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Oct 25, 2026
Michael AdamsHOST
The Kays, including Peter, helped to organise and or attended Highland Society and Burns Club events.
Michael AdamsHOST
In October 1938, a record 5,000 people turned out to the Scottish Club's 8th annual Highland Gathering.
Michael AdamsHOST
The total population of the ACT was then 11,400 and there was another 4,000 or so in Queanbeyan.
Michael AdamsHOST
So it was a massive turnout, particularly as there weren't many visitors from outside the territory because the coal strike had affected the railways.
RogerHOST
Men and women competing in this event.
RogerHOST
You can see it at a Highland Games.
RogerHOST
So there's a Chicago Highland Games.
RogerHOST
If you're listening from somewhere else in the country, they have these events all through the country.
RogerHOST
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Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
Well, Scottish-style feats of strength are coming to Logan tomorrow.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
The Sagebrush Highland Games will be bringing about 40 athletes to the Cache County Fairgrounds.
Will FioriteCORRESPONDENT
Now, Athletic Director Ben Kitchens says it'll be Logan's first Highland Games competition in nearly 20 years.
Ben KitchensSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They range anywhere from throwing a stone the same way that you throw a shot put to taking a 56-pound weight and throwing it over a bar, kind of similar to strongman-type sports.
Ben KitchensSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then you'll see one that's probably the most widely recognized is the caber, where it kind of looks like a large tree or telephone pole that you'll pick up and you'll try to flip over.
Gary WestHOST
Um, he's Angus MacPhie.
Gary WestHOST
Angus won the Dunvegan Medal this year, uh, a very regular around the Highland Games circuit, gaining all of his experience of competition playing.
Gary WestHOST
In fact, he, uh, is the winner this year again for the third time of the Glass Chanter, which is for the highest aggregate of prizes won at the Highland Games circuit across the north of Scotland.
Gary WestHOST
I think this is the third year in a row he's won that.
Gary WestHOST
You might recall he was one of the competitors at this year's Wheel of Fortune contest too.
Dani AndersonGUEST
From that, we did some work with the IBC, the International Broadcasters Convention, and we were demonstrating private 5G, portable private 5G networks around the world.
Dani AndersonGUEST
So we did three deployments in three different countries in three months in Ireland, in Kenya, in New Zealand, and we were also covering the Highland Games, the Highland Games of Pitlochry Pitlochry in Scotland and that was the same weekend as the the IBC show in Amsterdam and it was that weekend was when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth had passed away I remember when we were all at IBC And because of the work that we had been doing with a partner company called QTV, they were scheduled to be covering the pit locker games.
Dani AndersonGUEST
They also had been brought in to do the production of Her Majesty's funeral or specifically the sort of transportation from Edinburgh airport.
Dani AndersonGUEST
to London.
Brian D'AlmeidaHOST
But that particular city was founded entirely by Scots.
Brian D'AlmeidaHOST
Still hosts Scottish Days, which includes Highland Games to this day.
Dave PascoeHOST
Geberdussing.
Brian D'AlmeidaHOST
and so our marching band they event they eventually when one of my little one of
PatriceNARRATOR
I can't imagine how anyone could do that.
PatriceNARRATOR
Another example is Highland Games heavy events.
PatriceNARRATOR
May through September is the Highland Games season in Scotland when bagpipe players, dancers, runners, cyclists, and strength athletes gather to take part in the 1,000-year-old tradition.
PatriceNARRATOR
More than 60 annual Highland Games take place across Scotland each year.
PatriceNARRATOR
The heavy events are the centerpiece of the games.
PatriceNARRATOR
The most famous events are the hammer throw and the caber toss, in which athletes flip a long wooden pole, which can weigh up to 175 pounds end over end.
PatriceNARRATOR
I can't imagine how anyone could do that.
PatriceNARRATOR
Another example is Highland Games heavy events.
PatriceNARRATOR
May through September is the Highland Games season in Scotland when bagpipe players, dancers, runners, cyclists, and strength athletes gather to take part in the 1,000-year-old tradition.
PatriceNARRATOR
More than 60 annual Highland Games take place across Scotland each year.
PatriceNARRATOR
The heavy events are the centerpiece of the games.
PatriceNARRATOR
The most famous events are the hammer throw and the caber toss, in which athletes flip a long wooden pole, which can weigh up to 175 pounds end over end.
Maria ShilaosHOST
About 40 athletes are slated to participate in a Scottish-style athletic competition in Cache County.
Maria ShilaosHOST
The Cache Valley Daily says the Sagebrush Highland Games will include events like throwing weights over a high pole and a caber where athletes will try and flip a large wooden log end-over-end.
Maria ShilaosHOST
Organizers say any attire is welcome in their novice league, but if you want to climb any higher, you're going to need a kilt.
Maria ShilaosHOST
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Amanda DicksonHOST
About 40 athletes are slated to participate in a Scottish-style athletic competition in Cache County.
Amanda DicksonHOST
The Cache Valley Daily says the Sagebrush Highland Games will include events like throwing weights over a high pole and the caber, where athletes will try and flip a large wooden log end over end.
Amanda DicksonHOST
I'd like to see that.
Amanda DicksonHOST
Organizers say any attire is welcome in their novice league, but if you want to climb any higher, you're going to need a kilt.
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