St Columb
St Columb Major is a community and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK. Commonly described locally as St Columb, it is roughly seven miles (11 km) southwest of Wadebridge and also six miles (10 km) eastern of Newquay. The classification Major distinguishes it from the close-by settlement and 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 "tossing", a middle ages game as soon as usual throughout Cornwall now just played in St Columb and also St Ives. It is used Shrove Tuesday and after that once more on the Saturday eleven days later. The video game entails 2 teams of several hundred people (the 'townsmen' as well as the 'countrymen') who endeavour to lug a silver round constructed from apple wood to goals set 2 miles (3 kilometres) apart, making the church, around 25 square miles (65 km2) in area, the de facto biggest sporting activities ground in the world.