Alva Highland Games
Report by Gary Bastow
On Saturday I travelled up to one of my favourite races at the 163rd Alva Highland Games near Stirling in Scotland. It’s the biggest of the meets and draws clans from around the world back to home ground. From the Scottish dancing to track running and cycling, also the caber tossing etc is awesome to see.
The hill race is at the end of the show and is part of the BOFRA rounds and Scottish hill climbing championships. It’s round half the track over a wall, through a gully and straight up to the top of Wee Tory hill on a 1,237 ft sheer climb, and then round the top and back.
£175 to win it and also 75 quid if your first to the top! Too old for that now.
82 runners went off
I got 41st and second v60
Still got maximum points in the BOFRA champs as the chap that pipped me isn’t in it
And got the £25! Bah