Welcome to St Andrews Highland Games

ST ANDREWS HIGHLAND GAMES - SUNDAY 28th July 2024

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St Andrews Highland games are relative newcomers to the highland games scene as this year will be only the 38th time they will have been held. From humble beginings in 1984 the were first held on a Thursday afternoon in a field on the outskirts of St Andrews courtesey of Mrs Cheape of Strathtrum Estate.

The are now firmly established as one of the top highland games in Fife if not in Scotland.

Venue this year is Station Park, in front of the Old Course Hotel at the entrance to St Andrews from Dundee/Cupar - KY16 9SP

EVENT DETAILS

Highland Dancing Entry Form link - Please note entries close on the 26th July and no entries on the day.

Entry Form

St Andrews Highland Games

Date: Sunday July 28, 2024

Location: Station Park, St. Andrews

Events: Running, Cycling, Heavy Weights, Tug-of-war, Solo Piping, Highland Dance

Venue this year is Station Park, in front of the Old Course Hotel at the entrance to St Andrews from Dundee/Cupar - KY16 9SP

Location Map

VISITOR INFORMATION

Admission prices Adult £10, Concessions and chidren (under 16) £5, Family ticket £25 (2 adults and 2 chidren) Car Parking is free.

Cycling

Cycling at our Highland Games is great to watch from the sprints to the De'il tak the hindmost which allows participants to cycle round the track with the last rider being removed each lap until a winner emerges.

Heavy Weights

One of the main attractions at highland games are the heavyweight athletes taking part in the different events over the course of the afternoon. Events include tossing the caber, throwing the weight, throwing the hammer and putting the shot.

Highland Dancing

A style of competitive solo dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, where it is often performed to the accompaniment of Highland bagpipe music. It is now seen at nearly every modern-day Highland games event.

Running

Running has been part of Highland Games since their formative years and is very much enjoyed today by both participants as well as spectators.

Solo Piping

Bagpipe playing, as performed at traditional Highland Games, is distinctly national and characteristically Scottish. owhere else will you find anything quite the same. This aspect of our cultural heritage has been encouraged and developed over many centuries and is part of the life of Celtic people.

Tug-of-War

a sport that directly puts two or more teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.