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5 mars 2015

The 12 "Champions" : 5- Jimmy Van de WALLE, Belgium

Between Jimmy VAN de WALLE and the French blog, it's an old story... Of course, his victory in Bressuire was celebrated at the end of the amateur European Championship in 2013. And Jimmy was very pleased to answer the speaker's questions. But the story...

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28 février 2015

IHGF Worlds: a Bockie tour to promote the Games

Bockie, the Highland Games mascot, is a star in Bressuire where he has just been interviewed by the blogger. For the first IHGF Worlds in France, the French Highland Games committee and its chairman Jean-Louis COPPET have chosen a caber-tossing Bockie...

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24 février 2015

The 12 Champions 4- Matt DOHERTY, Canada

The Canadian Matthew DOHERTY will have no real problem with his French when he comes to Bressuire for the Worlds. Of course, his résumé is in English but the champion born in Quebec has added a short message in French to the Bressuire blogger: "Allo,...

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Tags: bressuire, English, hammer, bressuire highland games, Olympic Games, champions, portrait, Doherty

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18 février 2015

The 12 Champions : 3- Sinclair PATIENCE, Scotland

No Highland Games without Scots! This will be twice true in Bressuire. Sinclair PATIENCE will be one of their two representatives at the Castle. And he will be ready for the year's most important event: the IHGFworld championship in Bressuire. Sinclair...

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Tags: bressuire, English, bressuire highland games, world championship, 2015, champions, portrait, patience

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15 février 2015

The 12 Champions : 2- Sebastian WENTA, the Strongman

All the spectators of the Bressuire Highland Games in 2013 do remember Sebastian WENTA. And all of them are really delighted to see him again at the château for the IHGF Worlds in June. A Strongman and a Thrower Everybody was impressed by his performances...

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9 février 2015

The 12 Champions: 1- Matt VINCENT, USA

The Highland Games blog has already posted the line-up of the International Highland Games Federation World Championship in Bressuire. Now it's time to introduce the 12 high-flyers who will compete in the fantastic setting of the castle in Bressuire....

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3 février 2015

The Bressuire IHGF Worlds at school : one champion, one class

Bressuire, France will have the priviledge to host the IHGF Highland Games Worlds with the crème de la crème of international throwers. And for this historic first, the Highland Games go to school... Since September 2014, twelve French classes within...

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Tags: bressuire, English, championnat du monde, bressuire highland games, world championship, scolaires, le blog des Highland Games

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29 janvier 2015

Bressuire-the-Scot: the 2007 Highland Games in video

Oldies but Goldies: Imagine what the IHGF Worlds in Bressuire will be like! So just watch this video of the third Games in Bressuire: The year: 2007 The place: the castle, as usual The cast: some of the best throwers of the moment including Ryan VIERRA...

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Tags: bressuire, English, 2007, Vidéo, bressuire highland games, retro, le blog des Highland Games

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22 janvier 2015

Throwers and Judges for the Worlds: Don't worry, be Heavy!

At the Bressuire castle for the 2015 IHGF Worlds, there will be no real differences between the official judges and the 12 throwers. They all belong to the same category: they are Heavies. The official judges And many people in Bressuire already know...

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Tags: bressuire, English, Ryan Vierra, bressuire highland games, world championship, 2015, le blog des Highland Games

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15 janvier 2015

2014 Flasback (3): The year of the hammer

For the Chinese zodiac, 2014 was the year of the horse Definitely, for the Highland Games, it was the year of the horse-power. Especially for hammer-throw. And the blog proves it: Dan Mc KIM, U.S.A. broke the two hammer-throw world records at the same...

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10 janvier 2015

"Je suis Charlie"...and so is the blog

The blogger considers that a pen is more useful than a gun. Just like all the drawers in France and all over the world, he wants to support a free press in a free country. That's why he considers it's time to raise the pens. That's why, symbolically,...

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29 décembre 2014

2015 in Bressuire: let corks fly for a Heavy New Year

Let corks fly to celebrate 2015 with a bubble of excitement! The blogger of the Bressuire, France Highland Games wishes you a "Happy New Year" of course. But with the upcoming IHGF Worlds, he can't help wishing you a "Heavy New Year", too! Mind my words!...

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24 décembre 2014

Hammerry Christmas and Happy New Year

What is so special about this French Père Noël created by Erwin SUVAAL? You can guess he wants to wish you a "Merry Christmas". That's true but that's not enough... The blogger gives you a clue: he loves the Highland Games. So, it's easy to know that...

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Tags: bressuire, marteau, English, Voeux 2011, hammer, bressuire highland games, le blog des Highland Games

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20 décembre 2014

Dan McKIM and his flying hammers: TWO world records in 2014

"If I had a hammer, I'd hammer in the morning I'd hammer in the evening, All over this land. I'd hammer out danger, I'd hammer out a warning, I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters, All over this land" There is no need for Dan Mc KIM,...

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12 décembre 2014

After the evolution of a thrower...the evolution of a Scotsman

Just remember! A few weeks ago, the Highland Games blog posted this drawing by Rampant Lion about the evolution of species. It just revealed the origins of caber-tossers and hammer-throwers. And many of you enjoyed it with quite a lot of "likes" on Facebook....

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Tags: kilts, English, bressuire highland games, le blog des Highland Games

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8 décembre 2014

IHGF Worlds: a facebook of the 12 champions in Bressuire

UPDATE: Want to see what the 12 throwers in competition for the IHGF Highland Games Worlds in Bressuire look like? Just have a look at this homemade slideshow... and discover the twelve champions in alphabetical order: Peter Karst BOUMA from Holland,...

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Tags: bressuire, English, championnat du monde, video, bressuire highland games, world championship, 2015, le blog des Highland Games

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4 décembre 2014

St Andrew's Day in Bressuire, France: whisky-tasting as usual

This is now a tradition in Bressuire, France to celebrate the twinning with Fraserburg, Scotland. With Highland Games, of course! But also with haggis and whisky! Whiskypedia For Saint Andrew's Day, the committee organises its usual whisky-tasting party....

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1 décembre 2014

IHGF Worlds in Bressuire, France: here comes the trailer...

Want to have a preview of the IHGF Highland Games next June in Bressuire, France? Just a click to imagine what it will be like... A video by Gavin ANDERSON for Highland Games France and for the blog

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30 novembre 2014

IHGF World Championship 2015: A historic first in France

UPDATE: For the first time in the history of the Highland Games, the International Highland Games Federation will have its World Championship in France in one of the most spectacular settings ever seen. The place: the old castle of Bressuire The line-up:The...

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Tags: bressuire, English, Scott Rider, bressuire highland games, world championship, 2015, Wenta, Dan Mc KIM, Matt Vincent

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11 novembre 2014

Armistice Day in Bressuire, France: a piper for peace

With a bagpipe, you can win wars. But you can also celebrate peace. This is what Gavin Anderson , the most famous Scot in Bressuire, did yesterday for Remembrance Day. His moving "Amazing Grace" to commemorate the end of the First World War was one of...

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