St Columb
St Columb Major is a community and also civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Often referred to locally as St Columb, it is approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) southwest of Wadebridge and also six miles (10 km) east of Newquay. The designation Major identifies it from the nearby negotiation and also church of St Columb Minor on the coastline. An electoral ward merely called St Columb exists with a population at the 2011 census of 5,050. Twice a year the town plays host to "hurling", a middle ages game when usual throughout Cornwall today only played in St Columb and also St Ives. It is used Shrove Tuesday and then once again on the Saturday eleven days later on. The game involves two groups of a number of hundred individuals (the 'townsmen' and the 'compatriots') that endeavour to lug a silver sphere constructed from apple timber to objectives established 2 miles (3 km) apart, making the parish, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in location, the de facto largest sporting activities ground on the planet.
