Welcome to CWWA
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- Thu, 13th August 2026 (11.00am)Appleby Show
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- Sat, 15th August 2026 (10.30am)Canonbie Flower Show
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- Sat, 15th August 2026 (2.00pm)Gosforth Show
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- Sat, 15th August 2026 (2.00pm)Allendale Show
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- Sun, 16th August 2026 (1.30pm)Lakeland Country Fair - Torver
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- Sat, 22nd August 2026 (11.00am)Ravenstonedale Show
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- Wed, 26th August 2026 (2.30pm)Ennerdale Show
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- Thu, 27th August 2026 (12.30pm)Crosby Ravensworth
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- Thu, 27th August 2026 (3.30pm)Grayrigg Show
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- Sat, 29th August 2026 (12.00pm)Newcastleton Show
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- Sat, 29th August 2026 (2.00pm)Millom & Broughton
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- Sat, 29th August 2026 (3.30pm)Bellingham Show
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- Sun, 30th August 2026 (9.30am)Grasmere Sports
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- Mon, 31st August 2026Black Combe Country Fair
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For centuries, backhold wrestling has gripped the hearts of wrestlers and spectators alike.
The fascination of man-against-man combat with its simple rules and subtle mix of speed, strength, agility, skill and determination is there to see in the grass rings at sports meetings and agricultural shows throughout the Northern Counties of England and the Borders of Scotland.
Against all odds, Cumberland and Westmorland Style wrestling survives as a skillful and vigorous sport, and for more than two centuries has been well documented by newspapers and specialised books, then more recently on social media and now this website.
Wrestling itself scarcely changes. If a wrestler from today's rings could travel back in time for two hundred years, he would be perfectly at home in a wrestling ring, for the same 'chips' are used; many of the technical terms (buttocks, hipes and dog falls) are the same, and the judges have the same problems too, such as ensuring that the wrestlers begin with an equal hold.
