Highland athletics events include the stone put, hammer throw, caber toss, sheaf toss and weight over bar. Young visitors can get a sense of these traditional events in a Kids’ Games zone for ...

The 43rd Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival & Games will be held in Townsend, Tennessee on May 17 and 18, featuring clans, competitions, Scotch tasting, and performers from across the country.

The sounds of bagpipes echoing across rolling hills and the smell of haggis wafting through the air might conjure images of Scotland, but these sensations can be found in Winter Springs this ...

She won Saturday’s women’s sheaf toss. “I was doing a lot of Renaissance fairs and things, so my buddy was like, ‘Hey, you’re a thrower and know a lot of throwers; how about you help me ...

If you're not listening to the pipers compete, you can watch the athletes as they take on a stone put, caber toss, hammer throw and sheaf toss, just to name a few. The sheaf toss, shown above ...

The heavy games include such feats of strength as the caber toss (throwing of a large pole), the sheaf toss (using a pitch fork to throw a sack of hay over a cross bar), open stone and braemar ...

Traditionally, Highland Games features events such as the stone put, the Scottish hammer throw, the caber toss, and the sheaf toss. The free-to-attend games will also include pipe band and drum ...

Cabers vary greatly in length, weight, taper and balance, all of which affect the degree of difficulty in making a successful toss. A bundle of straw (the sheaf) weighing 20 pounds (9 kg ...

The event is scheduled for October 5-6 at the Clay County Fairgrounds. Events include the sheaf toss, stone throw, weight over bar, and the famous caber toss. In previous years, the competition ...