Black Highland Athletes

[Hawk]

Where are the Black Highlands?.....Well MacMillans son, anywhere they want to be.....

Hawk

[okiwen]

Geoff, Ratspike,

Thank you. I appreciate the effort. I found that my Google-fu was also weak. I know that I have seen some VERY good athletes, but they were in person and so therefor I had no names to start with in the search. I assumed that all the guys here that swim in that pond would know someone.

I know that Dan John has been playing for quite some time, but he is the only name I know. I don't know if he is ranked in any manner. He does a lot of Strongman comps., or at least he did.

I look forward to the results.

[o1d_dude]

Where are the Black Highlands?.....Well MacMillans son, anywhere they want to be.....

Hawk

Amen, brother.

My name's Willie Campbell, I'm a ship's engineer
And I know every berth between Lisbon and Largo
I've sweated more diesel in thirty-five years
Than a big tanker takes for a cargo
Of the good times I've always had plenty
When the whisky and the women were wild
And there's many's the wean wi' the red locks o' the Campbells
Who's ne'er seen the coast of Argyll
But now as the freighters unload on the quay
The sound of the engines is calling to me
And it sings me a song of the sun and the sea and the stars
For the rovin' dies hard.

-The Rovin' Die Hard by Brian McNeill

There's a word I forget that describes the Scottish population abroad but that only proves that the Scots are a wandering people.

[Martin Roy]

Harrison Bailey III was a top pro thrower for many years and just recently retired. You will find a number of clips of him throwing on YouTube and the search will be time well spent. A great thrower and, from all accounts, a class act.

In my experience, I have been on the field throwing with competitors from just about any background you can name. The only requirement is to strap on a kilt and, when your name is called, step into the trig and throw. Anyone who does that will have all the encouragement and support he or she could ask for.

[frank_a]

People have often told me in jest that we're "black" Campbells.

I was at the tartan day parade in NYC Saturday, and not only were there plenty of folks of color in kilts, Clan Italia marched in the parade! I had a real nice black fellow we met at our Megabus stop waiting to go home at the end of the day asking me why all the kilts around the city. So I told him about tartan day, and that it really was Sunday, but NYC did their parade on Saturday to get people to come. Turned out he was waiting for a bus to Philly (we were headed home to Albany), and I told him that I knew Philly had tartan day stuff going on and he should check it out. (I knew about the Philly stuff because Rocky had invited people to it on Facebook.)

Anyways, maybe not terribly related to the thread, but I was impressed Saturday with the number of kilted folks of color in New York.

Cheers!

Frank

[Nathan]

People have often told me in jest that we're "black" Campbells.

Interesting! I thought you looked more like the "soup" Campbells - I stand corrected. Any relation to any of these folks? If so, you're in good company. Talented family! ;)

Naomi Campbell - supermodel.


Tevin Campbell - R&B singer


Luther Campbell - rapper


Christopher Campbell - musician and model