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2016 started off on January 1st with the first ever female winner of the historic New Year sprint with 18 year old Jazmine Tomlinson taking the 4000 prize and crystal trophy.

strongly contested. The member games should be proud of the venues they provide and they were rewarded with increased crowds.

1 Scottish Highland Games Association - Newsletter The 2016 games season weather wise was its usual, kind to some member games and unkind to others. But what was delivered on the games field was spectacular started off on January 1st with the first ever female winner of the historic New Year sprint with 18 year old Jazmine Tomlinson taking the 4000 prize and crystal trophy. When the season started in earnest in mid-may we were to witness a season which can only be described as outstanding, athletics of the highest standard with the performances by Allan Hamilton in the jumps of a top class level. In the heavies we saw a display from Scott Rider possibly up there with the best, this seemed to propel fellow heavies into outstanding performances in all disciplines, tug of war was as usual strongly contested. The member games should be proud of the venues they provide and they were rewarded with increased crowds. I should also record the very colourful scene that highland dancing, solo piping, and pipe bands bring to the games and not forgetting our supportive trader s village. On behalf of the SHGA I would like to congratulate our Olympic and Paralympic athletes who did us so well in Rio. As president I would ask you to encourage fellow athletes from your schools and clubs in all disciplines to join you into a wonderful sporting culture of the Highland games. I wish you all the best for the remainder of President Charlie Murray. Scott Rider SHGA Heavyweight Athlete of the Year Newsletter Autumn 2016 In this issue Chairman s Message Awards evening Drug Testing Report Allan Hamilton Profile Changes for 2017 Northern Report Awards and Leagues Shane s Quiz Allan Hamilton Athlete of the Year S.H.G.A. Contacts Secretary, Ian Grieve secretary@shga.co.uk President, Charlie Murray president@shga.co.uk Treasurer, Iain Watt treasurer@shga.co.uk Vice President, Iain Watt Caption describing vicepresident@shga.co.uk picture or graphic. Donald Bradley Veteran Distance athlete of the Year

League Points system, this was considered and minor changes will be made for season 2017, commencing at this year s New Year Sprint SHGA LEAGUES - POINTS SYSTEMS FOR 2017 OPEN RUNNING ALL HANDICAP

This is a joint venture between the S.H.G.A. and the Fife Highland Games Association. Tickets priced at a very reasonable 15.

2 League Points system, this was considered and minor changes will be made for season 2017, commencing at this year s New Year Sprint SHGA LEAGUES - POINTS SYSTEMS FOR 2017 OPEN RUNNING ALL HANDICAP EVENTS 5pts - 3pts - 2pts ALL SHGA SCRATCH CHAMPIONSHIP RACES 5pts 3pts 2pts ALL OTHER SCRATCH RACES 3pts 2pts 1pt S.H.G.A. Presentation Dinner The annual presentation Dinner will take place on Saturday 22nd October at the Gilvenbank Hotel Glenrothes. This is a joint venture between the S.H.G.A. and the Fife Highland Games Association. Tickets priced at a very reasonable can be purchased by contacting Ian Grieve, 54 Crawford Gardens, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 8XQ, Tel ig2shga@gmail.com Please order tickets as soon as possible as numbers are limited at the hotel. Cheques should be made payable to Scottish Highland Games Association LADIES RUNNING As above With all running events included in one league. YOUTHS RUNNING 5pts 3pts 2pts All events JUMPS LEAGUE 5pts 3pts - 2pts CYCLING- OPEN & YOUTHS- ALL EVENTS 5pts 3pts 2pts HEAVY EVENTS 6pts 4pts 2pts TUG O WAR 5pts 4pts 3 pts - 2pts & 1pt to all other teams who compete on the day. Numbers The vinyl permanent numbers used a number of years ago are to be reintroduced for 2017, these will be used by all runners for as long as they are registered with the SHGA, they will be issued on registration at the beginning of season 2017 free of charge, but if lost will be charge of 5 for replacements. If you remember your old number and wish to retain that number please let us know we will do our best to re allocate it to you. Age Rule for Cyclists it was agreed that this would fall in line with current runners rule of minimum age of 9 years and maximum will be 15 years, in addition it was agreed that if a youth is 15yrs on the 15 th May each year, they will continue to compete as a youth till the end of the season, this will be fairer regarding league positions. Brodie Cowan Female Youth of the Year

USA Steak Irving Saladino Atmosphere and family feel It doesn t run all year The Blind side Hanging out with friends, cinema just the usual stuff John Scott / Edinburgh AC Best performances HG LJ - 7.

3 SHGA Youth Relay Athlete Profile Allan Hamilton Home Age 24 Height Weight Occupation Married Track PBs 200m Most Prized possession Favourite Country Favourite Food Sporting Hero Best thing About H.G. Worst thing about H.G. Favourite Film Hobbies Coach/Club Edinburgh 6ft 72kg Athlete No 100m s 200m-21.14s 1896 first modern Olympic games commemorative medal. USA Steak Irving Saladino Atmosphere and family feel It doesn t run all year The Blind side Hanging out with friends, cinema just the usual stuff John Scott / Edinburgh AC Best performances HG LJ m track 7.88m Ambitions left in H.G. HG TJ 15.29m Track 15.51m Extend Scottish records and break HJ record With the support of Pitlochry Highland Games the SHGA organised their annual youth relay in September, winners were East Kilbride AC, 2 nd Leithenburn 3rd Clydesdale 4th Pitreavie AC. DRUG TESTING REPORT AND PROGRAMME All the results have been received and we are happy to report that there have been no positive results. Ten tests were carried out over the season at five different venues. We are grateful again for the financial support from Sport Scotland helping us to carry out our drug testing programme which allows us to carry out this large number of tests. Ian Gurr (SHGA Drug Liaison Officer) S.H.G.A. Sponsors 2016 Tomintoul Distillery Ashers Ice Cream Allison-Stiven Marquee Hire Martin Smith Outside Catering Peter McCreadie on anchor, Winner of Jim Murray TOW Trophy 2016 Cyclist of the Year Charles Fletcher

The association s webpage is www.hahga.co.

4 The 2016 season, saw the creation of the Highland Area Highland Games Association, a.k.a HAHGA. A competitive Heavies League was formed, as was an innovative Cumulative Weight Over the Bar competition, where athletes carry over their individual heights thrown, to the next Games in the north. The association s webpage is Throughout the season, over 30 different Heavies participated at the various north Games and the eventual HAHGA competition winners, were not settled until the final SHGA Games of the season, at Invercharron. The HAHGA League was won by Jason Young (Tain), centre. John MacLeod (Lochinver), right was 2 nd and Jamie Gunn (Halkirk), left, was 3 rd. John won the Weight Over the Bar competition. It is hoped that sponsorship can be found, to continue both Heavy competitions in 2017 and to start track and field leagues. No Games in the north were cancelled due to the summer s inclement weather, but the Invergordon Games did not take place, due to other local difficulties. They were replaced on the circuit with SHGA newcomers, the Glenurquhart Games, which took place on the same day that Invergordon were historically held. The general soft ground conditions were not favourable for jumping, but several ground records were broken. No particular athlete dominated in the various foot races, which were all scratch races. Charles Fletcher won most of the Senior cycle races and Kyle Cartmell won most of the Junior cycling races. Halkirk hosted the 2016 World Invitational Heavy Events Championships, where 10 of the world s best heavies competed throughout the day. The overall Championship was rightly won by the current SHGA World Champion and the 2016 SHGA Heavyweight Sportsman of the year, Scott Rider Jazmine Tomlinson Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year

5 2016 QUIZ by Shane Fenton 1. At which games did Allan Hamilton break the long standing SHGA Scottish Long and Triple Jump records? 2. Who became the first athlete to win all seven disciplines in the Scottish Heavy Events Championship at Crieff? 3. Which cyclist won the Scottish 8000 metres Cycle Championship at Markinch Games? 4. Which father and son recorded wins in the Open 200 metres and 800 metres events at the Argyllshire Games? 5. Which Fife games were cancelled for the 6th time in the last seven years? 6. Which thrower won the inaugural Highland Heavy Events league? 7. Current World, British and Scottish heavy events champion Scott Rider has competed for England three times in the Commonwealth Games in the shot putt, but in which event did he represent Great Britain at an Olympic Games. 8. Which athlete won the biggest prize [ 600] on the summer SHGA circuit with victory in the Open 90 metres handicap at the Bridge of Allan games? 9. Which Commonwealth Games competitor competed at the Pitlochry Games?[And it wasn't the aforementioned Scott Rider]. 10. Which Scot won the British Hill Race Championship at Alva Games for the first time in 2016? SHGA LEAGUES 2016 Final positions OPEN 90M-200M 1 LEE GOODFELLOW TLJT 83 2= CAMERON SMITH CENTRAL AC 58 2= ALLAN HAMILTON EDINBURGH AC 58 4 KIERAN HALLIDAY CENTRAL AC 41 5 STUART CLARK STONEHAVEN 34 6 FRASER MCDONALD DINGWALL 31 7 DAVID LAUDER HAWICK 30 OPEN 400M-800M 1 CRAIG ROBERTSON LOGIERAIT 95 2 EWEN BRADLEY INVERNESS 90 3 RORY ANDERSON HAWICK 47 4 KYLE POTTS HAWICK 37 5 CRAIG BELL FORFAR 34 6= ANDREW THOMSON JEDBURGH 33 6= RORY MUIR ABERDEEN AC 33 OPEN 1600M-3200M 1 DEAN WHITEFORD INNERLEITHEN 60 2 RORY MUIR ABERDEEN AC 50 3= LUKE TRAYNOR GLASGOW 46 3= RORY ANDERSON HAWICK 46 5 TYLER WHITE PITREAVIE AC 45 6 CRAIG ROBERTSON LOGIERAIT 33 7 CRAIG BELL FORFAR 31 YOUTHS 90M-400M

6 1 SEAN BATES TULLIBODY 36 2 BEN LYALL KELSO 25 3 BRODIE COWAN JEDBURGH 24 4 STRUAN WELLS LEITHENBURN 23 5 SAM ARCHIBALD LEITHENBURN 22 6= SAMANTHA TURNBULL PEEBLES = E SMITH/ST BATES TULLIBODY 21 YOUTHS 800M-1600M 1 SEAN BATES TULLIBODY 44 2 EDUARD LECRIVAIN ABERDEEN 21 3 CONNOR ALLAN PITREAVIE AC 20 4 GASPARD LECRIVAIN ABERDEEN 19 5 HARRIS ROSS CHIRNSIDE 15 6 AARON GLENDINNING LEITHENBURN 13 7 JACK AMOS JEDBURGH 12 LADIES LEAGUE[All running events inc.] 1 ZAYNAH AZIZ SELKIRK 28 2 REBECCA BURNS EDINBURGH AC 16 3 LAUREN THOMSON FIFE AC 14 4 SARAH ROSS PITREAVIE AC 13 5= CHARLOTTE ARTER CUMBRIA 12 5= RIANNON MCINTOSH INVERNESS H. 12 7= J Tomlinson/C Murdoch/C M Jedburgh/Larkhall/E K 10 OPEN CYCLING 1 CHARLES FLETCHER GRANTOWN ON SPEY PAUL GALLACHER KIRKCALDY JAMES MELVILLE DUMBARTON STEVIE JACKSON GLASGOW 98 5 DAVY MATHIESON NEWBURGH 58 6 GUS GILLIES PEEBLES 55 7 FIN CROCKET STRATHPEFFER 45 YOUTHS CYCLING 1 KYLE CARTMELL FORRES 51 2= CAMERON EARNSHAW THURSO 40 2= ALEXANDER MACLEOD ABERDEEN 40 4 MARCO CAIRA MARKINCH 24 5 CHRIS HORDEN FALKIRK 19 6 JAMIE PENNY NEWPORT 15 HEAVY EVENTS 1 SCOTT RIDER KENT LUKASZ WENTA EAST LIKBRIDE LORNE COLTHART BLAIR ATHOLL SEBASTIEN WENTA POLAND KYLE RANDALLS GRANGEMOUTH SINCLAIR PATIENCE INVERNESS CRAIG SINCLAIR DRUMOAK 254 TUG O WAR

7 1 ELGIN 'A' 77 2 MOUNT BLAIR 68 3 STRATHARDLE 54 4 MOFFAT 41 5= ELGIN B 31 5= CORNHILL 31 6= CORNHILL 'B' and CAWDOR 3 JUMPS 1 ALLAN HAMILTON - EDINBURGH AC JAX THOIRS - GLASGOW 68 3 STEWART CLARK - STONEHAVEN 66 4 ANGUS MOHUN 56 5 HAMISH LEESON 55 6 EWAN BRADLEY - INVERNESS TONY DAFFURN FRASER MACDONALD As it was an invitation event the Halkirk heavy results don't count towards league points. NO points are awarded to Youth cyclists who compete in Open races. Leagues compiled by SHANE FENTON & Adam Crawford. Scottish Highland Games Association Awards 2016 S.H.G.A. Athlete of the Year Allan Hamilton Heavyweight Athlete of the Year Scott Rider Scottish Heavyweight of the Year Lukasz Wenta Cyclist of the Year Charles Fletcher Veteran (Distance) Donald Bradley Veteran (Sprints) Cameron Smith Youth of the Year (Male) Sean Bates Youth of the Year (Female) Brodie Cowan Youth Cyclist of the Year Kyle Cartmell Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year Jazmine Tomlinson Jim Murray T.O.W. Trophy Peter McCreadie QUIZ ANSWERS 1. The Mull Games at Tobermory. 2. Scott Rider. 3. Gus Gillies, Peebles. 4. Donald and Ewan Bradley. 5. Newburgh. 6. Jason Young, Tain man Bobsleigh. 8. Calum Field, East Kilbride AC. 9. Cyclist Evan Oliphant. 10. Duncan Coombes, Aberdeen.

SCOTTISH HIGHLAND GAMES ASSOCIATION RESULTS FOR 2018

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