World Heavyweight Championship results | Halkirk Games

A total of 11 heavies from all over the world competed at Halkirk for the Royal SHGA world heavyweight championship. They were:

Graham Hawthorne, USA

Matthew McDougall, USA

Brandon Pickney, USA

Nic Renyard, Canada

Vlad Tulacek, Czech Republic

Tomas Suchopar, Czech Republic

Pieter Bouma, The Netherlands

Teade Zijlstra, The Netherlands

Jamie Gunn, Scotland

Sean Gunn, Scotland

Sinclair Patience, Scotland

The winner was Halkirk’s own Jamie Gunn with 31 points.

2nd – Vlad Tulacek – 27 points

3rd – Sinclair Patience – 21 points

4th – Tomas Suchopar – 16 points

5th – Graham Hawthorne – 15 points

6th equal – Pieter Bouma and Matthew McDougall – 6 points

They competed in front of a crowd of over 3,000 spectators. The weather was a mixture of warm sunshine and clouds. It stayed dry until there was a torrential downpour during the last event – tossing the caber. Jamie was presented with the RSHGA gold medal by the Games Chieftain, The Rt. Hon. the Viscount Thurso.