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David Moss, 36, from Cheshire, was left in disbelief and said he had "goosebumps" after digging up two clay pots in north Wales.

So even if most gym rats in America don’t care if their ankles look like baked clay, there are plenty of other markets to make this partnership worthwhile.

And yet, the intricate traditions unfolding in a small clay ring - virtually unchanged in hundreds of years - managed to do just that.

It cost her vital preparation time last December and was a regular irritation on the clay and grass before stopping her in her tracks at the Ningbo Open this week.

The low carbon reef cubes are made near Truro from recycled waste aggregate from Cornish clay mines.