The World Gravy Wrestling Championships is an annual event held in the village of Stacksteads, Lancashire.[1] The first championship was held in 2007.[2]

Bouts last two minutes, and participants wrestle a shallow pool filled with "Lancashire Gravy".[3] The "Lancashire Gravy" was initially an actual gravy prepared with meat juices and vegetables.[4] It was later replaced with a mixture of cornflour and caramel.[1]

Bout winners are decided not only on their wrestling skills, but also whether the participant has a better fancy dress costume.[5]

Money raised by the Championship is donated to local charitable organisations.[2] [6]

Video clips from the 2010 event was featured on Australian TV show The Footy Show (AFL) in 2017 - Season 24, Episode 4 - as part of the Sam's Mailbag feature followed by a brief discussion about Aussie Rules ex-player panelists that should feature in it.[7]

Gravy wrestling championship results were included in the Guinness World Records in 2019.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Pidd, Helen (1 September 2015). "Gravy wrestlers battle it out for world title". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "What's on: World gravy wrestling championship, Stacksteads, August 27". Lancashire Telegraph. 21 August 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "World Gravy Wrestling Championship held in Lancashire". BBC News. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "World Gravy Wrestling Championship takes place in Lancashire". The Irish Times. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Helen (22 August 2019). "Contestants battle it out in the annual World Gravy Wrestling Championships". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Scoring brownie points in gravy wrestling". BBC News. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. ↑ The Footy Show (AFL) 2017 Ep 4 Part 1 Dailymotion
  8. ↑ Glenday, Craig (20 September 2019). "Gravy wrestling joins shin-kicking, wife-carrying and pillow-fighting in the record books". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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