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Highland Games

Our Highland Games activities give guests a flavour of Scotland with the chance to participate in traditional Highland events and sports. Perfect for larger groups it can also be adapted for smaller groups.

We can combine events such as Tossing the Caber, Weight over Bar, Hurling the Welly, Tug O’ War, The Haggis Malt Challenge, Highland Dancing and Bagpipe Playing. Or you can go the whole hog and we will organise actual heavyweight athletes for demonstrations and exhibitions within a main arena. We can add on complementary activities such as a pipe band, dog & duck trials and a craft fair to provide a truly memorable day.

Highland Games Events

Tossing the Caber:

A traditional event! To toss a caber you have to lift a caber (a large pole) so that it is perpendicular to your body with one end pointing to the sky. The pole is then tossed in the air to rotate and fall over to lie in the 12 o’clock position.

Weight over Bar:

This involves swinging a weight over a bar – no great surprise there! The bar is behind you and you swing the weight over your head, letting it go at the critical moment.

Highland Dancing:

Teams will watch a short demonstration of highland dancing to the skirl of the bagpipes before they have to dance the steps themselves!

Bagpipe Playing:

All the guests will be taught how to handle the bagpipes and play a tune or two. It's more difficult than it sounds!

Welly Boot Hurling:

Another event which may in time become traditional! You may think it’s easy to throw a wellie towards a target but it’s not if you want to score points for your team. Points are awarded for successfully landing a wellie inside the target.

Fly-casting:

Like a true Scotsman, try casting a fly into a series of rings placed in the loch.

Target Golf:

Guests are invited to practice their swing and aim for the target - a golf hole! The hole is surrounded by a series of rings and points are awarded for balls which land in the various rings. Maximum points are scored for a hole in one!

Tug o’ War:

An old favourite and a must in all Highland Games – teams can be mixed, clan against clan, country against country – and the competition can be fierce !

Haggis Malt Challenge:

Try throwing Scotland’s national dish as close to Scotland’s favourite drink as you can. The person who gets closest to the bottle of malt wins the Challenge and the bottle.

Farmer’s Dash:

A new kind of relay race, carrying bales of straw!