Richard Cawley is a Cornish wrestler, former Cornish Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, coach, and member of the leadership team of the Cornish Wrestling Association. A respected competitor and ambassador for the sport, he has spent many years promoting and developing Cornwall’s indigenous wrestling tradition. As advisor to the Devonshire Wrestling Society, Richard supports technical and organisational […]
Simon Margetts is a historian, researcher, and an authority on the history of Cornish wrestling. Through decades of research, he has assembled an extensive archive of historical material and developed a deep understanding of the sport’s evolution, traditions, and cultural significance. As Adviser to the Devonshire Wrestling Society, Simon provides expert guidance on historical accuracy, […]
Guy Jaouen is a French ethnologist, historian of traditional sport, wrestling instructor, and one of the world’s foremost authorities on Celtic wrestling traditions. For more than fifty years, he has dedicated his career to researching, preserving, and promoting the indigenous wrestling styles of Brittany, Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, and other regions with historic jacket-wrestling traditions. Through […]
An amateur researcher from Co Cork, Ireland, focused on the history of British and Irish wrestling traditions. Stephen has been instrumental in building the archive, with many contributions of obscure and niche sources.