Between May and September, the so-called "Gatherings", meetings, take place in Scotland and everywhere in the world where the Scottish culture is cared for.
The event has a military Tradition. In the eleventh century Malcolm III. assembled his clans for the manoeuvre at which his Clansmen sportingly and peacefully measured their strengths.
Malcolm III. also introduced the race on the high and steep Craig Choinneach. The winner got a gold decorated belt, the baldric.
The best known Gathering is in Braemar at which the Queen turns up for visit also every year.
The worldwide biggest Gathering takes place in Cowal. One finds further important Highland Gatherings in Inverness, Oban, Aberdeen, Dunoon, to mention only some - and ...
...of course in Peine!
Disciplines
Tossing the Caber
The probably most famous competition:
An approx. 6 m long and approx. 60-80 kg heavy tree-trunk must be pressed and is thrown after a short attempt in the height. You judge after the number newspaper of the watch. The tribe somersaults and remains lying at "12 o'clock", the audience gets apart from edge and volume.
Putting the Stone
The stone long throw or” Throwing the Weight”
Comparable with the shot-putting. An approx. 13-25 kg heavy stone must be pushed as far as possible. The weight must be thrown backwards over a 4.5 m high slat at an iron chain at the “Throwing the Weight”
Tug a wa´
The Team-Competition at the Highland Games
The Farmer´s Walk
In the farmer's walk, the athlete picks up two weights and walks around series of pylons. The winner is the athlete who walks the farthest.
For detail information please contact
Pierre Zummach
Stederdorfer Str. 4
31234 Edemissen
Tel: 05176- 922933
t.zummach@htp-tel.de