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En pleine campagne "balancetonporc", iI est beaucoup plus facile aujourd'hui au champion d'Europe de Highland Games Vlad TULACEK de retourner un tronc qu'à l'ancien ministre tripoteur de pieds Georges TRON de retourner un jury... ...un jury d'assises. A tel point que le procès annoncé à grand fracas vient d'être reporté après trois jours de débats...Même s'il est défendu par un ténor comme Me Dupont-Moretti, Georges TRON va avoir du mal à convaincre les jurés que ses papouilles pédestres étaient exclusivement de la "réflexologie... [Lire la suite]

MISE A JOUR ET REMISE A L'HEURE What time is it? L'heure est toujours une préoccupation essentielle aux Highland Games. Et pas seulement lors du passage à l'heure d'hiver cette nuit... Midi pile à l'heure du caberL'heure est fondamentale pour l'épreuve du retourné de tronc d'arbre où chaque lanceur veut voir midi pile à sa porte dans l'axe de son tronc d'arbre. N'est-ce pas, Scott RIDER? (Pour le flip-book de Thierry TURC, clicker sur l'image pour voir l'animation) A la bonne heure What time is it? Quelle heure... [Lire la suite]

Just have a look at the cabers in Bressuire with this photo by Patrick Ballargeau from "Regards", the local photo-club. An amazing caber-toss by Vlad Tulacek, isn't it? And what about this one by Thierry Turc from the same club? No wonder Vlad has won the competition.... And this is just the same with Rafal KOBYLARZ shot by Thierry Trurc again... Very stange, isn't it? There are even people who suggest that the old castle in Bressuire-the-Scot is haunted. Maybe they are not wrong, especially when our photographer Jacques... [Lire la suite]

Jean-Louis COPPET who is in charge of the competition has agreed to give stars to the heavies before the IHGF Pro European Championships in Bressuire Who are the high-flyers? Who are the challengers? Here are his odds and ratings. Thanks, Jean-Louis! 3 stars for: *** VLADISLAV TULACEK 28 years old. 2,01m, 124kg A young athlete who matches the best at the shot put  and weight over the bar events. His rank was 6th at the 2016 IHGF pro world championship in Palmer, Alaska, USA.   Two stars for: ** RAFAL... [Lire la suite]

Do you know why last Saturday night was a special one in France? Time was ripe for "l'heure d'été", summer-time. So, we had to hurry up and move our clocks an hour forward. And suddenly right in the middle of the night, it's not 2 o'clock but 3 o'clock!And Mary PINET who regularly contributes to the blog is going to have more about this. It's called "Of clocks and cabers"But don't worry, it doesn't make any change for caber-tossers.Whether it is" l'heure d'hiver", winter-time or "l'heure d'été", summer-time, everybody knows that... [Lire la suite]

There are different ways to use a caber : just have a look at these photos! Either you carry it or you toss it. It just depends where you come from.  But this is just the same in Bressuire : There are the people who carry it and we call them the Bockers… And there are the people who are going to toss it : they are the professionnal throwers But there are other categories : The people just like Jean-Louis COPPET who carefully look after them... And also those like Franck POUHET who just saw them... [Lire la suite]

Regardez un peu ce document que m'a fait passer Mariam DELION via Facebook! C'est de l'or pour le blog des Highland Games, isn't it? Entre ceux qui se cassent le tronc et ceux qui le balancent, y'a pas photo. Que l'on soit aux USA, en Russie, en Ecosse ou à Bressuire! Nous, aux Highland Games de Bressuire,  on a aussi nos porteurs de troncs: on les appellent les Bockers et ils sont les spécialistes pour alimenter les lanceurs internationaux en troncs de 70 kilos et plus.Et la tâche n'est pas mince. La preuve en images! ... [Lire la suite]

Superposition (ci-dessus), Flip-book (ci-dessous): notre photographe Thierry TURC s'en est donné à coeur joie le dimanche avec les lanceurs des Highland Games.A sa vision géométrique du retourné de caber par Xavier TATIBOUET aux allures de mikado géant (dixit Bernard CORNET sur Facebook) répond son animation éclatée du lancer de Scott RIDER.Il suffit d'un clic sur l'image pour déclencher le mouvement parfait du champion du monde et pour apprécier en connaisseur. Ce n'est pas une vidéo. C'est un flip-book reconstitué à deux images... [Lire la suite]

Our photographer Thierry TURC is a specialist of Superposition. That's why Xavier TATIBOUET's caber-throw during the French Masters Championship at the Bressuire castle looks particularly strange and impressive. But Thierry is also a specialist of flip-booking. Just click on this photo to enjoy Scott RIDER's caber-toss under the rain at the end of the IHGF Worlds in Bressuire It's not a video. It's just a flip-book with two photos per second.. Quite an original tribute to the 2015 caber-toss world champion, isn't it?. Thanks,... [Lire la suite]

In spite of this fantastic document by Patrick BALLARGEAU, Lucasz WENTA didn't win the caber-tossing world title in Bressuire. The 2015 World champion far caber-tossing is Scott RIDER, just like Dan Mc KIM is the 2015 overall IHGF World Champion.His achievement on Saturday's fourth event was exceptionnal. ( Photos: Marie-Claire GIRAUD)            Scott tossed the 73-kilo (161,4 Ib), 6m15m (20'2,1") caber three times for an excellent 12.15 with such a caber. Lukasz WENTA tossed it once with a 9.30... [Lire la suite]