Strong Success at Highland Games

Filed in Recent News by July 3, 2016

THE strongmen were a crowd favourite at the Aberdeen Highland Games and the strongest of the strongmen said Aberdeen was his favourite event.

Luke Reynolds took at the strongman title at this years' Aberdeen Highland Games.

Luke Reynolds took at the strongman title at this years’ Aberdeen Highland Games.

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Luke Reynolds from Springwood in the Blue Mountains took out the strongman title this year and also won in 2013 and 2014.

“Aberdeen is my favourite event with the Tartan Warriors, it’s a great event and the crowd really gets into it,” said Mr Reynolds.

Luke is 6 foot 6 inches in height, weighs 160 kilograms and lifted an 180 kilo stone to win the first strong man even of the day.

He then flung a 20 pound wheat bag over a 27 foot high bar, the highest of the day and a personal best.

To round out the day he balanced a 63.5 kilogram caber, threw it and managed to flip it 180 degrees; a feat that has to be seen to be fully appreciated.

Luke began competing in 2008 in Bathurst and is now a professional strongman.

In terms of training he said for Tartan Warriors it has to be specific.

“I do general power training at the gym, but to be successful at this you have to practice the actual events as your training,” he said.

More than 6,000 people flocked to the Games, but Charles Cooke, president of the Games said they were worried about the weather and numbers at the beginning of the week.

“It has been wonderful; at the beginning of the week we were worried about the weather, but it has been great and everyone has come out to enjoy the day,” said Mr Cooke.

“The strongmen events were excellent as always and the crowd loves watching them,” he said.

“We had about 70 stalls plus all of the food stalls and we can’t fit anymore in,” he said.

“It has been a great success,” said Charles Cooke.

Lachlan Macdonald from the West Isles of Scotland said he was honoured to be this years’ chief of the day.

“I’ve been coming here for the last 10 years and I was disappointed I missed last year,” said Mr Macdonald.

“There is a huge Scottish pioneering spirit here and it is great to see people go to all of the clan tents to find out more about their ancestry,” he said.

“To see younger people want to learn more shows how deep rooted the that connection is and it is great to get together and promote the Scottish culture in Australia,” Charles Cooke said.

Next year the Aberdeen Highland Games will be held on Saturday, July 1.

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