Loch Lomond Highland Games, 2009

at Moss o’ Balloch Park, Balloch, West Dunbartonshire
on Saturday 18th July 2009.

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Loch Lomond Highland Games pipebandWelcome to the web site of Loch Lomond Highland Games.
This year the games are returning to its original venue in Moss o’ Balloch Park which is situated in the heart of the village of Balloch.

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 turn up in sufficient numbers to warrant making the Games an annual event.

We now appear to have achieved that aim and are now numbered amongst the top three Highland Games events in the country, with approximately 10,000 to 15,000 visitors coming to the Games each year.

 

The Games are a traditional Highland Games and hosts.

  • The official SGA Heavyweight World Championship (Ball, Hammer and 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

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