SHG News

Stirling Highland Games is a traditional highland games event held annually in Stirling on the 3rd weekend in August and is calling on all Scotland Food & Drink traders to be part of our 2016 highland games. As well as delivering our traditional competition events such as Heavyweights, track and field, tug o war, wrestling […]

Stirling Highland Games advertises through the Stirling News to help promote the games to as wide a local audience as possible and we are delighted with the new design from Tartan Ink. With so many people on the doorstep we invite all locals to head along on the 15th August and be part of this

One of Scotland’s most respected sportsmen has been unveiled as Chieftain of Stirling Highland Games. Olympic silver medallist and lifelong Stirling resident, Michael Goodfellow, will officially open the event at 12 noon on Saturday 15th August 2015. Michael was first introduced to curling by a family friend and since then has had much success as

Stirling Highland Games are delighted to be part of the Junior Games programme next week over at Stirling Sports Village. The Junior Games give opportunity to 1000 S1 pupils from all of Stirling Council’s secondary schools to try a sport and we are delighted to hear there is huge interest about our activities. Event Organiser,

Stirling Needs its Highland Games! After 2 year’s of cancellations, the new organisers were delighted to welcome visitors from 18 countries around the world to this year’s Stirling Highland Games. We believe its paramount importance that the Stirling Games continues to grow year on year as it attracts visitors to the area which not only

Some of our young people attended Ceangail’s Core Skills in Events training prior to the Stirling Highland Games event. Developing an understanding of events was a key part of this year’s taster training programme for young people, supported by Stirling Council Youth Services and delivered by Ceanagil CIC. As part of the training programme Young

VisitScotland produces ultimate guide to country’s Highland games Ever wondered who holds the world record for haggis hurling? Or which Highland games can lay claim to the biggest bowl of porridge? To answer these and many other fundamental questions, VisitScotland has produced its first ever Highland games guide, which details 72 events taking place throughout

In what is a high profile year for Stirling and Scotland the event team at Stirling Highland Games were keen to showcase one of Stirling’s own as this year’s Chieftain. There are many different ways a Chieftain is appointed dependant on the highland games and the area you are visiting. In this Honorary position Stirling’s

This year Stirling Highland Games is being held on 16th August at Stirling Sports Village and the team behind this community event are searching for a couple of local good causes they can offer support to. The organisers have been working hard to bring Stirling Games back after being cancelled for the last 2 years

We have been getting a steady flow of varying enquiries about this year’s games and we are delighted to have confirmation that highland dancers from The Gardner School of Dance in Calgary, Alberta will be making the 7000 kilometre trip to visit us in Scotland this summer. The dance school is a competitive highland dance