Bressuire-the Scot: with a moo-moo here for our Highland games

3 janvier 2019

With a moo-moo here...

In spite of the castle and in spite of the Highlands cows, we are not in Scotland.

And a moo-moo there..

Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo...

We are in Bressuire, France, a city which has become quite popular in the Celtic World thanks to its Highland cows grazing in front of the olc castle which is the showcase of our famous Highland Games.

A World Championship on June 15 ans 16

Here a mooh

And this scene is quite a symbol of our French city which has become Bressuire-the-Scot.

Thanks to their twinning with Fraserborough in Scotland, we host Highland Games every other year. In 2019, Bressuire will be the venue for the IHGF amateur World Championship on June 15 and 16

And the line-up is very promising with some of the best High-flyers of these Games with champions from all over the world.

The line-up

Svavar SIGURSTEINSSON, Iceland

Jamie GUNN, Scotland

Glenn NYS, Belgium

Tibor KISS, Hungary

Simon BRUGER, Switzerland

Joe POCOK, Canada

Cory SUMMERS, USA

Yrjo HAMALAINEN, Finland

Fabien PATHENEY, France

Stefan SOLITSCH, Germany

Johan LONGHURST, Netherlands

Maxime BILLEAUD (photo) France

International Games

Just like in 2015 for the IHGF Professionnal Worlds, many countries will be representated and Bressuire will be an international city during a whole week-end.

An exceptionnal showcase

As usual, the 12 throwers will have eight competitions to show their vista and their strenght: light and heavy hammer, light stone and Braemar stone, light and heavy weight for length, weight over bar and, of course, the traditionnal caber-toss.

And it can be very spectacular ( a photo by Thierry TURC)

This fantastic show is completed by celtic danses, concerts, photo-shows and pipe-bands...with tis yeat, eight pipe-band and the famous Lann Bihoué bagad