La Crosse Irishfest Highland Games
about the highland games at irishfest lacrosse
While Highland Games is a generic term for festivals celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture and heritage, the original games centered around athletic competitions. The most well-recognized of these competitions are the heavy events. These feats of strength include caber turning, stone throwing, sheaf tossing, and weight tossing.
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highland games events
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1pm - Open Stone Throw
2 pm - 56lb Weight for Distance
3pm - 28lb Weight for Distance
4pm - Sheaf Toss
5pm - Caber Turn
6pm - 56lb Weight for Height
Awards are hand-crafted by Barbara Kaye Smith
1pm - Open Stone Throw
2 pm - 56lb Weight for Distance
3pm - 28lb Weight for Distance
4pm - Sheaf Toss
5pm - Caber Turn
6pm - 56lb Weight for Height
Awards are hand-crafted by Barbara Kaye Smith
origin & history of the highland games
The origin of human games and sports predates recorded history. An example of a possible early games venue is at Fetteresso, although that location is technically a few miles south of the Scottish Highlands.
It is reported in numerous books and Highland games programs, that King Malcolm III of Scotland, in the 11th century, summoned contestants to a foot race to the summit of Craig Choinnich (overlooking Braemar).[2] King Malcolm created this foot race in order to find the fastest runner in the land to be his royal messenger. Some have seen this apocryphal event to be the origin of today's modern Highland games. There is a document from 1703 summoning the clan of the Laird of Grant, Clan Grant. They were to arrive wearing Highland coats and "also with gun,sword, pistol and dirk".From this letter, it is believed that the competitions would have included feats of arms. However, the modern Highland games are largely a Victorian invention, developed after the Highland Clearances. |
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For more information on Irishfest-La Crosse Highland Games.
Jason @ xjumper82d@aol.com
815-289-9829
For more information on Irishfest-La Crosse Highland Games.