Athletic Competitions

The Scottish Highland Games or Heavy Events are the modern continuation of an ancient Celtic tradition. Each event tests the athlete's strength and skill. It may seem that the sport requires brute strength alone, but developing good technique is essential to succeeding in the games. There are 3 classes of competition - "C" for beginners, "B" for intermediate, and once the athletes have acheived a high degree of proficiency they are moved up to "A" class. There is also a women's class, where they do all the events that the men do, only they use proportionately lighter weights. The events are: Tossing the Caber, Weight for Distance, Putting the Stone, Scottish Hammer, and the Farmers Walk. The group Scottish Heavy Athletics facilitates and promotes Scottish Athletics in California. Please visit their website for more information about the events. SHA provides support, setup advice, use of equipment, certified judges, competition rules, scorekeepers, announcers and sanctioning. It is their goal to create an atmosphere of cooperation and mutual satisfaction between the various Hosting Organizations and the Athletic Community. SHA supports all Games regardless of organization or sanctioning. The Scottish American Athletic Association (SAAA) is an organization of Heavy Events athletes. Its purpose is to promote the sport and provide for the best interests of the athlete by sanctioning athletic events. It certifies judges, establishes standardized rules, weighs and certifies implements, records and publishes game scores and much more. Members of the SAAA provide information at Games, as you enjoy the marvels of strength and skill, so that you may understand and appreciate what these traditional events are all about. You can find the results of competitions at previous Loch Lomond Highland Games here: http://www.saaa-net.org/results_2004.html http://www.saaa-net.org/results_2003.html http://www.saaa-net.org/results_2002.html http://www.saaa-net.org/results_2001.html

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