Atherstone Ball Game 2008

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008 by David Wilding

The traditional Shrove Tuesday Atherstone Ball game has come around once again, and this year we’ve launched a brand new dedicated ball game website to commenorate the fact.

The Atherstone Ball game is an ancient Shrove Tuesday tradition in which the people of this normally sleepy rural North Warickshire Town awaken and literally brawl over a large ball up and down the towns small ancient streets.

http://www.atherstoneballgame.co.uk/ features news, pictures, and videos of the ball game as well as a guide to its history, rules and other trivia. You can also easily leave a message, question or contribution on the site for the rest of the world to see, no registration required.

Visit the Atherstone Ball Game website

PS. Whilst your there please ‘Digg’ the site and help us spread the word about Atherstone and the Atherstone Ball game to a world wide audience. Together we can get Atherstone noticed.

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