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of Highland Games
 Scotland has a long tradition and history of Highland Games where
Clans
would compete against each other in sporting events. Early Celts viewed
such events as war games where their strongest and bravest soldiers would
win the games. It's a lot more civilized now! Highland games are sociable
and fun events celebrated worldwide!
Events traditionally include caber tossing, hammer throwing, Highland
dancing and piping. In between events there are displays and pipe and drum
bands.
 Some say that Highland Games originated as a clan chieftain's way of
choosing the best bodyguards and the fittest of fighting men. Not all the
chief's requirements were warlike - musicians and dancers were important
for the prestige of his household. Choosing staff and supporters was done
by holding competitions - good runners for couriers, strong men for
defence and a range of entertainers to while away the winter evenings.
 Many events at today's Highland Games still use items which would have
been part of everyday life in the Highlands of old e.g.. round stones from
river beds probably provided the original shot-putts while a Scots pine
trunk shorn of its branches is still the caber as tossed today.
Highland Games in their modern form still offer a unique mix of
athletics and musical skills. Events include tossing the caber, throwing
the hammer, the shot, tug-o-war which are known as the heavy events;
dancing and piping events; and athletics, track and field events, known as
light events.  Easily found throughout the summer season in the Highlands, the
spectacle of Highland dancers and pipers against a background of colourful
and majestic Highland scenery make great entertainment, are very
photogenic and are an unique experience in your Highland holiday.
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locations for events:
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Gourock Highland Games
Sunday 11th May 2008 at 12.30pm
Gourock Park. Greenock.
Tel. 01475 714865 Fax: 01475 714871
Blair Atholl Highland Games
Sunday 25th May 2008 at 12:30pm
Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, Perthshire.
Tel 01796 481355
Bathgate and West Lothian Highland Games
Saturday 31st May 2008 at 12.30pm
Meadow Park, Bathgate.
Tel: 01506 654035
Blackford Highland Games
Saturday 31st May 2008 at 12:30pm
Games Park, Blackford, Stirling.
Tel: 01764 682814
Markinch Highland Games
Sunday 1st June 2008 at 12.30pm
John Dixon Park, Markinch, Fife.
Tel: 01592 751667
Bearsden and Milngavie Highland Games
Saturday 7th June 2008
West of Scotland Football Club, Burnbrae, Milngavie.
Tel: 0141 942 5177.
Cornhill Highland Games
Saturday 7th June 2008 from 11.00am
Cornhill Playing Field, Cornhill, Invernesshire.
Tel: 01466 751407.
Shotts Highland Games
Saturday 7th June 2008
Shotts.
Tel: 01501 823 258.
Carrick Lowland Games
Sunday 8th June 2008
Victory Park, Girvan
Tel: 01465 712667.
Ardrossan Highland Games
Sunday 8th June 2008 At 11.00am
Laighdykes Field, Saltcoats.
Tel: 01294 558194
Strathmore Highland Games
Sunday 8th June 2008 at 12.30pm
Glamis Castle, Glamis.
Tel: 01592 753439.
Aberdeen Highland Games
Sunday 15th June 2008
Hazelhead Park, Aberdeen.
Tel 01224 523842
Lesmahagow Highland Games
Saturday 21st June 2008
Craighead Park, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire.
Tel: 01555-893100 or 07708-318278
Kevin Avis (Treasurer) Email: kevinavis@btinternet.com
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Peebles Beltain Highland Games
Saturday 21st June 2008
Hay Lodge Park, Peebles.
Tel: 01592 753439
Ceres Highland Games
Saturday 28th June 2008
The Bow Butts, Ceres, Fife.
Tel: 01334 653501
Drumtochty Highland Games
Saturday 28th June 2008
Drumtochty Castle Grounds Auchinblae. Laurencekirk.
Tel: 01561 378120
Gairloch Highland Games
Saturday 28th June 2008 at 11am
Little Sands Farm. Gairloch, Ross-shire
Tel: 01445 712386
Forres Highland Games
Saturday 5th July 2008 at 1pm
Grant Park, Forres, Invernesshire.
Tel:01309 673289.
Glengarry Highland Games
Saturday 5th July 2008 at 1pm
Shinty Park, Invergarry.
Tel: 01809 501238
Cupar Highland Games
Sunday 6th July 2008
Duffus Park, Cupar, Fife.
Tel 01334 476413
Alva Games
Saturday 12th July 2008
The Johnston Park Alva, Stirlingshire
Tel: 01592 771425
Stirling Highland Games
Sunday 13th July 2008 at 11:30am
Stirling County Rugby Ground, Stirling.
Tel: 08700 550262
Morvern Highland Games
Saturday 12th July 2008 at 10am.
Knock Park, Lochaline, Morvern, Argyll.
Tel: 01967 421358.
Barra Island Highland Games
Sunday 13th July 2008 start 1pm
Castlebay, Isle of Barra, Western Isles.
Tel: 01871 810262
South Uist Highland Games
Wednesday 16th July 2008 10.00am
Askernish Machair.
Tel:01878 700509
Lewis Highland Games
Saturday 19th July 2008 at 1pm
Tong Recreation Centre, Tong, Isle of Lewis
Tel: 01851 704671
Lochcarron Highland Games
Saturday 19th July 2008 at 11.30am
Attadale Estate, Lochcarron.
Tel: 01520 722554
Balloch Highland Games
Saturday 19th July 2008 at 10am
Balloch Castle Country Park, Balloch.
Tel: 01389 754 995
Tomintoul Highland Games
Saturday 19th July 2008
Public Park, Tomintoul, Near Granton on Spey.
Tel:(44) 1807 580407
Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games
Saturday 19th July 2008 at 12.00pm
Balquhidder, Nr Crieff
Tel: 01567 830268
Inverness Highland Games
Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July 2008 at 12am.
Bught Park, Glenurquhart Rd, Inverness.
Tel: 01463 724262
Southend Highland Games
Saturday 19th July 2008 at 6pm.
Hotel Park, Southend, by Campbeltown.
Tel: 01586 830 312
Taynuilt Highland Games
Saturday 19th July 2008 at 11am
Sports Field, Taynuilt, Oban.
Tel no. 01866 822436
Rosneath and Clynder Highland Games
Sunday 20th July 2008
Howie Park, Rosneath, Helensburgh.
Tel: 01436 842860
Stonehaven Highland Games
Sunday 20th July 2008
Mineralwell Park, Stonehaven. Grampian.
Tel: (44) 1569 340234
Burntisland Highland Games
Monday 21st July 2008
Burntisland, Fife.
Tel: 01592 873234
Inveraray Highland Games
Tuesday 22nd July 2008. 10.30am
Castle Grounds, Inveraray.
Tel: 01499 302458
Mull Highland Games
Thursday 24th July 2008 at 10.30am
Erray Park, Tobermory, Isle Of Mull
Tel: 01688 302270
Durness Highland Games
Friday 25th July 2008
Shore Park, Durness, North West Sutherland
Tel: 01971 511358
North Uist Highland Games
Friday 25th July 2008 at 10.00am
Balone Field, North Uist.
Tel: 01876 500239
Airth Highland Games
Saturday 26th July 2008 at 11am
North Greens Park, Airth.
Tel: 01324 831712
Dufftown Highland Games
Saturday 26th July 2008
Mortlach School Sports Field, Dufftown, Grampian.
Tel: 01340 820342
Halkirk Highland Games
Saturday 26th July 2008 At 1230
Halkirk Nr Thurso, Caithness.
Tel: 01847 831287
Kilmore and Kilbride Highland Games
Saturday 26th July 2008
Balinoe Field, Kilmore, Oban
Tel: 01631 564 562
Lochaber Highland Games
Saturday 26th July 2008 at 10.30am.
An Aird, Fort William
Tel: 01397 703711
Callander Highland Games
Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th July 2008 at 1pm
Callander Games Field, Callander, Dunblane
Tel: 01877 330184
Luss Highland Games
Sunday 27th July 2008 11.00am
Luss, Alexandria, Loch Lomond.
Tel: 01389 762854
St Andrews Highland Games
Sunday 27th July 2008
North Haugh , St.Andrews
Tel: 01334 476305
Arisaig Highland Games
Wednesday 30th July 2008 at 12.30pm.
Traigh Farm, Arisaig, Mallaig
Tel: 01687 450 604
Killin Highland Games
Wednesday 30th July 2008 at 10.30am.
Breadalbane Park, Killin
Tel: 01567 820342
Dornoch Highland Games
Friday 1st August 2008 at 10:30am.
The Meadows Park, Dornoch
Tel:
01862 810806
Aboyne Highland Games
Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 10.30am
Aboyne Green, Aboyne
Tel: 013398 81209
Brodick Highland Games
Saturday 2nd August 2008
Ormidale Park, Brodick, Isle of Arran.
Tel: 01770 302290
Newtonmore Highland Games
Saturday 2nd August 2008
The Eilan, Newtonmore
Tel:
01540 673348
Strathconon Highland Games
Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 11 am
Strathconon, Inverness-shire
Tel: 01997 477263
Bridge of Allan Highland Games
Sunday 3rd August 2008
Games Park, Bridge of Allan
Tel:01786 822615
Mallaig and Morar Highland Games
Sunday 3rd August 2008 at 12 noon.
The Lovat Memorial Field, Morar.
Tel:01324 552841
The Border Highland Show
Thursday 7th at 6pm to Sunday 10th August 2008 at 12pm
Park Farm, Dumfries.
Tel: 01387 810439
Assynt Highland Games
Friday 8th August 2008
Culag Park, Lochinver, Sutherland.
Tel: 01571 844647
Abernethy Highland Games
Saturday 9th August 2008
Playing Fields, Nethybridge
Tel: 01479 821492
Strathpeffer Highland Games
Saturday 9th August 2008
Castle Leod, Strathpeffer, Nr Dingwall Ross-shire.
Tel: 01997 421348
Cortachy Highland Games
Sunday 10th August 2008
Games Field, Cortachy Castle Grounds, Cortachy.
Tel: 01575 540222
Perth Highland Games
Sunday 10th August 2008
South Inch, Perth.
Tel: 01738 627782
Ballater Highland Games
Thursday 14th August 2008
Monaltrie Park, Ballater, Aberdeenshire.
Tel: 01339 755771
Tain Highland Games
Thursday 14th August 2008 at 10am
Glenmorangie Field, Tain, Ross-shire.
Tel:
01349 884149
Bute Highland Games
Saturday 16th August 2008
Rothesay, Isle of Bute.
Tel: 01700 502151
Glenfinnan Highland Games
Saturday 16th August 2008 at 11.30am
Glenfinnan, Fort William
Tel: 01397 722234
Helmsdale Highland Games
Saturday 16th August 2008 at 10.00am
Couper Park, Helmsdale, Wick
Tel: 01431-821679
Caithness Highland Games
Sunday 17th August 2008
John O'Groats Hotel Field, Caithness
Tel: 01955 603660
Crieff Highland Games
Sunday 17th August 2008 at 12.00pm
Market Park, Crieff, Perth.
Tel: 01738 627782
Oban Highland Games
Thursday 21st August 2008 at 10.00
Mossfield Park, Oban
Tel: 01631 562671
Glenisla Highland Games
Friday 22nd August 2008
Glenisla Haugh Field, Glenisla
Tel: 01575 582349
Glenurquhart Highland Games
Saturday 23rd August 2008 at 13.30pm
Westfield, Drumnadrochit, on Loch Ness
Tel: 01456476367
Invergordon Highland Games
Saturday 23rd August 2008 at 13.00pm
Academy Playing Fields, Invergordon
Tel: 01862 893952
Lonach Highland Games
Saturday 23rd August 2008 at 8am
Bellabeg Park, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire.
Tel: 019756 51297
Strathardale Highland Games
Saturday 23rd August 2008 at 11.30am
Bannerfield, Kirkmichaell, Blairgowrie
Tel: 01575 582248
Grantown on Spey Highland Games
Sunday 24th August 2008
Heithfield Park, Grantown-on-Spey
Tel: 01479 873237
Thornton Highland Games
Sunday 24th August 2008
Memorial Park, Thornton, Fife
Tel: 01592 771425
Birnam Highland Games
Saturday 30th August 2008
Little Dunkeld, Perthshire
Tel: 01350 728 826
Falkirk Highland Games
Sunday and Monday August 2008
Location: Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk.
Tel: 01324 627286
Braemar Highland Games
Saturday 6th September 2008
Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
Tel: 01339 755377
Blairgowrie Highland Games
Sunday 7th September 2008
Bogles Field, Essendy Road, Blairgowrie
Tel: 01250 872960
Peebles Highland Games
Sunday 7th September 2008 at 11am
Hay Lodge Park, Peebles
Tel: 01721 722129
Pitlochry Highland Games
Saturday 13th September 2008 at 11:00 am
Pitlochry, Perthshire
Tel: 01796 473488
Invercarron Highland Games
Saturday 20th September 2008
Balblair Farm, Bonar Bridge.
Tel. no. 01863 766028
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Highland Games (in U.S.A) Calendar
Southeast Florida Scottish Festival and Games
January 10th 2008
c/o Scottish-American Society of South Florida Inc.
PO Box 945926
Pembroke Pines, FL. 33024-5926
Central Florida Scottish Games
January 17th - 18th 2008
P.O. Box 2948
Orlando, FL 32802
Northeast Florida Scottish Highland Games & Festival
February 23rd 2008
PO Box 16253
Jacksonville, FL 32245
Arizona Highland Games
February 23rd - 24th 2008
P.O. Box 5853
Scottsdale, AZ 85261-5853
Celtic Concert
March 2nd 2008
c/o Prince Charles Pipe Band
6 Isabella Court
Novato, CA. 99945
Sarasota Highland Games
March 29th 2008
P.O.Box 282
Cape Haze, FL 33946
San Antonio Highland Games
April 5th - 6th 2008
P.O. Box 5451
San Antonio, TX 78201-5451
Dunedin Highland Games
April 12th 2008
P.O. Box 507
Dunedin, FL 34698
Loch Norman Highland Games
April 18th - 20th 2008
P.O. Box 1009
Huntersville, NC 28070-1009
Las Vegas Celtic Gathering & Highland Games
April 19th - 20th 2008
2250 E. Tropicana Ave. Suite 19-514
Las Vegas, NV 89119
Southern Maryland Celtic Festival and Highland Gathering
April 26th 2008
P.O. Box 209
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Triad Highland Games
May 2nd - 3rd 2008
307 Gregg Street Archdale NC 27263
Scottish Festival and Celtic Gathering
May 2nd - 4th 2008
P.O. Box 2511
Clarksburg, WV 26302
Savannah Scottish Games and Highland Gathering
May 3rd 2008
P.O. Box 13435
Savannah, GA 31416
Celebration of Celts
May 3rd - 4th 2008
5564 Rts 9H & 23
Hudson, NY 12534
Th' Gatherin' Fire Festival O' Beltane
May 3rd - 4th 2008
221 Main
WaKeeney, KS 67672
Celtic Festival & Highland Games
May 9th - 10th 2008
at Historic Bethabara Park
2147 Bethabara Road
Winston Salem, NC 27106
Kentucky Scottish Weekend
May 9th - 11th 2008
P.O. Box 11441
Cincinnati, OH 45211-0441
Frederick Celtic Festival
May 10th 2008
101 Foxfield Pass
Middletown, MD 21769
Gatlinburg Scottish Festival and Games
May 16th - 18th 2008
1104 Sanders Road
Knoxville, TN 37923
Colonial Highland Gathering
May 17th 2008
20 Wakefield Drive
Newark, DE 19711 (Mailing Address Only)
Games Held at Natural Resources Area Fair Hill, Maryland
Minnesota Scottish Fair and Highland Games
May 17th 2008
1366 Camelback Dr.
Eagan, MN 55123
Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival and Highland Games
May 17th 2008
3002 Wilson Place NE
Albuquerque, NM 87106-1815
Houston Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Festival
May 17th - 18th 2008
P.O. Box 66
Bellaire, TX 77402-0066
Alma Highland Festival and Games
May 24th - 25th 2008
P.O. Box 516
Alma, MI 48801
Glasgow Highland Games
May 29th - June 1st 2008
119 E. Main St.
Glasgow, KY 42141-2835
McHenry Highland Festival
June 6th - 8th 2008
P.O. Box 926
McHenry, MD 21550
Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games
June 6th - 8th 2008
P.O. Box 511
Clifton, TX 76634
Greater Greenville Scottish Games & Highland Festival
June 7th 2008
225 S. Pleasantburg Dr. # B12-1
Greenville, SC 29607
Milwaukee Highland Games and Scottish Festival
June 7th 2008
W 167 S6827 Oakhill Drive
Muskego, WI 53150
Kansas City Scottish Highland Games
June 13th - 15th 2008
c/o Kansas City Highland Games, Inc.
PO Box 712
Lawrence, KS 66044-0712
Blairsville Scottish Festival and Highland Games
June 13th - 15th 2008
P.O. Box 789
Blairsville, GA 30514
Indiana Highland Games
June 14th 2008
619 East DuPont Rd. #158
Ft. Wayne, IN 46825-2055
United States Piping Foundation Championship
June 21st 2008
20 Wakefield Drive
Newark, DE 19711-7012
Illinois St. Andrew Society Chicago Highland Games
June 21st 2008
2800 Des Plaines Avenue
N. Riverside, IL 60546-1899
Prosser Scottish Fest
June 21st 2008
1230 Bennett Ave
Prosser, WA 99350
Potomac Celtic Festival
June 21st - 22nd 2008
525-K E. Market St., #295
Leesburg, VA 20176
Ohio Scottish Games
June 28th 2008
P.O. Box 3
Lorain, OH 44052-0003
Western Massachusetts Highland Games and Celtic Festival
June 28th 2008
69 Maple Street
Easthampton, MA 01027
San Diego Scottish Highland Games and Gathering of the Clans
June 28th - 29th 2008
P.O. Box 3682
Vista. Ca. 92085
Wyoming Celtic Festival & Highland Games
June 28th - 29th 2008
P. O. Box 7121
Gillette, WY 82717-7121
Round Hill Scottish Games
July 5th 2008
P.O. Box 2216
Darien, CT 06820
Monterey Scottish Highland Games and Celtic Festival
July 5th - 6th 2008
956 Via Verde
Del Ray Oaks, CA 93940
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games
July 10th - 13th 2008
P.O. Box 1095
Linville, NC 28646
Glasgowlands Scottish Festival
July 19th 2008, 9am - 9.30pm
300 North Main Street, Florence, MA,
Full details can be found at: glasgowlands.org
or call (413) 862-8095/4539
Elizabeth Celtic Festival
July 19th - 20th 2008
P.O.Box 2149
Elizabeth, CO 80107
Pacific Northwest Scottish Highland Games and Clan Gathering
July 26th - 27th 2008
Seattle Scottish Highland Games Association
P.O. Box 75685
Seattle, WA 98175-0685
St. Andrew's Society of Detroit Highland Games
August 2nd 2008
30161 Southfield Road
Cranebrook Center, Suite 112
Southfield, MI 48076
Colorado Scottish Festival and Rocky Mountain Highland Games
August 8th - 10th 2008
9 River View Rd.
Denver, CO 80215
Amherst Museum Scottish Festival
August 16th 2008
3755 Tonawanda Creek Road
Amherst, NY 14228-1599
Maine Highland Games
August 16th 2008
P.O. Box 2810
Augusta, ME 04338-2810
Celtic Highland Games of the Quad Cities-IOWA
August 23rd 2008
P.O. Box 3201
Rock Island, IL 61204-3201(Mailing Address only)
Games held at Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport, Iowa
Kalamazoo Scottish Festival
August 23rd 2008
P.O. Box 511
Oshtemo, MI 49077-0511
Long Island Scottish Games
August 23rd 2008
58 Bayberry Drive
Huntington, NY 11743
Capital District Scottish Games
August 30th - 31st 2008
40 Terrace Ave.
Albany, NY 12203
Wisconsin Highland Games and Celtic Fling
September 5th 2008
P.O. Box 270292
West Allis, WI 53227
Longs Peak Scottish/Irish Highland Festival
September 11th - 14th 2008
P.O. Box 1820
Estse Park, CO 80517-1820
Western Kentucky Highland Festival
September 12th - 14th 2008
2028 Jefferson Street
Paducah, KY 42001
Ligonier Highland Games
September 12th - 14th 2008
P.O. Box 884
Bethel Park, PA 15102-0884
Sycamore Shoals Celtic Festival
September 12th - 14th 2008
P.O. Box 5384
Johnson City, TN 37602
Columbus Scottish Festival
September 13th - 14th 2008
P.O. Box 2573
Columbus, IN 47202-2573
Virginia Scottish Games
September 13th - 14th 2008
P.O. Box 1338
Alexandria, VA 22313
Charleston Scottish Games and Highland Gathering
September 20th 2008
P.O. Box 31951
Charleston, SC 29417
Oklahoma Scottish Festival
September 20th - 21st 2008
P.O. Box 9797
Tulsa, OK 74157
New Hampshire Highland Games
September 26th - 28th 2008
P.O. Box 4197
Concord, NH 03302-4197
Celtic Classic
September 26th - 28th 2008
532 Main St.
Bethlehem, PA 18018
Pipes In The Valley Celtic Music Festival
September 27th 2008
776 Tolland St.
East Hartford, CT 06108
Dandridge Highland Games and Festival
September 27th 2008
P.O. Box 507
Danridge, TN 34697-0507
Alabama Highland Games
September 27th - 28th 2008
P.O. Box 241204
Montgomery, AL 36124-1204
McPherson Scottish Festival
September 27th - 28th 2008
P.O. Box 616
McPherson, KS 67460
Flora MacDonald Highland Games
October 3rd - 5th 2008
P.O. Box 547
Red Springs, NC 28377
St. Andrew's Society of Connecticut Scottish Festival
October 4th 2008
P.O. Box 1195
Litchfield, CT 06459
Williamsburg Scottish Festival
October 4th 2008
P.O. Box 866
Williamsburg, VA 23187-0866
Anne Arundel Scottish Highland Games
October 11th 2008
P.O. Box 539
Crownsville, MD 21032
Stone Mountain Highland Games & Scottish Festival
October 18th - 19th 2008
P.O. Box 14023
Atlanta, GA 30324-1023
Waxhaw Gathering of the Clans and Scottish Games
October 25th 2008
P.O. Box 527
Waxhaw, NC 28173
Richmond Highland Games and Celtic Festival
October 25th - 26th 2008
P.O. Box 26805
Richmond, VA 23261-6805
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