How many Highland Athletes are here on XMTS?

[BigMikeLV]

i just completed my first games. Took overall 4th with 26pts. 1st place was 21 pts, ties for second was 22pts. So over all I don't think I did too bad.

What do you all think of these scores? Are they good for a first timer?

Braemar Stone 22# 3rd @ 29'-6.5"
Open Stone 16# 2nd @ 35'-7"
LW for Distance 28# 3rd @ 43'-11"
HW for Distance 56# 4th @ 20'-0"
LW Hammer 16# 2nd @ 75'-6.5"
Weight over Bar 56# 4th @ 9'-0"
Caber (16' 70#) 8th 01:00

[mike landrich]

i just completed my first games. Took overall 4th with 26pts. 1st place was 21 pts, ties for second was 22pts. So over all I don't think I did too bad.

What do you all think of these scores? Are they good for a first timer?

Braemar Stone 22# 3rd @ 29'-6.5"
Open Stone 16# 2nd @ 35'-7"
LW for Distance 28# 3rd @ 43'-11"
HW for Distance 56# 4th @ 20'-0"
LW Hammer 16# 2nd @ 75'-6.5"
Weight over Bar 56# 4th @ 9'-0"
Caber (16' 70#) 8th 01:00

Not bad at all. You and I are pretty comparable, although I've done 3 games.
My best at the same events are close to yours. With some events, you will see huge improvement the second time you try an event. Others, you will see slow improvement. After the second games, you will officially be hooked.

22# Braemar 25' (1st time I did Braemar)
16# Open Stone 35'2" (1st time I did Open Stone)
28# LW for distance (49' 9" the second games, 40'6" the second time)
42# HW for distance (25'10" the first time I did it)
no hammer, YET
42# Weight over Bar 13' (same height, all first throw, all 3 games)
28# weight over bar 15' (first games, 2nd throw)
Caber, very bad at it. Best was an 18' heavy caber 75 degrees
Sheaf 16# 22' (second games, 14' the first, my release sucked)

[BigMikeLV]

I see you are in Fredonia. I'm a born and bred Central New Yorker. (Chittenango, NY). I'm already hooked but it may be a month or 3 before I can make it out to the next games.

[mike landrich]

I see you are in Fredonia. I'm a born and bred Central New Yorker. (Chittenango, NY). I'm already hooked but it may be a month or 3 before I can make it out to the next games.

Smart man, getting out of NYS is a great move. As for the wait until the next games, it gives you a chance to work on your form. Do you have anywhere to practice any of the events?

[BigMikeLV]

Smart man, getting out of NYS is a great move. As for the wait until the next games, it gives you a chance to work on your form. Do you have anywhere to practice any of the events?

I miss NY all the time. I'll be there in June for a week.

We practice at the local high school. I have the practice "tools", the ones made of chain as mentioned in the make your own practice tools thread. Only thing I don't have is a caber.

[Detroitpete]

I miss NY all the time. I'll be there in June for a week.

We practice at the local high school. I have the practice "tools", the ones made of chain as mentioned in the make your own practice tools thread. Only thing I don't have is a caber.

Hey Big Mike,

Check out my post, "Snow melted=first full practice with "The Beast"-with pics!" here on the athletics forum. I made a practice caber out of an 8x8 with minimum work. Just hacked the corners a bit on the bottom few feet.

[Alan H]

I miss NY all the time. I'll be there in June for a week.

We practice at the local high school. I have the practice "tools", the ones made of chain as mentioned in the make your own practice tools thread. Only thing I don't have is a caber.

My "big" caber is a 15 foot 6x6 I got at the local lumber place. I could have left it at 16, but I don't have a roof rack on my truck and the bed is only about 6 1/2 feet long, and well........do the math on the balance point!

Anyway, I took a circular saw and just clipped off the corners on the upper 10 feet. Below that I dug progressively deeper with the saw as I was cutting so that at the bottom I had an almost-perfect octogon, in cross-section, rather than a square. I then went to town on all the bottom 5 feet with a hand plane and a surform plane and a belt sander. It's almost like a real caber, though it's still a bit thick at the bottom!

I painted it with Stanford colors since I knew that during the season Id be leaving it at the University IM fields, and I figured if it was red and white, the groundskeepers would figure that it actually belonged there and wouldn't take it away. Besides, two coats of paint means the thing is pretty weather resistant, and it will last a long time. Total cost was about $45

For my first two seasons all I had was a 12 foot 6 x 6, which I did sort of the same thing to, as I described above. It was pressure treated, so it was bluidy heavy for it's length. It had a big crack in it, so the yard gave it to me for $20. IT' snow cracked all the way through. Someday I'll cut it down and make a planter out of it.

[mike landrich]

I miss NY all the time. I'll be there in June for a week.

If you're here on the 14th, we have a games in Olcott (near Niagara Falls). Its a bit of a drive from Chittenango, but its worth it.

[BigMikeLV]

If you're here on the 14th, we have a games in Olcott (near Niagara Falls). Its a bit of a drive from Chittenango, but its worth it.

Not gonna be in NY til June 26th... man that would have been a good one!

[Alan H]

Sheaf 16# 22' (second games, 14' the first, my release sucked)

I really wish we did sheaf, here in Nor Cal... I have to go to Portland or Enumclaw or So Cal to grab a hayfork.