| Dingwall College has been in existence
for several hundred years and over that period some unique traditions
have evolved. None is more unique to the college than the annual
nude wrestling contest to select a "Victor Ludorum" (Latin for "winner
of the games") from amongst the final year students. The four houses that make up the college (the Red,
Green, Blue and Yellow Houses) each select their best fighter in two
weight categories - lightweight and heavyweight. Then competitions
are held to determine the Victor Ludorum for each weight category.
Originally the college was an all-male establishment, but
in the 1960s it started to accept women who were also organised in 4
houses - Hope, Faith, Charity and Love. In time the women demanded
to have their own Victrix Ludorum competition. Initially this was
refused by the college authorities, but eventually they relented and the
women's competition was established with the competitors wearing
leotards. However, as the years past the women demanded more
equality with the men and so in 2003 the women's Victrix
Ludorum competition was also held in the nude for the first time.
Now in 2011 the women have won another equality right and for the first time
the men's lightweight male Victor Ludorum will fight the female Victrix
Ludorum to gain the title for the whole college. Here are a small selection of pictures from the three fights (two male fights and one female) featured in this part of the story. |
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