Yay, my SHGA registration card arrived in the post today!
I am now a bona fide Highland Games Athlete.

Well, that's the difficult part over with, OBVIOUSLY...

Now all I have to deal with is the uncomfortable fact that I'll be throwing the men's gear (no jokes, boys. Tempting, but no) in most of the Games I attend, because in the UK, it's extremely rare for a Games to have a Ladies' class in the Heavy Events. So no half-weight girly gear will be available. Oh, help.

56lb weight for distance!
175lb, 20 foot long caber!
56lb weight over bar!
28lb stone put!

I am gonna look like Xena Flaming Warrior Princess by the time I'm done this summer. Only shorter, obviously, and not wearing a leather bikini, thank God.

I'm hoping for this, avec t-shirt and kilt:



...but will probably be lucky to get this:




Wish me luck, people! It's gonna be an interesting summer!

Sue