Highland games (Scottish Gaelic: geamannan Gàidhealach) is a competitive strength sport with events held in spring and summer in Scotland and several other...
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The World Highland Games Championships is a well-recognised event in both strength athletics and Highland Games. The championships were organised by David...
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Geoff Capes (category Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games)
August 1949 – 23 October 2024) was a British shot putter, strongman, and Highland Games competitor. He was famous in the UK in the 1980s for his sporting prowess...
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centuries, in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games. It was created from the Gaelic folk dance repertoire, but formalised...
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The games span two days and with an attendance of over 20,000, are the largest Highland Games outside of Scotland. The Glengarry Highland Games are primarily...
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Jón Páll Sigmarsson (section Highland games)
World Muscle Power Classic, Europe's Strongest Man and Commonwealth Highland Games. In the same year, he wrestled English author and Guinness World Record...
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Bill Anderson (strongman) (redirect from Bill Anderson (Highland games))
heavyweight sportsman. He won the World Highland Games Championships in 1981 and the Scottish Highland Games Championships 16 times. He has also held...
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composed by German musicians Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb in 1982 for a Highland games held in Germany. It has been proposed as the Scottish national anthem...
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The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games is a Highland games event that has been held annually since 1956 at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina. Celebrating...
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The Montreal Highland Games (fr: Jeux écossais de Montréal) is a highland games event held in Verdun, Montreal, Quebec. The modern games were founded...
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Phoenix, Arizona (redirect from Scottish Gathering & Highland Games)
lights; the Arizona State Fair, begun in 1884; Scottish Gathering & Highland Games, an event celebrating Scottish heritage; Estrella War, a celebration...
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Antigonish, Nova Scotia (redirect from Antigonish Highland Games)
is home to St. Francis Xavier University and the oldest continuous Highland games outside Scotland. It is approximately 160 kilometres (100 miles) northeast...
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The Glasgow Highland Games are a regional Highland games and Scottish heritage celebration held annually in and near Glasgow, Kentucky. The main festival...
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Anderson is a former weightlifter and Highland Games competitor from Scotland. He won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in 1970 in the heavyweight class...
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Stone put (category Highland games)
chur) is one of the main Scottish heavy athletic events at modern-day Highland games gatherings. While similar to the shot put, the stone put more frequently...
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Francisco's 2015 Highland Games; and was a guest participant at the New Hampshire Highland Games (also known as Loon Mountain Highland Games) in 2014, 2015...
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Burntisland (section Highland games)
15th-century Rossend Castle, as well as the traditional summer fair and Highland games day. To the north of the town a hill called The Binn is a landmark of...
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Idlewild and Soak Zone (redirect from Ligonier Highland Games)
1938, one of the company's earliest. The park is home to the Ligonier Highland Games, a Scottish athletic and cultural festival that has annually drawn over...
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The Inverness Highland Games (official name: City of Inverness Highland Games), is a Highland games event in the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands...
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The Cowal Highland Gathering (also known as the Cowal Games) is an annual Highland games held in the Scottish town of Dunoon on the Argyll and Bute, over...
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Almonte, Ontario (section North Lanark Highland Games)
the North Lanark Highland Games, Naismith 3-on-3 Basketball Festival, Almonte Celtfest and Busfusion. The North Lanark Highland Games have been held annually...
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Lesmahagow (section Highland Games)
needed] The Highland Games are held annually in June with Pipe Bands competing in Grades 1 through 4. There are also events for Highland dancing, weight...
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Ballachulish (redirect from Ballachulish, Highland)
from Scottish Gaelic Baile a' Chaolais [baləˈxɯːl̪ˠɪʃ]) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries, and now primarily serves...
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Gregor Edmunds (category Scottish Highland games competitors)
Scottish Highland Games competitor and strongman. Gregor is a winner of the World Highland Games Championships, world record holder in Highland games throwing...
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Donald Dinnie (category Scottish Highland games competitors)
Scotland." As Scotland's greatest athlete, Dinnie competed in sixteen Highland Games seasons in his native land. He first toured the United States' Caledonian...
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Festivals in Scotland (section Highland Games)
Cowal Highland Gathering Crieff Highland Games Dinnie Stones The Gathering 2009 Highlander Challenge World Championships Inverness Highland Games Edinburgh...
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1939-1949. The Highland games on the weekend of 15th and 16 August 2020 were cancelled due to the worldwide coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The games feature...
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Brigadoon Highland Games – Bundanoon NSW Chieftain of the Day 2023 – Brigadoon Highland Games – Bundanoon NSW Chieftain of the Day 2023 – Aberdeen Highland Games...
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Zijlstra (born 4 August 1964, in Wolsum) is a former strongman and Highland Games athlete from the Netherlands. He competed in the World's Strongest Man...
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The BRICS Games is a yearly multi-sport event organised by the BRICS countries. The event is generally organized by the country which chairs the group...
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