Highland Games and Strength
Events
1st Wout Zilstra (Holland)
2nd Gregor Edmunds (Scotland)
3rd Matt Sandford (Australia)
New Games Records were established in the following
events:
Putting the Stone - Gregor Edmunds - 52ft 9.5 inches
28lb Weight for Distance - Wout Zilstra - 84ft 2 inches
Throwing the Hammer - Matt Sandford - 139ft 4 inches
In the Log Lift Vasyl Virastyuk from the Ukraine successfully
lifted 160kg which was 5kg short of the then world record for
this event and 15kg better than his closest rival.
Dancing
Under 12 years - Linzi Black (Forfar)
12 and under 14 years - Jan-Louise Docherty (Newburgh)
14 and under 17 years - Angela Ramsay (Forfar)
Over 17 years - Darra Wood (Tain)
Overall Games Champion with the most points - Linzi Black
Piping
Piobaireachd - Gordon McReady
Senior Champion - Gordon McReady
Clan Albanach Under 18 Champion - Gavin Stuart
The Nancy Munro Shield 14 and under - Mairi Ward
Hill Race Gents
1st Paul Raistrick
2nd Ian Anderson
3rd Tony Hay
4th Duncan MacDonald
Ladies
1st Eilidh Paterson
2nd Deidre MacLennan
3rd Kate Forster
Juniors
1st Samuel Rietvelt
2nd Raymond J Hole
Oldest Competitor
George Crossan - 67 years old
Local Amateur Caber
1st Gregor Gillies
2nd Jason Broadley