Cheese rolling contest and other traditional UK competitions

The Spring bank holiday in the UK sees one of the most unusual sporting traditions.

It's the day when people hurl themselves down a hill in Gloucestershire to chase a rolling cheese while trying not to hurt themselves (too much).

The hill is so steep that competitors usually fall and tumble to the bottom. Many end up with some pretty big bumps and bruises, so definitely not one to try at home.

The event is said to have taken place on Cooper's Hill since the 1820s and over the years the hill has seen people competing in all types of outfits from sports gear to superhero costumes.

One thing is for sure, the cheese always makes it to the bottom of the hill first.

Up'Ards and Down'Ards

Players from rival teams, the Up'Ards and Down'Ards, compete for the ball

Imagine playing a football match with thousands of players on either side?

An ancient game of football has taken place in Derbyshire almost every year since 1667.

The Royal Shrovetide Football Game involves rival players in teams called the Up'Ards and Down'Ards.

There are rivers, bridges and bogs to navigate between the two goals, which are three miles apart

The aim is to get the ball in the opposition's goal, each being three miles apart at either end of the town of Ashbourne.

Though how you tell the teams apart in the middle of the scrimmage is anyone's guess!

We imagine that shoe never found its owner again....

As you can tell, there aren't many rules to the game, but players must not hide the ball in a bag or under coats, and are not permitted to take the ball in any vehicle to try to get it to the other team's goal.

The game is only one of three mass-football events that are still played in the UK, including Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands and the Uppies and Downies in the town of Workington in Cumbria.

The World Gurning Championships

Also in Cumbria, is the World Gurning Championships in Egremont, where junior and senior competitors compete to pull a very grotesque face.

The event is held at the Egremont Crag Fair which is more than 750 years old.

We hope the wind doesn't change, or they'll be stuck like that!

The World Bog Snorkelling Championship

The annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships takes place at Waen Rhydd peat bog in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales.

It involves brave competitors dressed in various wetsuits and costumes plunging into the murky waters of a peat bog to take part in the event.

Thumb Wrestling World Championship

The Thumb Wrestling World Championship takes place in Norfolk each year.

Players compete to pin their opponent using only their thumbs in a specially-built mini wooden wrestling ring.

The sport of thumb wrestling was thought to have originated in the UK, with the Championships held since 2009.