Former Scotland rugby player Ali McGrandles has been named Chieftain of this year’s Stirling Highland Games. Stirling-born Ali was a pioneer of women’s rugby in Scotland beginning her career at Stirling County aged just eight and going on to notch up 50 international caps. Ali, who played in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Rugby World Cups, is …
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The Stirling Highland Games committee would like to extend its thanks to Nancy McGrandles, the Stirling Highland Games Secretary for her support and work between 2016 to 2022. At a time when the SHG President was looking for committed volunteers to help him build and grow the event, it’s no real surprise that his mother …
Stirling’s leading culture sporting event is set to return later this year on Saturday, August 20th with some exciting new additions to the schedule. Even though a physical event, usually attended by thousands, hasn’t happened over the last 2 years because of the pandemic, Stirling successfully managed to fly the flag for highland games and …
The Stirling Highland Games – one of the area’s leading cultural outdoor events – has been cancelled for a second year due to Covid. This year’s event was due to take place at Stirling Sports Village on 21st August, however, considering last week’s guidance from the Scottish Government, organisers have had to take the ‘sensible’ …
**Cancellation of 2020 Stirling Highland Games** At a recent committee meeting and based on the latest Scottish Government papers surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic, the Stirling Highland Games committee and organisers have now taken the rather difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Stirling Highland Games event which was due to take place on Saturday 15th August. …
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Stirling Highland Games is excited to share its news with visitors about its new event, The Bruce Challenge, that will form part of the 150-year anniversary celebrations on Saturday 15th August. Although Stirling Highland Games has a long and turbulent history, the current committee has injected life back into the highland games over the last …
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The Stirling Highland Games, delivered by Ceangail CIC, continues to deliver more than just its social purpose and with the help of 5 MSc masters students from the University of Stirling, whose aim is to create a marketing mix that attracts 8000 visitors to this year’s event. Between 2014 and 2019, the event has provided …
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The first Stirling Highland Games committee meeting of 2020 was held on Tuesday 21st January at the Ceangail CIC offices with several updates discussed about the 150 year anniversary event in August being on track. The President thanked his committee members for their contributions over the last 6 years since being part of the event …
https://youtu.be/Ylq0-kJG-Uw Robert the Bruce + Q and A with Angus Macfadyen and Robert Gray When Robert The Bruce, the sequel to Braveheart, screens at Macrobert Arts Centre on Fri 28 Jun audiences are in for a treat as Angus Macfadyen (Robert the Bruce himself) will be on hand for a Q&A in person after …
This year the Stirling Highland Games committee were delighted to announce their 2019 Games Chieftain to be Stirling born International basketball player, Kieron Achara. Stirling Highland Games is a traditional Highland games competition held annually on the 3rd Saturday of August at Stirling Sports Village. The event nowadays attracts a much wider visiting audience with …
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