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SECTION A THE HERALD June HI Page I Scottish pride rolls out the tartan carpet Swing far About seven men with muscular upper tonot anting oiler the Georgetown Fairgrounds Three North American record wen broken Saturday by these kilted giants In Dave Harrington beat the Canadian and American records by throwing a Speyslde Highland Games matter Sandy left welcomes honorary games chieftain Henry Shannon to the opening ceremonies Saturday at Georgetown Fairgrounds Park Mr Shannon was presented with cromach a walking stick with a symbolic handle carried according to tradi tion by game chieftains Tbereathcrslnhlacaparealso significant for hit role The Georgetown Legion Pipe Band led a short but colorful parade along Georgetown Main Street and up Park Avenue Into the Fairgrounds Saturday to help officially open the dames An estimated WO people through the gates at alrgrounds Park to watch the numerous events and are pleased with the number participants in the garnet who travelled from all over the province and the Herald photos by Am and Chris Aagaard Putting on a colorful show or thousand of people at the Highland Games Saturday bands tamed out to participate in the pipe band competitions Recordsmashing games Taking a bend on the iky masted bandt parade grand George checks for rain Saturday at the Games In Georgetown The president it the Ontario Pipers and Pipe Bands Association Mr J organ watched at the centre field at Fairground park filled with many the bandt which arrived to compete each other among them the George town Legion Pipe Band and the Georgetown Glrlt Pipe Band Continued from page At highest reached in province In the professional piping competition Georgetown resident Jim McGUlvray won the open pibroch event Gates opened promptly at a with members of the Georgetown Lions Club handling ticket tales By noon moat of the competitions already passed their first round Crowds gathered at centre field for the gala opening ceremonies lead by boo games chieftain Henry Shari a broad caster for CFHB radio George dent of the Ontario Pipers and Pipe Band Society led the colorful aid spineting ling march of the massed bands past the podium Among the bands were two American entries one from Chicago and another from Birmingham Mich gan The Georgetown Leg Ion Pipe Band and the Georgetown Girls Pipe Band also competed this year but place Meanwhile above the skirl of pipes North Amer lean records in such events as the 16pound Scottish hammer toss and the Jopound weight for distance were being shall with awesome Mr Harrington took top spot in nil seven heavy events at Ihe games for a deansweep events total of points In the 16pound hammer event he shatt the old record of ten Inches with a throw of 129 feet eight inches In 56pound weight for distance Mr Hairing ton managed a toss of feet one Inch to shatter the North American rec ord and be set a new record in the 22pound hammer toss with a throw of 103 feet four Inches which broke previous mark of feet six He won the 33pound stone put toss with a 30 feel inch throw He also came first In 28pound weight for distance the caber toes In which con testanta try to heave large wooden pole weigh ing approximately pounds and Ihe 56pound weight for height The farmer a walk was won by Metro Toronto police officer Dan Marko- who balancing pounds In each hand waddled feet down the field belter than the feet achieved last year but not quite as good as the Speyslde games record of feet set a few years ago Two local boys Adam Gray and Steve Ritchie competed In amateur heavy events The two are members of the local Lome Scots unit There were no local winners In the highland dance competitions Ham ton Karen won first place In the baby class while Jennifer Mc Donald took top spot In the novice category Jane of Newmarket was the winner in novice class Clare Donn of Owen Sound cap- lured the intermediate class and London Tora Rowland won the prof easlona or years of age and over class St Catharines Clan won the pipe bands first class honors this year Second class winners were members of the Squadron band from Toronto the third class winner was the town of Newmarket Pipe Band and fourth dais honors went to the IngersoU Pipe Band The Georgetown Girls Pipe Band received a cheque from the Sons of Scotland organization The money will be used to bolster a fund the band has set up which will eventual 1y cover airfare to send the girls to Scotland this year or next where they will compete The Speyslde Highland Games committee has at ready made a donat Ion the travel fund and has a standing challenge lo other groups to contrl to the A winner has been in the side of beef draw but there are still three people holding lucky programs Georgetown resident B Lorriman won the beef and someone picked up a voucher in the lucky program draw However people with programs bearing numbers 920 and 1B29 have com to them Contact if you re a winner At The EXCHANGE TAVERN 37 King Street 3541 Georgetown Ac from GO 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