Overview

• Local council banned the official race in 2010, so volunteers from rugby clubs now tackle runaway participants to control the steep course.
• Competitors chase a 3 kg Double Gloucester down a 200-yard hill at speeds up to 70 mph, and this year’s dry conditions led to several serious tumbles.
• A participant dressed as a wizard attempted a record-pace somersault descent but slammed into the ground and was treated on site before being transferred to hospital.
• The South Western Ambulance Service deployed land ambulances, an air ambulance and a hazardous-area response team, and two injured contestants were conveyed to Gloucester Royal Hospital.
• Munich-based YouTuber Tom Kopke claimed his second consecutive men’s title and London student Ava Sender Logan won the women’s race at the May 26 event.