Glengarry Highland Games

The 71st edition of the Glengarry Highland Games was, as usual, a colourful and lively event.

Check out some of The News reporter Tara MacDonald's outstanding photos on Facebook here.

Full full Games coverage, check out this week's edition of The Glengarry News. We will have additional results in the newspaper next week as well.

Here are the complete results from the Up the Glens Kilt Run, held during the Glengarry Highland Games. We have more Games coverage in this week's edition of The Glengarry News.

The Grand Prize Winner of this year’s Glengarry Highland Games 'Where is Glengarry Scot?' photo contest is Judith MacSweyn with her photo of riding a camel in the Sahara Desert in Morocco.

We have posted a number of new photo galleries to our website, including images from the Glengarry Highland Games, the Williamstown Fair, Sk8fest and the Low Expectations Car Show, and the Glengarry Sports Hall of Fame induction celebration. 

You can check out these photos and all our past galleries online here.

We have just added more photos from the recent Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville. You can view these images and others from the Games in our online galleries here.

Photo reprints are available for purchase in a variety of sizes. Please contact us for information.

For all your Glengarry Highland Games coverage, be sure to check out the Aug. 9 edition of The Glengarry News.

Our Facebook page includes several videos that were broadcast live from Maxville last Friday and Saturday at the Glengarry Highland Games. Among the posts is this one:

Photos from heavyweight competitions at the 2017 edition of The Glengarry Highland Games in Maxville can now be viewed in our online galleries here. The Aug. 9 edition of The Glengarry News will have full coverage of this year's Games.

The Sons of Glengarry notched another tug-of-war win, prevailing over a field of county teams on Friday at the Glengarry Highland Games.

Since its inception in 2010, the intermediate heavyweights division has groomed a number of teen athletes in the traditional Scottish sports, with several of the competitors moving on to compete in the amateur (adult) class.

The Aug. 2 edition of The Glengarry News includes a story about a recent training session for the current crop of teen heavys. We also have photos in our gallery here.

All-time records

Adam Hurtubise, a current amateur competitor, holds the all-time intermediate record in the sheaf toss, achieving a mark of 28 feet.

Best ever in the 14-pound weight for distance goes to Jamie Trask (80 feet, 8 inches), who is also tops in the stone throw (43 feet, 7 inches).

Scott Bishop holds the mark in the hammer throw, with a best result of 106 feet, 1 inch.