What a surprise, and a treat, it was to run across this! Dad -LOVED- the Highland Games, even when he was critically injured at Grandfather Mountain as a judge by an wayward hammer throw. He died Sept. 30, 2021. THANK YOU for posting this. ( 24.20 Rev Arnold Pope - Duke - Wt lifter into his 80's One of the better caber tossers. Started every meet with a joke )
.14 Jedburg Scotland 1976 1.00 1.15 Oban Scotland 2.06 Gordon Forbs Manny hammer pictures because we had never seen it thrown properly - or spikes 2.11 Colin Mathieson , Australia - Throws weights and shot right handed - the caber and hammer from the left
.14 Jedburg Scotland 1976 1.14 Oban-West side of Scotland 2.06 Gordon Forbes took many hammer pictures because we had never seen it thrown properly - or the use of spikes 2.11 Colin Mathieson, Australia - throws weights and shot right handed - the caber and hammer from the left. 2.15 Bill Anderson My Hero 3.25 Ron Short - Winston Salem NC - UNC - over 100 Caber wins also J Freebairn a light heavy 4.32 Fred Vaughan - North Myrtle Beech - Va Tech Shot Discus and power lifting saw him warm up in Scotland and BP 300 lbs ten times 4.39 Doug Edmonds has written 3 books on games. He was judge on Strongest man contest for many years He was best in stone and caber. His son was champ in 2000's 4.42 Bill Anderson 5.52 Fred Vaughan 6.39 Bill Anderson 7.00 Lonach " March of the Lonach Clansmen " Wagon at the end was for drunks" 8.06 Fred Vaughan won - He was the first American to win a game in Scotland 8.07 Daniel Webster wrote "Scottish Highland Games" in 1973 8.14 Henry Gray another hero his time was good after war. till Bill Anderson took command . I have Aboyne records from 1930 to 1960. He had many great throws. Now a Judge. 8.51 George Clark and Fred Vaughan the night before Aboyne 9.58 Bill Anderson at Aboyne 10.14 Ron Short and Fred Vaughan 10.45 Bill Anderson 11.44 Ron Short with Doug Edmonds in background 14.15 Braemar 1976 15.19 Queen arrives 16.54 Alex Mackenzie was good in 56 over bar and caber. lived in northern Scotand and seldom came South. He beat me in the last event and I lost the meet by one point. Before we leave Scotland - I must brag, I had the best light stone throw in the country. I won Dinnie Stone and the heavy Braemar Stone as well as light. I was 42 at the time 17.28 Ligonier, Pa - Terrible rain 17.29 Pete Hoyt 17.35 Ed McComas 17.56 Joel Kiefer - Tree Surgeon - best event Sheaf Toss and gaining free entrance 18.34 Pete Hoyt - Sheaf and Fork over bar 19.11 Stanley DeBoer - 50+ Shotputter from PA 19.22 Fritz Goretsky - Discus Thrower from Pittsburgh 20.09 ? DeBoer - 50+ Shot-putter from PA 21.00 The Citadel Pipe Band Charleston SC 22.05 Labelle (/) Good shotputter 22.10 Tom Johnson Trained with Fred Vaughan Good in all events. I was told he was college weightlifting champion 22.32 Ron Short 22.27 Ed Holcomb Famous as one of best judges and peacemaker. Had a iron company and made the first weights .I still have my 28 as garage door jam. They were mean weights. 23.42 Ed McComas 24.20 Rev Arnold Pope - Duke - Wt lifter into his 80's One of the better caber tossers. Started every meet with a joke 26.03 Bob Porterfield 6'6" 280 Body builder from NC - Good at Caber and 56 up 26.08 Pete Hoyt, Lehigh Shot discus an wt thrower. Held world record for empty beer keg throw. Pete and I got together in the early 1970'S to figure how to throw events from pictures in Webster and Allens Books. We took 3/4 inch pipe and put 22 lb barbells on it. Took Paint can and melted lead to get wt. Fred Vaughan said the 28 was the best. The lead had spread out and made all the weight further away from thrower. 27.19 Fred Vaughan 28.23 Alma - may have been first game with weights 30.10 Ed McComas with 56 lb Hammer. The sheaf felt like 56 Lbs. A piper ran along side caber tosser playing "the old gray mare" 31.27 GMHG 33.32 Vaughan, Short, McComas, Pope,Hoyt and Gordon Varnedoe 33.56 Ed McComas 34.10 Stone Mountain, Ga 34.13 Fred Vaughan 37.56 Caber cutting . In this era a tree too big to be turned was selected. We all had to take a try. Next we would decide how much to cut. Short wanted 3", Fred wanted 2 feet. Ed Holcomb or John Severance would decide. We would cut until 6 places were filled. We might toss 5 to 8 tosses. 39.00 Gordon Varnedoe 39.43 Rev Arnold Pope 41.35 Ed McComas 41.49 Ed McComas 42.50 Fla Dunedin - Vaughan, Hoyt, McComas 44.35 Ellerbee Springs NC The Regulars plus David Bryson 46.47 GMHG 47.30 Vaughan Short McComas sheaf and 56 48.43 John Ross - left side-Ron Short - Right side 49.23 McComas with Clan Gunn 49.30 Ed Holcombe and Ross Morrison - Ross was head of games and judge. Always wore cowboy boots with kilt. A history buff 49.51 Ron Short - Caber 50.20 John Ross, Gordon Varnedoe, Ron Short 50.35 John Ross receiving Bill Bangert Trophy for new man at games 50.48 Alexandria Va 52.41 Liz Taylor give out Trophy. I won that day and was to shy to meet her 52.59 Brian Oldfield Worlds best shot putter 53.30 Mike Reid best small man. We guessed 165 to 180 , 5' 10" . I filmed hitting golf ball over 300 yards. He would make tiger look slow. Could stuff b ball with either hand. When he went to Skye he high jumped 55.36 George McAulay 57.00 Savanah 57.31 Mike was 20 years younger than me but we traveled to many meets together. In those days he was a woodworker. He made two desks for me. On our trips, we would stop at wood mills. Later he became a selector of rare wood for a world famous guitar company. He was given a first run guitar that every rock singer received. He also played fiddle in bands and made fiddles. His wife Debbie was also unique. I could fill the page with stories. Was on national TV racing Carl Lewis in a 100 yard dash. Could do a "quadruple under jumprope". 57.55 Rick Porter Orr Island Maine. He was a shot putter at the Citadel.He was very generous Was good in the 56'S 100.00 Fair Hills Md 106.00 GMHG Mike Reid and Bill Anderson 107.38 Gordon Varnedoe notice bare feet . He was getting ready for the highland wrestling. He ended up beating Big Bob Porterfield.The caber judges were yelling to him . It was his turn. Yes, he ran over and gave them a 12 er. I think it was the only time he beat Ron Short and won GMHG 111.38 Keith Tice From Clovis Calf. 118.20 Ligonier Pete Hoyt And Jim Pauli Jim is just getting started. Ends up being excellent Hammer thrower and caber tosser For many years he was top Judge on the east coast His sons Jason and Kirk were top throwers. Kirk still runs the NASGA site 118.22 Elizabeth Roberts. In 1971 I met Betsy and John Severance at a small game in a small park in Wash. DC. John had a caber and showed us how.The last time I saw her was at John's funeral in 2016. So many of these people have died.The saddest is Fred Vaughan. He had both legs cut off. When I went south I would stop by the nursing home. 118.54 Jim Pauli 119.18 Pete Hoyt and John Severance 121.18 Fergus 125.0 Fair Hills, Md 125.17 Bob Whitman - Canadian doing Farmer's Walk 131.00 Delco, Pa 132.0 Brian Oldfield at Alexandria 133.49 Dave Harrington from Canada 134.16 Keith Tice 137.44 Ligonier 135.59 Fergus 138.09 Tom Johnson 138.14 Bill Anderson
other names include: Fred Vaughn Ed McOmas Tom Carmichael Jim Pauli Arnold Pope Dave Harrington Ross Morrison (judging) Bob Whitman doing the farmers walk Games location certainly Fergus games, as well as maybe Grandfather mountain, Stone Mountain
What a surprise, and a treat, it was to run across this! Dad -LOVED- the Highland Games, even when he was critically injured at Grandfather Mountain as a judge by an wayward hammer throw. He died Sept. 30, 2021. THANK YOU for posting this. ( 24.20 Rev Arnold Pope - Duke - Wt lifter into his 80's One of the better caber tossers. Started every meet with a joke )
.14 Jedburg Scotland 1976
1.00
1.15 Oban Scotland
2.06 Gordon Forbs Manny hammer pictures because we had never seen it thrown properly - or spikes
2.11 Colin Mathieson , Australia - Throws weights and shot right handed - the caber and hammer from the left
.14 Jedburg Scotland 1976
1.14 Oban-West side of Scotland
2.06 Gordon Forbes took many hammer pictures because we had never seen it thrown properly - or the use of spikes
2.11 Colin Mathieson, Australia - throws weights and shot right handed - the caber and hammer from the left.
2.15 Bill Anderson My Hero
3.25 Ron Short - Winston Salem NC - UNC - over 100 Caber wins also J Freebairn a light heavy
4.32 Fred Vaughan - North Myrtle Beech - Va Tech Shot Discus and power lifting saw him warm up in Scotland and BP 300 lbs ten times
4.39 Doug Edmonds has written 3 books on games. He was judge on Strongest man contest for many years He was best in stone and caber. His son was champ in 2000's
4.42 Bill Anderson
5.52 Fred Vaughan
6.39 Bill Anderson
7.00 Lonach " March of the Lonach Clansmen " Wagon at the end was for drunks"
8.06 Fred Vaughan won - He was the first American to win a game in Scotland
8.07 Daniel Webster wrote "Scottish Highland Games" in 1973
8.14 Henry Gray another hero his time was good after war. till Bill Anderson took command . I have Aboyne records from 1930 to 1960. He had many great throws. Now a Judge.
8.51 George Clark and Fred Vaughan the night before Aboyne
9.58 Bill Anderson at Aboyne
10.14 Ron Short and Fred Vaughan
10.45 Bill Anderson
11.44 Ron Short with Doug Edmonds in background
14.15 Braemar 1976
15.19 Queen arrives
16.54 Alex Mackenzie was good in 56 over bar and caber. lived in northern Scotand and seldom came South. He beat me in the last event and I lost the meet by one point. Before we leave Scotland -
I must brag, I had the best light stone throw in the country. I won Dinnie Stone and the heavy Braemar Stone as well as light. I was 42 at the time
17.28 Ligonier, Pa - Terrible rain
17.29 Pete Hoyt
17.35 Ed McComas
17.56 Joel Kiefer - Tree Surgeon - best event Sheaf Toss and gaining free entrance
18.34 Pete Hoyt - Sheaf and Fork over bar
19.11 Stanley DeBoer - 50+ Shotputter from PA
19.22 Fritz Goretsky - Discus Thrower from Pittsburgh
20.09 ? DeBoer - 50+ Shot-putter from PA
21.00 The Citadel Pipe Band Charleston SC
22.05 Labelle (/) Good shotputter
22.10 Tom Johnson Trained with Fred Vaughan Good in all events. I was told he was college weightlifting champion
22.32 Ron Short
22.27 Ed Holcomb Famous as one of best judges and peacemaker. Had a iron company and made the first weights .I still have my 28 as garage door jam. They were mean weights.
23.42 Ed McComas
24.20 Rev Arnold Pope - Duke - Wt lifter into his 80's One of the better caber tossers. Started every meet with a joke
26.03 Bob Porterfield 6'6" 280 Body builder from NC - Good at Caber and 56 up
26.08 Pete Hoyt, Lehigh Shot discus an wt thrower. Held world record for empty beer keg throw. Pete and I got together in the early 1970'S to figure how to throw events from pictures in Webster and Allens Books. We took 3/4 inch pipe and put 22 lb barbells on it. Took Paint can and melted lead to get wt. Fred Vaughan said the 28 was the best. The lead had spread out and made all the weight further away from thrower.
27.19 Fred Vaughan
28.23 Alma - may have been first game with weights
30.10 Ed McComas with 56 lb Hammer. The sheaf felt like 56 Lbs. A piper ran along side caber tosser playing "the old gray mare"
31.27 GMHG
33.32 Vaughan, Short, McComas, Pope,Hoyt and Gordon Varnedoe
33.56 Ed McComas
34.10 Stone Mountain, Ga
34.13 Fred Vaughan
37.56 Caber cutting . In this era a tree too big to be turned was selected. We all had to take a try. Next we would decide how much to cut. Short wanted 3", Fred wanted 2 feet. Ed Holcomb or John Severance would decide. We would cut until 6 places were filled. We might toss 5 to 8 tosses.
39.00 Gordon Varnedoe
39.43 Rev Arnold Pope
41.35 Ed McComas
41.49 Ed McComas
42.50 Fla Dunedin - Vaughan, Hoyt, McComas
44.35 Ellerbee Springs NC The Regulars plus David Bryson
46.47 GMHG
47.30 Vaughan Short McComas sheaf and 56
48.43 John Ross - left side-Ron Short - Right side
49.23 McComas with Clan Gunn
49.30 Ed Holcombe and Ross Morrison - Ross was head of games and judge. Always wore cowboy boots with kilt. A history buff
49.51 Ron Short - Caber
50.20 John Ross, Gordon Varnedoe, Ron Short
50.35 John Ross receiving Bill Bangert Trophy for new man at games
50.48 Alexandria Va
52.41 Liz Taylor give out Trophy. I won that day and was to shy to meet her
52.59 Brian Oldfield Worlds best shot putter
53.30 Mike Reid best small man. We guessed 165 to 180 , 5' 10" . I filmed hitting golf ball over 300 yards. He would make tiger look slow. Could stuff b ball with either hand. When he went to Skye he high jumped
55.36 George McAulay
57.00 Savanah
57.31 Mike was 20 years younger than me but we traveled to many meets together. In those days he was a woodworker. He made two desks for me. On our trips, we would stop at wood mills. Later he became a selector of rare wood for a world famous guitar company. He was given a first run guitar that every rock singer received. He also played fiddle in bands and made fiddles. His wife Debbie was also unique. I could fill the page with stories. Was on national TV racing Carl Lewis in a 100 yard dash. Could do a "quadruple under jumprope".
57.55 Rick Porter Orr Island Maine. He was a shot putter at the Citadel.He was very generous Was good in the 56'S
100.00 Fair Hills Md
106.00 GMHG Mike Reid and Bill Anderson
107.38 Gordon Varnedoe notice bare feet . He was getting ready for the highland wrestling. He ended up beating Big Bob Porterfield.The caber judges were yelling to him . It was his turn. Yes, he ran over and gave them a 12 er. I think it was the only time he beat Ron Short and won GMHG
111.38 Keith Tice From Clovis Calf.
118.20 Ligonier Pete Hoyt And Jim Pauli Jim is just getting started. Ends up being excellent Hammer thrower and caber tosser For many years he was top Judge on the east coast His sons Jason and Kirk were top throwers. Kirk still runs the NASGA site
118.22 Elizabeth Roberts. In 1971 I met Betsy and John Severance at a small game in a small park in Wash. DC. John had a caber and showed us how.The last time I saw her was at John's funeral in 2016. So many of these people have died.The saddest is Fred Vaughan. He had both legs cut off. When I went south I would stop by the nursing home.
118.54 Jim Pauli
119.18 Pete Hoyt and John Severance
121.18 Fergus
125.0 Fair Hills, Md
125.17 Bob Whitman - Canadian doing Farmer's Walk
131.00 Delco, Pa
132.0 Brian Oldfield at Alexandria
133.49 Dave Harrington from Canada
134.16 Keith Tice
137.44 Ligonier
135.59 Fergus
138.09 Tom Johnson
138.14 Bill Anderson
other names include:
Fred Vaughn
Ed McOmas
Tom Carmichael
Jim Pauli
Arnold Pope
Dave Harrington
Ross Morrison (judging)
Bob Whitman doing the farmers walk
Games location certainly Fergus games, as well as maybe Grandfather mountain, Stone Mountain
Brian Oldfield sp and weight for distance