsack Races in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, Monday, May 27...
- View of Tetbury, looking up Gumstool Hill. The Tetbury Woolsack Races are an annual sporting event in the English town of Tetbury, in Gloucestershire...
- The competition requires each competitor to carry a full woolsack on their back and race either up (individuals), or up and down the hill (teams)...
- The Woolsack Race Tetbury. Tetbury thrived in the middle ages as a market for wool, standing as it does in the middle of sheep country on the important route...
- Recapture the atmosphere and excitement of the annual Tetbury Woolsack Races in Gloucestershire.
- Tetbury was once an important town for Cotswold wool traders, and the races are thought to have originated with young drovers who wanted to show off in front of...
- The story goes that the races originated in the 17th century, when young drovers liked to show off to the local women by running up the hill carrying a woolsack...
- History of the Woolsack Races. ... The Foot and Mouth outbreak of 2001 meant the races that year were postponed and picked up again a year later in 2002, by...
- The woolsacks weigh 60 pounds/25kg for men and 35 pounds/15kg for women and they must be carried down a steep hill which has a gradient of 25 per cent in...
- We wonder if the woolsacks featured in this race are the same specification as the woolsack that Edward III installed in the House of Lords for the Lord High...
- Tetbury Woolsack Races has been at the heart of the community and the traditions in the local area since the 1970s.
- It is thought that the races originated in the 17th Century by young drovers showing off to local womenby running up the hill carrying a woolsack.