:: History of the Halkirk Highland Games
The John O'Groat Journal,
dated 22 September 1886, reported that the first Games started by the
Halkirk Athletic Club was held in a field adjoining the new Gerston
Distillery on Saturday 16th September. The Committee was 10 strong and
the President and Secretary were Messrs H J MacKay and William Paterson
respectively.16 events were staged as follows;21lb ball,
16lb hammer, running high leap, vaulting with pole, standing jump,
running long jump, hop step & leap, 100 yards, quarter mile, one
mile open and confined to Parish, 3 legged race, obstacle race, sack
race, highland fling, tug o' war (married versus single).
The next Games were held in
a field near the Hoy railway station and they continued to be staged
there until the outbreak of the First World War. The day was changed to
a Monday so that it coincided with the Thurso shopkeepers' holiday and
the "townies" travelled to the Games by train.
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