Welcome to the 2010 Lewis Highland Games 
The 2010 Lewis Highland Games Games will take place on Saturday 17th July.
2009 saw the Lewis summer weather at its most unpredictable and resulted in torrential rain showers for most of the day. Many events had to be cancelled and a hasty retreat to the hall enabled the Highland Dancing competition to go ahead albeit a bit cramped for both dancers and spectators. From all the organisers many thanks to all that supported the games in very poor weather and enabled the games to break even and allowed us to plan another games this year. Without the support of the community, visitors and our sponsors the games will simply be another memory.
A hugh disappointment for the 2009 Games due to the severe weather was the the cancellation of the free fall parachute display by the Royal Regiment of Scotland Golden Lions , this was cancelled as the weather failed to clear , however the good news is that they have confirmed that they will be attending this year instead.
Although very wet the traditional elements of the 2009 Games prevailed and included a very competitive and highly subscribed Highland Dancing Competition, Heavy events, Piping Competition and Field and Athletic competition. Participation in the Field and Athletics event has been growing over the last few years, particularly amongst the younger visitors to the Games. This event is organised by Tony Wade, husband of Commonwealth Champion Kirsty Wade, along with the Active Schools team and the Local Authority Sports Development Officer.
Visitors refreshed themselves in the beer tent or treated themselves to a real Lewis Burger from the BBQ. Local charity and craft stalls provided interesting and reasonable priced souvenirs and gifts. For children there were slides, bouncy castles, funfair and candy floss.
The programme for the 2010 event includes, Golden Lions Parachute display, Police Dog Handlers, Street Circus Performers, Clann An Drumma, Scots Gaelic for "Children of the Drum" is a tribal band from Glasgow, Vintage Car display, athletics, heavy events, piping and highland dancing competitions.
We look forward to seeing lots of new visitors and to welcoming back old friends for another great day in Tong.
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