Cumbria's Sporting Life By Frederick Williams At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

Football here is very popular and Carlisle United is Cumbria's professional football team and at present play in the English football structure. They pull lots of support from Cumbria and beyond, with many ex pats Cumbrians travelling here to see and watch their games at both home and while playing away.

While at home spectators are usually around seven thousand to ten thousand and while playing away support is around one to two thousand. These proportions are one of the highest in Britain as far as away from home support is concerned.

In West Cumbria Rugby league is also a very popular sport. Whitehaven RLFC, Workington Town and Barrow Raiders all these teams compete with each other in the National Leagues.

Rugby union is very famous in the eastern side of this county with teams taking part and competing in many local and national level matches.
The Minor Counties in the English native cricket structure form the Cumberland County Cricket Club which is one of the cricket clubs in Cumbria. This club based in Carlisle, takes part and competes in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy. It also plays some home matches in Workington and also at other places.

In Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling is considered an ancient and very well practiced tradition in the county which has a lot of resemblance with Scottish Backhold.

In the 21st century, since 1852 on the August Bank Holiday Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling and with some other aspects of Lakeland culture are usually practiced at the Grasmere Sports and Show, an annual meeting that's held each year.

Origin of this type of wrestling is a question that should be debated, while some describe it as having started from Norse wrestling that was brought over by Viking invaders while there are other historians who say it was associated with the Cornish and Gouren styles. They also indicate that it might have flourished out of a long standing Celtic ritual.

There are 10 independent schools and 42 state secondary schools in Cumbria. Although Cumbria has a diverse education system in place, it has just one state grammar school which is located in Penrith.

More rural secondary schools seem to have sixth forms where as in Barrow-in-Furness district there is no school except Chetwynde School, an Independent, which has a sixth form and this is the same for other three schools in Allerdale and South Lakeland and last one which is situated in the other districts.

In the northern side of the county, Cumbria's biggest settlement and largest city, is Carlisle, Barrow in Furness, is a little bit smaller. Most of this counties population is rural. It is the third lowest in terms of population density in Britain and has only five towns with a population exceeding twenty thousand.

For tourists who like the open countryside and fresh outdoor life, there are many hospitable boarding houses that will make you feel welcome in Cumbria, as of course will the locals who appreciate the tourism industry and new visitors.

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