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The annual Waipu Highland Games on Wednesday, January 1, are set to have all the piping, fiddling, drumming and dancing you can toss a caber at.
This year, for the first time, there will a women’s division in the heavyweight competition. Four contenders have already signed up.
The women will compete alongside the novice division, throwing a 16lb Caledonian hammer, a 16lb highland stone, an 8lb sheaf, a 42lb weight over a bar and a 28lb weight on a chain.
Meanwhile, Kamo Volunteer Fire Brigade has issued a challenge to other Northland brigades and others to take them on in a tug of war.
Mangawhai fire chief Robert Leslie said he was unaware of the challenge, but he would put a call out to members of the brigade to put a team together.
The competition is open to anyone who wants to enter a team, whether mixed or single sex.
Organiser Pat Hadlee says this year children can purchase a ticket for the Kids Clan Club, which gets them a free T-shirt and entry into all the kids zone activities for free, including bouncy castles, ride on cars and zorb balls.
They will also have the chance to follow all the clans into the main arena for the annual march.
Pat says all money raised from the games goes toward maintaining Caledonian Park, which sees 55,000 visitors a year.
This year is the 149th Waipu Highland Games, which are always held on the first day of the year.
See waipuhighlandgames.co.nz for information and competition entry forms.
