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The global arrived in Inveraray on Tuesday and earned the warmest welcome, in more than one tactic.
The last games before Covid were in 2019 and everyone was able to faint and enjoy a smart day of outdated games.
Deanne Hagan, secretary of games, after contacting the curators and taking into account the price of online ticket sales, estimated that the crowd was more than 4250 people.
“We were not disappointed,” he said. After a three-year break, we worried that other people wouldn’t come back, but in fact they did; they were in a position to faint and have fun.
“As always, we must warmly thank our sponsors and especially our volunteers who create the games. Many paintings are faithful to the day of the games; we started preparing the playground on Saturday.
The crowd filled the ring, around the main arena, sitting under a bright sun, creating a pleasant atmosphere.
People came from all over Scotland and the UK to compete and watch; from Europe and America, and from places as far away as Costa Rica and Abu Dhabi.
Held within the grounds of Inveraray Castle, home of the Dukes of Argyll, chiefs of the Campbell clan, a group of more than 40 other people from the American Campbell Clan Association and the Campbell Clan German Society, who behind maintained their collection in the games.
Inveraray Highland Games hosts the World Caber Championship, through the city’s George Hotel.
Last winner in 2019 through Poland’s Lukasz Wenta, the honours went this year to Czech heavyweight Vlad Tulacek.
Games organizer Stephen King, himself a very sensible athlete, said he was pleased with the number of entries and the quality of the competition and said no game record had been damaged this year.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll attended the games due to a previous engagement that was cancelled due to the Covid lockdown.
The head of this year’s games is Commodore RJ Anstey OBE ADC MA, commander of the Clyde Naval Base, who is also the senior naval officer in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
He led the march to the playground from the centre of Royal Burgh, via Inveraray and District Pipe Band.
The commodore accompanied him through his wife Caroline and Lieutenant Commander Peter Gow, who is from Dunoon.
“This is the first time I have the honor of being a Leader of highland Game; as a young boy from Plymouth, I never thought I would do this kind of thing. It’s smart to see so many people laughing in the sun. .
It might be a sign of the times, but 2022 saw the biggest army recruiting presence at the games in years, with all branches of the present.
Hm Royal Marines Scotland, one of the country’s five Royal Marines teams, attended the games, giving Inveraray the chance to see the musical skills and taste of the parade ground the band brought to London for the Jubilee, Albert Hall and Windsor.
It’s the last day of play for Pipeline Commissioner James Beaton of Glasgow, originally from Inveraray, who is retiring.
After a day of radiant sunshine, the day ended in the purest culture with a brief, strong and very heavy downpour that sent spectators in a hurry to shelter in the capitals.
You don’t get a day more Argyll than that.
More photos and effects will be in next week’s newspaper.
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