NEWSFLASH - INVERNESS GAMES WINS AWARD
The Inverness City Advertiser's Annual Awards Ceremony took place on Friday at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. We are delighted to announce that the winner of the award for the "Best Sporting Event" for 2007 went to "The City of Inverness Highland Games". The Trophy was awarded to our Games Secretary Gerry Reynolds who collected it on behalf of the team which hosted the World Highland Games Heavy Championship's last July. Gerry also collected a second award at the show for the Highland Council's "Inverness Bonfire and Fireworks Display" which won the "Best Free Event" Award and attracted 20,000 folk to Bught Park in November.
NEWSFLASH - PROCLAIMERS TO STAR AT 2008 GAMES
We are delighted to announce that Scottish music legends The Proclaimers will end their year-long tour at our Highland Games!.
Twins Charlie and Craig Reid have confirmed that they will play a concert at Bught Park on the evening of Sunday July 20 to bring our Games to a close.
About 8,000 tickets for the gig, which will be held in a giant marquee in Bught Park, are now on sale and selling like hot haggis cakes. Yesterday, Craig said: "Inverness was one of the most important cities in the early live development of The Proclaimers, and we are absolutely delighted to be playing this historic city."
The Inverness date will follow performances in Europe, the US and Canada and after the gig the Proclaimers will spend the rest of the year working on new material.
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Highland Games Tickets
Tickets for the Highland Games are now on sale and cost £6 for adults and £2 for children and senior citizens. As usual tickets for our Games will be on sale on the day of the Games, we havent had a sell out since we started in 1822 because our Park is so big; but if you would like to buy your tickets in advance, please click on the link on the top right of this website.
Other Games News
The track and field programme for the Games is still being finalised but we can confirm that our Open Men and Open Womens Heavy events will take place on Saturday 19th July and that our Masters, Under 25's and Under 20's will take place on Sunday 20th July.
Fans of traditional music will be delighted to hear that an extra show has been added to the Games programme. On Saturday there will be a four hour show commencing at 1pm in the Tulloch's Traditional Music Tent and on Sunday there will be a two hour show commencing at 4pm in the giant beer tent just to get all the folk who are going to see the Proclaimers in the party mood
The Games Committee are currently in discussions with the makers of the popular BBC Blast programme and hopes are high that there will be a tented village erected just outside(*) the entrance to our Games field at the City end of our Games field.(* Because everything the BBC does is already paid for by our TV licence fees, their roadshows have to be located in a part of Bught Park that you dont have to pay to get in to!)
One of the most popular attractions at our Games is the Inter Clan Gathering on Saturday which is organised and hosted by Ben and Juliette Chisholm-Broomfield in our Giant Clan Village. Attended by over 30 clans, this great indoor display is currently the biggest staged in Scotland annually and is well worth a visit. They even have a table for spectators who need a clan!
The Highland Dancing Competitions at our Games are organised by Elizabeth Fraser and will take place on Saturday July 19th. The Highland Dancers are one of the most popular attractions at our Games and will take part in a mass Highland Fling in front of the main stand at the end of our Opening Ceremony. On Sunday the dancers will return to perform a number of displays throughout the day.
The 2008 Inverness Highland Games site is big and stretches across the whole of Bught Park. Our advice to everyone is dont forget to wear your most comfortable walking shoes and expect to spend at least four hours with us!
The ever popular Charles Horne Funfair will be visiting us this year and will be located at the City Centre end of Bught Park.
We are delighted to announce that the Institute of Physics Display Team will be returning this year. The feedback that we got from the kids who visited their stand last year was tremendous. Make sure you pay them a visit.
The Inverness Highland Games is one of many Highland Games that takes place around Scotland every summer. If you would like to find out when the other Games are taking place, all you have to do is visit the excellent Alba Games site which is looked after by our Committee Member Malcolm Cleghorn at www.albagames.co.uk !
We are expecting over 100 Trade and Charity Stalls at our Games this year. The Traders Village is filled with all sorts of treasures made by local crafts people as well as one or two suprises.
Dont forget to collect your free programme when you arrive courtesy of our media sponsor - the Press and Journal.
There are some great photographs in our gallery which you can send to your friends as an e-card. All you have to do is click on the photograph of your choice and complete the form. We have one photograph in particular that seems to be a huge favourite with visitors to our site. The picture is located in the 2005 Gallery.