he British have created many more sports than just football – how about snail racing, worm charming and cheese rolling……
We Brits have plenty to be proud about when it comes to sport.We gave the world the gift of football, after all – the Football Association was established here in the early 1860s – and all these years on we still have a strong reputation when it comes to the World Cup.
Unfortunately, that reputation is for not doing very well every time the event comes around.Except for that one time 50 years ago.
It’s not only football that we gave to the world.We also invented cricket.And if we didn’t invent tennis, we certainly host the oldest and best tennis tournament in the world, at Wimbledon.But these are not the only sports we』ve bequeathed to the planet.There are a bunch of rather more unusual activities that could only have been created on these eccentric islands.
On your bikeHow do you feel about wielding a long-handled mallet while cycling furiously around a hard court?If that’s a positive feeling, then bicycle polo could be the one for you.
Like traditional polo but with bikes instead of horses, it’s been played here since the end of the 19th century – and was even a demonstration sport at the 1908 London Olympics.We’re still pretty good at it in the 21st century: a joint French-British team (who ever heard of such an outrage?) was world champion in 2014 and the runner-up in 2016.
Where’s the soap?The off-the-wall distant cousin of rowing, the Tin Bath Championships – another 「world championship」 that the rest of the world probably hasn’t noticed – happens every year in Castletown on the Isle of Man.The event started in 1971 and attracts more than 100 entrants.You sit inside a tin bath and paddle as fast as you can, and the winner is the first to cross the finish line.
It became a mutual life insurance company in 1908 before growing into the UK’s largest mutual life and pensions company.Its founding principles are self-reliance, community and keeping members at the heart of all decisions.
he British have created many more sports than just football – how about snail racing, worm charming and cheese rolling……
We Brits have plenty to be proud about when it comes to sport.We gave the world the gift of football, after all – the Football Association was established here in the early 1860s – and all these years on we still have a strong reputation when it comes to the World Cup.
Which one is best for you?Life in the slow laneAre you one of life’s slow coaches?Someone who takes things slowly and enjoys life one moment at a time?The World Snail Racing Championships is for you.The best thing about the sport – in which snails must traverse a 13in course – is that the race starts with a cry of 「Ready, steady….slow!」
This year’s winner covered the distance in a mere 3 mins 25 secs.Man vs Horse MarathonWhich is faster, a man or a horse?Not the most difficult of riddles – unless the racecourse is set over mountainous terrain.
The starting point for the Man v Horse marathon is the Neuadd Arms Hotel, in Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys.Every year since 1980 a group of crazy men go racing here against horses – it’s the sport for you if you like a challenge.Does a human ever win?Yes, twice in nearly 40 years.
Keeping traditions aliveBrought to you byRoyal LondonRoyal London has its roots in the community.Founded in 1861, it began with the aim of helping people avoid the stigma of a pauper's grave.It became a mutual life insurance company in 1908 before growing into the UK’s largest mutual life and pensions company.Its founding principles are self-reliance, community and keeping members at the heart of all decisions.
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英國人創造晰比足球更多的運動——蝸牛賽跑、迷人的蠕蟲和滾動奶酪……
說到體育，咱們英國人有很多值得自豪的地方。畢竟，咱們給了國際足球這個禮物——19世紀60年代初在這兒成立了足球協會——這麼多年過去了，咱們在國際杯上仍然享有很高的名譽。不幸的是，這個名聲不是每次活動來的時分都做得很好。除了50年前的一次。
咱們給予國際的不僅僅是足球。咱們還創造晰板球。假如咱們沒有創造網球，咱們必定會在溫布爾登舉辦國際上最古老、最好的網球競賽。
但這些並不是咱們留給地球的唯一運動。在這些乖僻的島嶼上有很多不尋常的活動。
哪一個最適合你
慢車道上的日子
人和馬，誰跑得快，這不是最困難的謎語——除非賽馬場是在山區。男人vs馬馬拉松賽的起點是波伊斯州蘭威提威爾斯的Neuadd Arms酒店。自1980年以來，每年都有一群瘋子來這兒和馬競賽——假如你喜愛應戰，這是你的運動。人類贏過？是的，近40年來兩次。
在你的自行車
最好的咯咯叫
這個特別的競賽現已進行了25年了，可是母雞賽跑作為一項運動在這個縣現已進行了一個多世紀了。
假如你有和諧才能，行動敏捷，喜愛參加擊球手的運動，白金漢郡的奧爾尼鎮將是你的精神家園。悔過星期二——別的時分-小鎮上舉辦了一場薄餅競賽，這是一項僅限女性參加的競賽，信不信由你，競賽能夠追溯到1445年亨利六世在位的時分。2016年，其間一名參賽者是藍色彼得的男主持人，他戴著假髮，塗著紅色唇膏，繫著圍裙。但不要因此而延遲。
成功的脫衣服
賽艇的遠親，錫浴錦標賽——另一個「國際錦標賽」，國際其他地方可能沒有注意到——每年都在曼島的卡斯特敦舉辦。這項活動始於1971年，招引了100多名參賽者。你坐在一個錫浴缸裡，以最快的速度划水，獲勝者是第一個衝過終點線的人。
炮彈休克
皇家倫敦起源於這個社區。它成立於1861年，最初的目的是協助人們擺脫窮人墳墓的汙名。
1908年，它成為一家一起人壽保險公司，後來開展成為英國最大的一起人壽和養老金公司。
它的基本原則是自給自足、社區和將成員置於一切決定的中心。