Highland Games and Gatherings |
June
Friday 15, INVERNESS Junior Highland Games. Tel. 01463 227 913
Saturday 30, GAIRLOCH Highland Games, at Sands Holiday Centre. Tel. 01445 712 386
July
Friday 6, Abriachan Highland Games, near Loch Ness. To be confirmed. Come along to the Games in the Tore field , have a barbecue, join in the usual sack, tattie and spoon, wee kids-big kids, old kids-young kids, heavy events, the hill race relay and help beat the boys at the tug of war.
Then escape the midges, wander up the hill to the fantastic shieling viewpoint over Loch Ness. Take a torch for the way down and a few warm layers. Further information from this E-mail: jbarrabr@aol.com or tel. 01463 861259
Saturday 7, Glengarry Highland Games. Glengarry Shinty Field, Invergarry, Inverness-shire. Tel. 01809 501 238
Saturday 7, FORRES Highland Games, Grant Park, Forres. Tel. 01309 673 289
Friday 20, Saturday 21 & Sunday 22, Inverness Highland Games & World Highland Games Heavy Championships, Inverness
The top 12 Heavies in the World are heading for the Capital of the Scottish Highlands for a weekend of spectacular action which will decide who is the best Highland Games Athlete in the world.
For the first time in over a decade the World Championships are returning home to Scotland and the City of Inverness Highland Games, the biggest and most spectacular Games staged in the Highlands will provide the perfect setting for a real clash of the titans.
As usual there will be a full programme of junior and senior athletics to enjoy, together with a full programme of music and dance in the Traditional Music Tent, Scotland's biggest Inter Clan Gathering of 2007 in the Clan Village. The city of Inverness Pipe Band Competition (a foretaste of the European Pipe Band Championships a week later), Craft stalls, Martial Arts Display, Solo Piping Competitions, one of the largest Highland Dancing Competitions in the Highlands, the March of the Highlanders, Children's Village, Fun Fair, Craft Stalls. Tel. 01463 724 262
Saturday 21, Lochcarron Highland Games, Lochcarron, Attadale Estate, from 12.00 noon.Traditional Highland Games featuring heavy events, track events, hill race, tug of war plus pipe band and Highland dancing displays. Also novelty events for visitors to join in the fun and chidren's races. Tel. 01520 722 209
Saturday 28, LOCHABER Highland Games, An Aird, Fort William. Tel. 01397703711 Mob: 07780 546191 Email: NewChieftain@tiscali.co.uk
August
Friday 3, DORNOCH Highland Games, The Meadows Park. Tel. 01862 810 806
Saturday 4, NEWTONMORE Highland Games, The Eilan. Tel. 01540 673 348
Saturday 4 and Sunday 5, AVIEMORE Highland Games, The Football Ground. Tel.01416 444 823
Thursday 9, TAIN Highland Games, Glenmorangie Field. Tel. 01349 884 149
Saturday 11, ABERNETHY Highland Games, Nethybridge. Tel.01479 821 091
Saturday 11, STRATHPEFFER Highland Games, Castle Leod. Tel. 01997 421 348
Saturday 18, NAIRN Highland Games, The Links. Tel. 01667 458 506
Saturday 25, Glen Urquhart Highland Gathering and Games, Blairbeg Park, Drumnadrochit. Local Events start at 10.30am and Open Events at 1.30pm. See our introduction at the top of this page for more details on the programme.
Saturday 25, INVERGORDON Highland Games, Academy Fields. Tel. 01862 893 952
Sunday 26 GRANTOWN ON SPEY Highland Games, Heithfield Park. Tel. 01479 873 237
September
Saturday 15, INVERCHARRON Highland Games, Bonar Bridge.
Tel. 01863 766 674 |
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