St Columb
St Columb Major is a community and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. Usually described in your area as St Columb, it is approximately seven miles (11 km) southwest of Wadebridge and six miles (10 km) eastern of Newquay. The classification Significant identifies it from the close-by negotiation as well as parish of St Columb Minor on the coastline. An electoral ward simply named St Columb exists with a population at the 2011 census of 5,050. Two times a year the community plays host to "hurling", a medieval video game when typical throughout Cornwall and now only played in St Columb as well as St Ives. It is played on Shrove Tuesday and after that once more on the Saturday eleven days later on. The video game entails two teams of numerous hundred individuals (the 'townsmen' and the 'countrymen') that endeavour to carry a silver ball constructed from apple wood to objectives established 2 miles (3 kilometres) apart, making the parish, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in location, the de facto biggest sporting activities ground worldwide.