In addition to the contest, Europe's Strongest Man and 2x World's Strongest Man top-3 finisher, Hafthor Bjornsson, known commonly as "Thor", was attending the games.
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For my birthday, my wife Caitlin surprised me with tickets to see the games! We traveled to NH to watch elite athletes compete in a series of throwing events over a two-day period to determine a champion. Last Saturday and Sunday, September 18th and 19th, Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH hosted its 40th Annual NH Highland Games & Festival. The Highland Games have been held on US soil since 1836. For hundreds of years, athletes have competed in these tests of strength and athleticism. Minister of Cuckoo and chaplain from Contoocook doesn't have the same ring.The Scottish Highland Games are an athletic tradition with deep historic roots in Scotland. Turner said he was happy to be back at Loon because of "the title it gives me." Coming from a church in Cuckoo, Va., he was "introduced as minister of Cuckoo and chaplain from Loon.
"This is like being in Fort William, Scotland, down to the weather," Morrison said.Īlbannach has performed at the games for the past four years and has seen both Loon and Hopkinton. Murray said she heard from "one or two people who liked Hopkinton. The Highland Games' return to Loon Mountain was greeted with overwhelming praise by participants. Morrison said one performance was "cut down to four songs because it was over-packed" and the performance was shut down by the fire department. service that around 900 people were counted in the tent at the time.ĭrum group Albannach also drew its share of crowds, as all of their performances over the weekend saw the audience spilling out of doorways. John Turner, the games' chaplain, said during the 10 a.m.
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While she had no exact numbers, "the hotels are full and the restaurants are full." "People have really turned out, put their raincoats on and put their umbrellas up," she said. In the end, Murray counts this year's games a success. "They run the games in Scotland while deep in mud," said Highland Games President Evelyn Murray.
A 600-pound steel weight comprising four posts in a frame was wet, but competitors like Jim Glassman had no problem lifting the slick handlebars and walking across the lot in 14.75 seconds. The rain did nothing to deter the athletes from the strongman competition on the parade grounds. The flourish competition was canceled due to a heavy rain that blanketed the area in the late morning. Dancers stepped lively on their toes during the Highland Dance competition while many bagpipers practiced outside the Octagon Lodge for competition.ĭrum majors, including a 13-year-old competitor, two from the Manchester Fire and Police squad, and one from Dunbarton, Scotland, joined other competitors in drill movements with maces that could range close to $500. Sunday was the last of the festival's three days with fewer scheduled events, though it was the final day of competition for many. Highland Games officials called the 31st holding of the event a success. "This is like being in Fort William, Scotland, down to the weather," said Davis Morrison, a drummer with one of the bagpipe bands, during a downpour on Sunday. Even the weather on Sunday cooperated as the three-day exposition of Scottish music, athletic feats, food and culture wound up its return to this venue in the White Mountains. Highland Games could not have been better.
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