The 2008 Olimpick Games - Obstacle Race
The 2008 Olimpick Games - Obstacle Race - Betty Stocker ©
Whilst the 2010 programme details are still being finalised please see the following details from last year's games.

 

From 7.30 Robert Dover opens the Games in front of his Castle. The Championship of the Hill with local teams and the Castle area. The Five Mile Race and the Junior Circuit begin there and the

Shin-Kicking contest follows.

On the upper level areas there are exhibitions of 'Morris Dancing', Dog Displays, Falconry, as well as two bands. In the smaller arena there are displays of Backswords, Single-Stick contests and Tai Kwando. Tug-of-War contests take place.

 

At 10.00pm the Scuttlebrook Queen lights the bonfire, fireworks colour the sky and then there is the moving Torchlight Procession to the Square in Chipping Campden where dancing in the Square concludes the evening. 


Robert Dover's Cotswold Olimpick Games.
Secretary: Dr Francis Burns: Tel: +44 (0)1384 274041 burnsfda2@btinternet.com