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Loch Lomond Highland Games - 19th July 2008

The Loch Lomond Highland Games are held each year in Balloch Castle Country Park, situated close to Balloch Castle on the shores of Loch Lomond.

 

The Games were started in July 1967 by a group of local businessmen who were keen to promote the area and restore its popularity with local people and tourists alike. In those days the challenge was to raise £500 to run the event in the hope that sufficient people would be interested in turning up in sufficient numbers to warrant making the Games an annual event.

 

Highland Games Logo

That aim has now been more than achieved and today the event is numbered amongst the top three Highland Games event in the country, with approximately 10-15,000 visitors coming to the Games each year.

 

The Loch Lomond Highland Games host:

 

  • The official SGA Heavyweight World Championship Events (Ball, Hammer, Caber Weights)
  • The Scottish 80 Metres Running Championship
  • The Scottish Backhold/Cumberland Style Wrestling British Championship
  • Highland Dancing
  • Solo Piping
  • Cycling
  • Tug o' War
  • Pipe Band events at local and national level

 

This event is ticketed. Please contact Jim McKelvie at Halls and Events for further details or visit the Loch Lomond Highland Games website for a full programme of events and entry forms.