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Highland games (Scottish Gaelic: geamannan Gàidhealach) is a competitive strength sport with events held in spring and summer in Scotland and several other countries with a large Scottish diaspora as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands.
Pages in category "Highland games in Scotland" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The World Highland Games Championships were first held in 1980 and were created as an attempt to identify who was truly the greatest Highland Games competitor. Many of the Highland Games competitions around the world have traditionally not been invitational, in the sense that novices can step up to compete, or at the more established events ...
The first record of an organised Highland games in the town is in 1871, the same year as the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban started. In subsequent years games were held at New Year. [1] The organisation of the Cowal events and other games around Scotland was due to a wide interest in Highland sports, partly stemming from Queen Victoria's love of ...
Scottish Highland games competitors (4 P) Shinty (5 C, 31 P) U. Highland games in the United States (5 P) Pages in category "Highland games" The following 13 pages ...
The Scottish Highland Games Association is now to be known as the Royal Scottish Highland Games Association.
The Grandfather Mountain Highland Games is a Highland games event that has been held annually since 1956 at Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina. Celebrating the history and culture of Scots in North Carolina, it is among the first and largest modern Highland games established in the United States.
The Highland Games & Scottish Festival was first held in 1993 at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. It featured two pipe bands, one vendor, kids' games, and student athletic competitions ...