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8 juin 2013

Le programme illusté du Dimanche / Sunday's programme in photos

DIMANCHE / SUNDAY: 12.30: Cérémonie d'ouverture / Openin ceremony 13.00: Début du championnat d'Europe / Beginning of the European Championship 15.30: Massed bands, Parade des sonneurs de cornemuse 16.00: Podium pour les championnats amateurs et Pros...

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Tags: bressuire, English, château, bressuire highland games, 2013, kelly, Wenta, Meszaros

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5 juin 2013

Le programme sportif

SAMEDI/ SATURDAY: 11.30: Cérémonie d'ouverture / Opening ceremony 11.30: Début du Championnat de France / Beginning of The French Championship 12.30: Début du Championnat d'Europe / Beginning of the European Championship 16.00: Parade des sonneurs de...

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Tags: bressuire, English, château, highland games, Championnat d'Europe, strong men, programme

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5 juin 2013

Bressuire "Open" Highland Games:30 competitors at the castle

UPDATE: 10 amateur and 5 professionnal Heavies, 3 lady throwers and 12 French competitors plus a STRONGMEN CHAMPIONSHIP. That's the line-up for the Bressuire Highland Games Always on the lookout for a novel approach to the Highland Games, Jean-Louis COPPET,...

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21 mai 2013

Stuart the Scot, Anderson l'écossais

IN ENGLISH: There will be no Peter HART for Scotland in the line-up. James Stuart ANDERSON is going to be the Scottish thrower in Bressuire. Let him introduce himself: "I have been competing in the Highland Games for 6 years. I have been the Perthshire...

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Tags: bressuire, English, château, highland games, Ecosse, Championnat d'Europe, Anderson, strongmen, Ehighland games bressuire

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4 avril 2013

A Spectacular teaser for the German Championships

Want to know more about the German Highland Games? Want to discover the different events? Just have a look at this trailer for their next Games. Awesome, isn't it? Thanks, Daniel Dorow for your video and see you soon in Bressuire.

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Tags: English, highland games, video, 2013, Germany

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24 mars 2013

Highland Games 2013: Year of Germany, Year of the Woman

As usual, the 2013 Bressuire Highland Games will be a show of Strength. But, this year, they will also celebrate Germany and Women. And this photo of Uli MÜLLER and Petra MÜLLER in Luzarches last September is a perfect symbol of this double focus on Germany...

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Tags: bressuire, English, château, highland games, highland games bressuire, highland games france

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15 mars 2013

Scott RIDER , the fourth musketeer in the Open Competition

One, two, three, Four... There will be four professionnal throwers in Bressuire for the Open European Championship on June 8 and 9. After Sebastian WENTA, Hans LOLKEMA and Aaron NEIGHBOUR, we now know the name of the fourth musketeer:Scott RIDER. The...

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Tags: bressuire, English, Scott Rider, highland games bressuire, highland france, bressuire highland games, 2013

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22 février 2013

The kilts down under: over 1.000 viewers

In France, we say "dans le mille" (Bull's eye"). Here we are! This homemade clip at the Bressuire Highland Games has been viewed more than 1.000 times. Cheers up! Crown Jewels And let me give a tip to the English-speaking readers: if you want to know...

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Tags: bressuire, kilts, English, under the kilts, highland games france, video, bressuire highland games

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14 janvier 2013

Les insolites de l'année, 2012 from another angle (Part 1)

Le blogueur - speaker ne pouvait commencer l'année sans une célébration des belles images et des vidéos de 2012. To get the new year off to a good start, our blogger-speaker looks back over the high points of 2012. Avec, en ouverture, les lanceurs qui...

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Tags: bressuire, English, Mary Pinet, highland games, 2012, bressuire highland games

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11 janvier 2013

Bressuire: Jimmy Van de Walle number one on the list

Bressuire will host the individual European Championship on June 8 and 9. And, as usual, the crème de la crème will attend this competition. And number one on the list of competitors is Jimmy VAN DE WALLE, the Belgian thrower. He has just confirmed it...

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Tags: English, Van de Walle, highland games bressuire, highland games france, bressuire highland games, 2013, Bressire, highland games 2013

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3 octobre 2012

The Luzarches Highland Games (update): Keeping it in the family

Category B winner: Greg WALKER, 20. Category B runner-up: his brother Dale WALKER, 22. Category A winner : his uncle Bruce AITKEN. For the Walker family, the 2012 edition of the Luzarches Autumn Highland Games turned out to be a doddle. It was Uncle Bruce...

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Tags: Luzarches, English, 2012, highland games france, Bruce Aitken, Greg Walker

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24 août 2012

Cabers flying in Chambord: what a shot!

Cabers are flying all over France... Thanks to the Bockers, the Bresssuire team, they even dance in the Loire Valley Look at these photos in front of the prestigious Château de Chambord! Amazing, isn't it? And that's the same for one of the French specialties:...

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Tags: Coreff, fut en hauteur, caber, Hans Lolkema, English, Frenchies, highland games bressuire, chambord, Game Fair, keg over bar

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16 juillet 2012

A European celebration in Bressuire

The 2012 European edition of the Highland Games has come and gone and the countries which will enter the annals of sporting history are Finland, Germany, Holland and France. You can see it on the two photo-albums on the right column: 001 2001 Highland...

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Tags: bressuire, English, highland games, 2012, championnat d'Europe 2012, highland games france

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15 juillet 2012

Bastille Day for Bressuire and for the Highland Games

The Highland Games are getting more and more popular in Bressuire and in France. And that's good news for the blog and an opportunity to celebrate with fireworks just after Bastille Day... A growing popularity in France Thanks to the European Championship...

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Tags: bressuire, English, 2012, highland games bressuire, Bastille day, ebuzzing, feu d'artifice

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19 juin 2012

Belkacem SMAHI, the new French champion

A summary in English of the previous article As a prelude to the European Championships, the French athletes (photo: Louis Fradin) competed with each other for the national championships, also in the castle precincts. Amine AMROUN having qualified for...

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Tags: bressuire, English, championnat de France, Belkacem SMAHI, records de France, highland games france

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28 mai 2012

Highland Games 2012: The European high-fliers in Bressuire

There will be high-fliers and new faces at the European teamed Championships to take place in Bressuire on June 9th and 10th. 12 athletes from 10 nations: what a colorful mosaic their flags will form! A star-studded cast The federation has selected 12...

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Tags: bressuire, English, Mary Pinet, highland games, 2012, highland games bressuire, highland games france, Championnat d'Europe

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30 avril 2012

2012: Spicy Games in Bressuire with the Red Hot Chili Pipers

From Red Hot Chili Peppers to Red Hot Chili Pipers, it is one small step for the lips but a giant leap for the ears. Indeed, the Red Hot Chili Pipers’ combination of rock and bagpipes is mindblowing, making them without a doubt the avant garde of Celtic...

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23 avril 2012

Gavin-in-the box: and now a blog...

“Jack of all trades and master of none”. So the saying goes... But for Gavin ANDERSON, accomplished piper, guitarist, singer, film producer (see above) , Scottish dance caller and lecturer on all things Scottish, we should say “Gavin of many trades and...

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Tags: bressuire, English, Mary Pinet, Gavin Anderson, 2012, highland games bressuire, highland games france

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3 mars 2012

15,000 visitors: A triple H for the blog

France may have lost her triple A, but the Highland Games blog is flourishing : the total number of visitors has now passed the 15,000 mark and since the beginning of the year, there have already been 2,600 visitors, mostly from France but with a good...

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Tags: bressuire, English, Mary Pinet, 2012, highland games france, highland bressuire

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16 décembre 2011

The Highland Games, a local tourist attraction

Alain has two reasons to celebrate : one, he has just penned the 200th article on the blog. 200 in less than two and a half years. Pretty prolific! And two,the Highland Games have been officially consecrated as a local tourist attraction by the Tourist...

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Tags: bressuire, English, 2011, highland games, Puy du Fou, highland games bressuire, highland games france, highland bressuire

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