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Committee members prepare for the day’s events
Organization
The organization and running of the annual ‘Cooper’s Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake’ is the responsibility of a committee of local residents.
All costs are met from car-parking receipts, (£5 per car), there is no sponsorship.
Members of the Committee :
invite guest ‘Rollers’
order the Double Gloucester Cheeses
buy the ‘scramble’ sweets
arrange hire of the public address system
handle press, and hundreds of national and international inquiries
liaise with the local County Council (the landowners) and the police
nominate a charity to receive the year’s public collection
prepare the hill face the previous day (clearing the ground of brambles, nettles etc. that have encroached during the year, using strimmers, slash-hooks etc.)
erect fences for crowd control and safety
On the day committee members:
man the car-park
give the commentary
act as judges
act as ‘catchers’ for those competitors who are still on their feet!
rattle the charity collection boxes!
Clear away afterwards (remove fences and litter)
In the past, committee members were responsible for ‘public order’, crowds were asked to keep away from the face of the hill and warned by public address to watch for ‘flying’ cheeses and competitors.
St. John Ambulance have always been in attendance and a local Doctor was usually invited to be a ‘roller’ to be sure that medical help was available.
Now it has become necessary to employ a rescue team to remove casualties from the hill face, so that the St. John Ambulance experts can administer first-aid.
This year, a team from S.A.R.A.I.D (Search And Rescue Assistance In Disasters) will be present to assist.
A security firm – ‘Regent Security’ – deals with crowd control and safety