Sorry we missed you Alan. I actually brought my chain practice hammer to show you, but I will post pictures of it later.

I wear the latex palmed gloves for Hammer and Caber, everything else I go bare handed. Gloves tend to reduce my grip on any of the weight throws, and of course gloves are prohibited on the stone throws.

I find the gloves to be a much better alternative than the pine tar and tacky other use for grip. For one, I can let go when I WANT to let go, rather than when the tack loses adhesion. Second, I then have clean, non sticky hands for events like the WFD so I dont tear off a callous or wrench a shoulder because I could not let go.
They provide superb grip for the hammer and especially the caber, even more so in inclement weather. A dusty field or a light mist will make the caber slick even with tacky, but the gloves grip all day long.

As for how I did, I actually took FIRST PLACE! I'll be making a picture thread with stills and video of the day some time later, but I did not get home until 1:00 am this morning and I have to go out of town again tonight.
I set a few PR's yesterday and had a really good day throwing all together, so it was a very good trip. Getting to meet Panache and WalkerK was icing on the cake.