Highland Games

The Kelso Highlander Festival Highland Games competition will be held on Sunday, September 14th in Tam O'Shanter Park. The registration fee is a flat $25.00. Bobby Dodd will be the judge during this event. For registration click here on forms please send E-mail to Connie Reams.

According to tradition, Scottish highland games had their beginning when originated by the kings and chiefs of Scotland as a reasonable agreement method of choosing the best men at arms. Crude forms of the athletic events you see today were developed to test the contestants for strength, stamina, accuracy and agility.

Of course, they used the elements and materials of their day-to-day life and so the caber toss, archery, wrestling, and foot races up steep hills were seen.

The present day popularity of the Scottish Games must be credited to the indomitable Queen Victoria, who developed a love for Scotland, it's people, and things Scottish early in her life. She with her entire royal family, regularly attended the Scottish Games held at Braemar.