McPherson Scottish Highland Games

Sep 22, 2001
McPherson, KS

Amateur

Athlete Place Points Braemar Stone Open Stone Heavy WFD Light WFD Heavy Hammer Light Hammer Caber Sheaf WFH
16lb 16'6"x 60lb 20lb
1 - 31'-6.75" 18'-3.0" 37'-7.0" - 68'-1.0" 11:00 17'-0.0" 10'-0.0"
2 - 30'-8.0" 18'-8.0" 35'-4.5" - 59'-10.0" 35 deg 17'-0.0" 9'-0.0"
3 - 23'-8.5" 16'-7.0" 34'-6.5" - 65'-3.5" 60 deg 17'-0.0" 9'-0.0"
4 - 27'-4.75" 11'-7.0" 33'-3.0" - 55'-7.75" 9:15 - 9'-0.0"
5 - 27'-9.75" 17'-5.0" 31'-11.0" - 54'-9.25" 00:00 14'-0.0" 9'-0.0"

Records:

Notes: Judge: Larry Wheeling This was the D Class and was for people who have never thrown before or who couldn't get into C Class. L. Burnett won 6 of 7 events to take the overall.

Amateur A

Athlete Place Points Braemar Stone Open Stone Heavy WFD Light WFD Heavy Hammer Light Hammer Caber Sheaf WFH
16lb 17'x 125lbs 20lb
1 - 51'-6.0" 36'-10.5" 75'-8.0" - 123'-5.5" 75 deg 30'-0.0" 15'-0.0"
2 - 44'-5.0" 26'-5.0" 65'-2.0" - 115'-2.25" 12:00 26'-0.0" 14'-0.0"
3 - 41'-1.25" 28'-7.0" 63'-3.5" - 116'-11.0" 50 deg 24'-0.0" 13'-0.0"
4 - 46'-9.75" 25'-8.75" 63'-7.75" - 103'-8.25" 55 deg 22'-0.0" 13'-6.0"
5 - 37'-4.25" 27'-4.0" 54'-9.5" - 109'-6.0" 55 deg 22'-0.0" 12'-0.0"
6 - 39'-2.5" 28'-3.0" 59'-6.0" - 100'-0.0" 60 deg 20'-0.0" 12'-0.0"
7 - 35'-2.75" 26'-0.0" 55'-2.25" - 86'-7.0" 55 deg 22'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
8 - 33'-9.75" 23'-10.0" 52'-5.5" - 101'-2.0" 45 deg 22'-0.0" 12'-0.0"
9 - 36'-11.0" 29'-7.5" 52'-7.5" - - 00:00 - -

Records: Sean Betz, set 4 new field records in the 56WFD, 28WFD, Open Stone, & Sheaf. He now has 5 of the 7 field records at the McPherson Games. Mike Smith, still holds the 16lb Hammer & Caber records.

Notes: Judge: Steve Scott: Sean Betz, wins 6 of 7 events for the A Class overall athlete. Hammer event had 7 athletes over 100' on the flattest field anywhere. Troy Osbourne, went out with an injury while warming up for the Hammer, ruptured patella.

Amateur B

Athlete Place Points Braemar Stone Open Stone Heavy WFD Light WFD Heavy Hammer Light Hammer Caber Sheaf WFH
16lb 17'x 90lbs 20lb
1 - 31'-0.25" 25'-9.0" 53'-11.75" - 95'-4.25" 1:00 22'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
2 - 31'-3.75" 24'-2.5" 51'-11.25" - 84'-7.5" 12:30 24'-0.0" 13'-0.0"
3 - 32'-4.0" 25'-8.0" 48'-8.0" - 83'-10.0" 12:30 20'-0.0" 12'-0.0"
4 - 35'-0.25" 23'-7.75" 59'-6.5" - 85'-1.0" 75 deg 16'-0.0" 10'-0.0"
5 - 36'-7.75" 22'-9.25" 49'-7.5" - 79'-1.75" 75 deg 20'-0.0" 10'-0.0"
6 - 30'-3.25" 23'-6.5" 51'-6.0" - 83'-4.25" 00:00 20'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
7 - 28'-4.75" 25'-0.75" 45'-8.75" - 87'-0.0" 80 deg 20'-0.0" 10'-0.0"
8 - 30'-3.75" 22'-7.0" 49'-1.0" - 83'-6.75" 75 deg 18'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
9 - 28'-3.0" 26'-0.5" 47'-3.0" - 76'-6.0" 60 deg 20'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
10 - 24'-1.0" 19'-8.0" 40'-4.5" - 78'-5.5" 9:00 20'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
11 - 33'-9.25" 22'-1.0" 49'-0.05" - 76'-11.75" 00:00 16'-0.0" 10'-0.0"
12 - 27'-2.75" 16'-8.0" 40'-9.5" - 74'-9.75" 55 deg - -
13 - 36'-8.75" 25'-4.5" 49'-2.0" - - 00:00 - -

Records: Thom VanVleck, set new field record for 20lb sheaf toss in B Class.

Notes: Judge: Steve Scott; Very tough B Class as the scores show. Brett Stone, dropped due to injury to knee and was well in the running up to that point. Mike McGhee, had an outstanding throw in 28WFD. Hammers were also very good for B Class.

Amateur C

Athlete Place Points Braemar Stone Open Stone Heavy WFD Light WFD Heavy Hammer Light Hammer Caber Sheaf WFH
16lb 16'6"x 60lb 20lb
1 - 27'-1.0" 19'-2.0" 37'-5.0" - 74'-0.0" 65 deg 14'-0.0" 9'-0.0"
2 - 28'-7.0" 14'-10.0" 29'-3.0" - 62'-0.0" 12:15 16'-0.0" 10'-0.0"
3 - 28'-9.5" 17'-5.0" 22'-2.0" - 57'-0.5" 30 deg 15'-0.0" 9'-0.0"
4 - 25'-6.0" 11'-0.0" 34'-1.0" - 63'-0.25" 25 deg 14'-0.0" 8'-0.0"
5 - 30'-2.75" 21'-8.0" 39'-0.0" - 76'-7.5" 00:00 13'-0.0" -

Records:

Notes: Judge: Larry Wheeling Kevin McAllister, wins his first C Class competition.

Lightweight

Athlete Place Points Braemar Stone Open Stone Heavy WFD Light WFD Heavy Hammer Light Hammer Caber Sheaf WFH
16lb 16'6"x 70lb 16lb
1 - 30'-9.25" 30'-7.5" 47'-0.0" - 80'-2.5" 10:00 20'-0.0" 13'-0.0"
2 - 28'-7.5" 24'-11.5" 34'-8.0" - 71'-6.5" 00:00 18'-0.0" 13'-0.0"
3 - 25'-6.25" 21'-3.25" 34'-2.0" - 60'-2.5" 2:30 18'-0.0" 12'-0.0"
4 - 27'-3.0" 22'-3.5" 34'-0.5" - 62'-11.0" 00:00 18'-0.0" 10'-0.0"
5 - 21'-4.75" 19'-10.5" 32'-11.25" - 62'-11.0" 00:00 14'-0.0" 10'-0.0"

Records:

Notes: Judge: Cheryl Wheeling Chris Roark, wins all seven events to take the overall 190lb Athlete Of The Day.

Master, Age 45+

Athlete Place Points Braemar Stone Open Stone Heavy WFD Light WFD Heavy Hammer Light Hammer Caber Sheaf WFH
16lb 16'9"x 78lb 16lb
1 - 38'-7.5" 35'-4.0" 54'-7.0" - 84'-4.0" 2:00 24'-0.0" 14'-6.0"
2 - 30'-10.75" 29'-0.0" 40'-7.5" - 80'-9.0" 80 deg 22'-0.0" 14'-0.0"
3 - 28'-3.5" 28'-1.5" 40'-1.5" - 74'-0.0" 70 deg 18'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
4 - 27'-8.5" 30'-8.5" 36'-10.0" - 65'-10.0" 60 deg 18'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
5 - 22'-7.5" 21'-10.0" 27'-7.0" - 57'-4.5" 00:00 18'-0.0" 9'-0.0"
6 - 18'-10.0" 15'-5.0" 19'-0.0" - 43'-6.0" 00:00 - -

Records:

Notes: Judge: Larry Wheeling; Dave Glasgow, wins all seven events and sets Masters field records in the 28WFD, Sheaf, 42WFH, & Caber

Women

Athlete Place Points Braemar Stone Open Stone Heavy WFD Light WFD Heavy Hammer Light Hammer Caber Sheaf WFH
11lb 13'x 59lb 10lb
1 - 27'-6.25" 27'-6.0" 56'-3.0" - 72'-0.0" 12:00 16'-0.0" 13'-0.0"
2 - 27'-0.0" 27'-3.25" 51'-4.75" - 59'-7.0" 12:00 20'-0.0" 12'-0.0"
3 - 24'-4.0" 26'-5.0" 48'-10.0" - 61'-4.5" 80 deg 20'-0.0" 11'-0.0"
4 - 23'-8.0" 22'-10.5" 46'-10.25" - 59'-10.5" 65 deg 19'-0.0" 10'-0.0"
5 - 22'-5.5" 24'-8.25" 45'-11.0" - 59'-5.0" 70 deg 17'-0.0" 12'-0.0"
6 - 18'-5.0" 16'-10.0" 45'-5.5" - 45'-5.5" 00:00 15'-0.0" 9'-0.0"

Records: Terri Ventress, sets field records in 14WFD, 10lb Hammer & coholder with Lori Myers in the Caber. She also attempted to break her existing record in WFH.

Notes: Judge: Cheryl Wheeling Terri Ventress wins the overall by a slim margin as she and others were off a bit. Very competitive group of ladies.

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