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Highland Games

2008 Cowal Gathering has a gallon of whisky for one Drum Major, over 3,000 competitors…

Friday, 29th August, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Festivals, Highland Games, News, Piping, Tourism, Whisky | None

… and is expecting a record of 20,000 spectators this year. Big attractions are the World Championships in Highland Dancing and the Cowal Pipe Band Championships, with Scottish bands faced with teams from America, Canada and New Zealand in a…

See the opening parade of the 2008 Argyllshire Gathering

Friday, 29th August, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Highland Games, Local Government, Piping, Property, Tourism | None

For those who couldn’t be there, For Argyll had a team at the Argyllshire Gathering in Oban today (well, yesterday now), so have a look at the splendid opening parade through the town on the way to Mossfield Park. Click on…

MacDonald pips Elliot to take the Duke of Rothesay Trophy at Bute Games

Wednesday, 27th August, 2008 | Community News, Highland Games | None

Mark MacDonald form Dumfries was tied with Neil Elliot from Helensburgh as they went into the final event at the Bute Highland Games in Rothesay. The Helensburgh man was looking all but invincible with a ‘two minutes past twelve’ caber…

Extensive search rescues two men and their boat after Bute Games

Monday, 25th August, 2008 | Highland Games, News, Rescues | None

Last night (Sunday 24th August) two men were found on the Isle of Bute, with their boat, after a major search managed by Clyde Coastguard who brought in Coastguard Rescue Teams from Dunoon and Rothesay; lifeboats from Tighnabruich and Largs;…

Four days to go until the Cowal Gathering - 27th-30th August

Sunday, 24th August, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Community News, Festivals, Highland Games, Piping | None

Argyll’s Cowal Gathering is the largest Highland Games in the world and this year’s games promises the greatest variety of entertainment yet. The heart of any games - the super-strong athletes tossing the caber and, here, putting the Cowal Stone, will…

Questions over failure to optimise audiences for Inveraray’s Connect Festival and Dunoon’s Cowal Gathering

Saturday, 16th August, 2008 | Arts & Entertainment, Festivals, Highland Games, News | None

There has long been concern at the scheduling of the Connect Festival at Inveraray for the weekend of 29th August, coinciding with the long established crowd-puller of the Cowal Gathering in Dunoon. It had been assumed that at least advantage would be…

2008 Cowal Gathering set to break records

Monday, 7th July, 2008 | Community News, Highland Games | None

In its hundred and fourteenth year, the 2008 Cowal Gathering, at Dunoon from 28th to 30th August, will see around 3,500 competitors from Canada, America and New Zealand. There will be huge audiences for, among many traditional sporting events, the…

Argyllshire Gathering and Oban Games

Thursday, 3rd July, 2008 | Events, Highland Games | None

[ August 27, 2008 to August 28, 2008. ]

August 27, 2008 to August 28, 2008

The 2008 Argyllshire Gathering and Oban Games is at Mossfield Park in Oban. For details phone 01631 564354.

2008 Bute Highland Games

Thursday, 3rd July, 2008 | Events, Highland Games | None

[ August 23, 2008; ]

August 23, 2008

The 2008 Bute Highland Games are at the Public Stadium in Rothesay, Isle of Bute. For details phone 01700 830610.

Luss Highland Gathering

Thursday, 3rd July, 2008 | Events, Highland Games | None

[ July 27, 2008; ]

July 27, 2008

The 2008 Luss Highland Gathering is at Luss Games Field in Luss on the shores of Loch Lomond. For details phone 01389 762854

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