Highland Festival activities Saturday Oct 17, 2009
There will be plenty of activities in which to participate, including multiple Scottish games, including the Clachneart or stone of strength, the 28 and 56-pound throw, the hammer toss, the sheaf toss and the caber toss. Entertainment will include Isla St. Clair, whom the event's Web site says is one of Scotland's foremost singers and is known to millions in Great Britain for numerous television appearances. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
Bonnie Scottish games Sep 13, 2009
A descendant of the McDonald clan, May said his strongest event is the caber toss. "It's part of my heritage," May said. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Celebrating Celtic heritage Sep 6, 2009
In her first visit to the local festival, Koch also took interest in the nearby Highland games, which went on throughout the day, as athletes in kilts participated in seven different events, including the famous caber toss ... A total of 15 male athletes, ranging from 19 to 59, competed in the various events from stone put, Scottish hammer throw and weight throw to weight over bar and the caber toss ... His favorite event is the caber toss, he noted, because of the challenge of trying to... (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Carlisle offers day, night of Celtic festivities Sep 6, 2009
There are seven different events one of them being the caber toss, said festival organizer Joan McBride of the event where participants toss a long tapered pine pole. (The athletes) come from all over. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
American West Heritage Center going Celtic Aug 12, 2009
Ken Graves, of Smithfield, celebrates his win in the Caber Toss during the Sons of Thor Highland Games in Smithfield on September 13, 2008 ... The best-known sport at the competition will be the caber toss, in which athletes toss a large wooden log end-over-end, Graves said. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
La Crosse’s Irishfest only a week away Jul 31, 2009
The Highland Games return with the stone throw, caber toss and sheaf toss. All are competitions to see who can throw the heaviest object the farthest. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Gehman off to Scotland for World Highland Games Championships Jul 15, 2009
Other events included in the Highland Games are the popular caber toss, the stone throw, Scottish hammer throw, weight over the bar and sheaf toss. Competitors often dress in customary Scottish kilts. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Or go Celtic Jun 26, 2009
The annual event is kind of like a renaissance fair, but instead of jousting, the participants compete in traditional Celtic throwing games such as the caber toss a 90- to 120-pound log that is tossed over end so that the large end hits the ground the weight for distance, the hammer throw, the stone throw and the sheaf toss. The games run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and the festival will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Cam-plex Park. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
Shamrocks and Shenanigans On Tap At Renaissance Fest Mar 18, 2009
The rest of the weekend is filled with the largest St. Patrick s Day celebration in the Festival s history, with beer sampling, Tampa Bay Pipes and Drums, and heavy-lifting Celtic games like the Breamer Stone Throw, Heavy Weight Throw for Distance, Caber Toss and Sheaf Toss. The food at the Faire is one of the most popular stops in any guest s journey back in time. (Bartow Polk County Democrat, FL)
