PROGRAMME 2011

 

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

 

3:30pm

Introduction to Heavy Events.  Featuring an inter school competition between Fort William and Breadalbane.

 

5:30pm	Dancing
	Starts with confined to Perthshire. Flora MacDonald’s Fancy;   Blue Bonnet; The Scottish Lilt.

 

6:00pm	Band Official Opening
	Welcome to the Games from the Chair of the Association & the arrival of Robert Wiseman Dairies Vale of Atholl Junior Pipe Band.

 

	Heavies Open Event
6:15pm	Putting the Shot 16Ibs	Weight for Distance 28lbs
	Throwing the Hammer 16Ibs	Throwing the Hammer 22Ibs
	56 Ibs over the Bar	Tossing the Sheaf
	Tossing the Caber	Tirinie Stone *
	Perthshire Confined
	Putting the Shot 16Ibs	Weight for Distance 28lbs
	Throwing the Hammer 16Ibs	Tossing the Caber

 

	Local Confined to Kenmore District
8.:00pm	Putting the Shot 16Ibs	Tirinie Stone *

 

*Throwing the Tirinie Stone - This almost spherical stone, found on Tirinie Farm, Kenmore, weighs 101 Ibs. The HEAVIES will try to beat a previous best throw of 170 inches

 

	Children’s Races - Boys & Girls in separate races
6:15pm	Under 5’s	5 years
	6 years	7 years
	&, 8 years	9 years
	10 years	11 years
	12 years	13 - 16 years
	Sack race	All
	Open Events
7:00pm	100 metres; 400 metres; 800 metres
	Hill Race
8:00pm	Senior; Junior 13 to 16 years

 

 

	Special Events
8:15pm	Tug o’ War (Open)	Tug o’ War (Local),
	Tug o’ War (Ladies	Tug o’ War (Junior)

 

 

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