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Wrestling returning to Carlisle Racecourse

After a long lapse, Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling is returning this year to Carlisle Racecourse, twice.

Last updated 5 February 2010
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Northern wrestlers eyeing European championships success

Wrestlers from this region will once more be flying the flag for England on an international stage when they take part in the European Espoirs Championships in Brittany in April.

Last updated 29 January 2010
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Double success for Carlisle club's Richard Dixon

Carlisle Wrestling Club had a hectic training night for the youngsters when the Currock House mats were filled with coaches, young wrestlers and action.

Last updated 22 January 2010
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Carlisle wrestlers grappling again after festive break

Carlisle Wrestling Club is back in action after the Christmas break.

Last updated 15 January 2010
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Wrestlers compete in all sorts of conditions – wearing clogs!

CUMBERLAND and Westmorland wrestlers are a hardy bunch who compete in all sorts of conditions.

Last updated 31 December 2009
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Carlisle Wrestling Club romps to academy shield success

Carlisle Wrestling Club was the clear winner of the Academy Shield 2009, when finishing 10 falls clear of the second placed academy, the hosts, Waberthwaite.

Last updated 11 December 2009
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5 stars at championships

FIVE wrestlers from Carlisle Wrestling Club spent a successful day last weekend in the John Paul Sports Centre in Glasgow where the Scottish Youth Championships were held.

Last updated 4 December 2009
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Wrestlers triumph at Lakes Sports Promoters Association awards

ONCE upon a time, in the 1960s, a youngster who wrestled or ran, and won a pound in his village sports, could be debarred from taking part in any school sports because he was tainted with professionalism.

Last updated 27 November 2009
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Megan shows just what a talent she is

CARLISLE Wrestling Club is well into its winter training regime, but that had a rest while the first Points Competitions were held. The star of the Junior Points Night was Megan Gibson of Southwaite who won two categories, 7st and 8½st, and the old battered trophy for the best performance in all the wrestling.

Last updated 20 November 2009
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Season’s best wrestlers are honoured

Wrestlers and supporters from throughout the north to honour the most successful wrestlers of the 2009 season in Carlisle.

Last updated 14 November 2009
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Our new motto: Wrestlers do it whatever the weather

THE signs in Land Rover rear windows say “Young Farmers Do It In Wellies”.

Last updated 6 November 2009
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Weather puts dampener on Buttermere Show

The last wrestling of the 2009 Grass Season at Buttermere Show was no Grand Finale.

Last updated 30 October 2009
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New wrestling academy meets for first time at Haltwhistle

A new wrestling academy met for the first time this week, when 18 young wrestlers turned up at Haltwhistle Leisure Centre on Monday evening.

Last updated 23 October 2009
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Locals reign supreme at Alwinton Show

In the age classes at Alwinton Show, local wrestlers reigned supreme and did their Rothbury Academy proud.

Last updated 16 October 2009
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Three events left in wrestling grass season

As the nights draw in and the frosts begin, Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling, perversely, heads for the hills for its last events.

Last updated 9 October 2009
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Classy Fox to fore at Langholm

THE wrestling season suddenly goes from the hyperactivity of the Grasmere period, with nine events in eight days leading into September, to the gaps in the programme and the plummeting entries of the end of the month.

Last updated 2 October 2009
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Fox and Harrington do battle at Egremont Crab Fair

Richard Fox and John Harrington are the keenest of rivals in the wrestling ring with each bout fought at a high level of intensity and skill, but they are also friends and, occasionally, team-mates.

Last updated 25 September 2009
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Fox is too wily for opponents as he picks up his third title

RICHARD Fox can be proud of his achievements this season.

Last updated 18 September 2009
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Champions stay on top of game to retain titles

TWO Championship events in Northumberland, on successive days at two very different venues, saw the trophies returning to the same homes for another year.

Last updated 11 September 2009
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