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Nadine Lee
Hunt On For Highland Strongman
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Scotland's original strongman, Donald Dinnie (1837–1916). Organisers of the Aboyne Highland Games have issued a plea for help tracking down an elusive Highland Games competitor. The strongman is on...
Topics: Aboyne Highland Games, Donald Dinnie, Highland Games, Peter Puszer
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Nadine Lee
'Tossing the Caber' Too Easy
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Organisers at this years Pitlochry Highland Games were forced to replace the caber with a heavier pole when complaints were received after last years event. Traditionally only top heavyweight athlete...
Topics: Highland Games, Pitlochry, Tossing the Caber
Nadine Lee
Kilts On and No Swearing - New Highland Games Rules Ann...
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Repeated use of bad language is set to be outlawed during events such as the Tug O' War The Scottish Highland Games Association has for the first time published a universal Code of Conduct to be use...
Topics: Caber Toss, Highland Games, Tug O' War
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Map of 2012 Highland Games and Scottish Events - Update...
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frameborder="0" width="0" height="0" width="425" height="350" View 2012 Highland Games and Scottish Events in a larger map A map pinpointing many of the Highland Games and Scottish events taking pl...
Topics: Highland Games, Scottish Events
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Lochearnhead Highland Games 2011
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On Saturday the ScotClans team went up to the Highland Games at Lochearnhead to hold a stall for Clan MacLaren. The weather was glorious and it really highlighted the beauty of that part of the countr...
Topics: Highland Games, Lochearnhead, MacGregor, MacLaren
Donald
Scottish Clan Events Map for 2011 - Updated for North A...
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View 2011 Highland Games and Scottish Events in a larger map We've updated our Scottish Clan Events Map 2011 to now include Highland Games and events that are happening across the USA and Canada. I...
Topics: Canada, events, Highland Games, North America, USA
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Scottish Clan Events Map for 2011
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View 2011 Highland Games in a larger map...
Topics: events, Highland Games
Amanda Moffet
Credit crunch hits Highland Games
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The recession has bitten again, this time causing Stirling's annual Highland Games to be cancelled. Organisers blamed "economic uncertainties created by the credit crunch" and successive changes of...
Topics: Highland Games, Scotland