Callander Highland Games 2010

Here are the athletes for this years games. Also note we have brought the lassies back!

(Athletes subject to change without notice)

 

The Men:

Gregor Edmunds (Scotland) - Current world caber tossing champion and current number 1 highland games athlete in the world. World highland games champion in 2007 and the 5 time Scottish champion.

 

 

 

 

Sebastian Wenta (Poland) – Former Polish shot put champion, 3 time winner of the highlander world championship, winner Braemar highland games 2009 and second in the world strongest man competition 2007.

 

 

Stefan Solvi Petersson (Iceland) – A world’s strongest man contender and currently Iceland’s strongest man.

 

 

 

 

Lucas Wenta (Poland) – Polish Junior shot put champion and has competed in the world junior championship for Poland.

 

 

Mike Zolkiewicz (USA) – 3 time all American discus champion and currently holds the American record for 56lb weight for height (18 foot 9.5 inches).

 

 

 

Scott Rider (England) – Commonwealth games representative in Manchester for shot put.  Member of the Olympic bobsleigh team in 2006 in Turin and winner of the Braemar championship in 2008.

 

 

 

Hans Lokema (Holland) – A Dutch champion and currently the best highland games man in Holland.

 

 

 

 

Sinclair Patience (Scotland) - Current amateur world highland games champion - won US in 2009. Also the son of George Patience, a former world highland games champion who competed in the Commonwealth games for Scotland in discus.

 

 

 

 

The Women:

 

Adrienne Blewitt (USA) - 4 time all American shot put champion, 2 time all American discus champion and current ladies American highland games champion.

 

 

 

 

 

Thelma Olafsdottir (Iceland) – Currently Iceland’s strongest women and power lifting champion.

 

 

Aginieszka Broniszka (Poland) – Polish shot put champion.

 

 

 

 

Shaunagh Brown (England) - Currently ranked number 1 in the UK in the discus event in the under 20 age group. She competes regularly for GB and England, and was runner up in the World Schools Cup event. Shaunagh was a finalist in the World Youth Championships in 2007 and crowned UK School Games Discus Champion.

 

 

 

Joanne John (Great Britain) - An excellent all round athlete and has competed in bobsleigh for Great Britain for a number of years and is one of the United Kingdom’s leading hammer throwers. In bobsleigh she competed internationally in Europe and North America as a brakeman for Great Britain. In her athletics speciality she has been ranked in the top 10 in Great Britain for many years.

 

 

Mary Anderson (Scotland) - Former Scottish Champion.

 

 

 

Mairi Porterfield (Scotland) – Competed in the hammer throw at the Commonwealth games in Manchester in 2002.

 

 

 

 

Caitlin MacKay (Scotland) – A Scottish junior champion in hammer throwing and one of the best hammer throwers in Scotland. (Awaiting image).

 

All Commentated by Colin Bryce:

 

Note: The organisers reserve the right to replace/ substitute any of the athletes listed in the event of injury, illness, or other matters which could not have been foreseen prior to this publication being released.