Bundanoon Highland Gathering Inc. Presents David Huxley's Tartan Warriors..wmv

NAB Tartan Warriors
• Bundanoon Stones: The Stones of Manhood proudly sponsored by The National Australia Bank




This year 2010 the Annual Scottish Highland Gathering will see our past Brigadoon (Bundanoon) champion, Derek Boyer (195cm and 140kgs) returning to challenge present and past champions in the amazing feat of the Lifting of the Stones of Manhood

The Stones of Manhood are modelled on the Maglashen Stones from Scotland...consisting of a set of five round stones raging from 90kgs to 165kgs. . (See following page for the history of the Lifting of the Stones)

Derek held our title for five years, taking a break from competition to concentrate on other strong-man events, as well as films. He has been persuaded by David Huxley to return to Brigadoon on April 17 to give us a real Battle of Champions!

Defending the current title will be Aaron Monks (185cm and 110kgs) who won for the first time in 2009 against Craig Reid (185cm and 127kgs). Craig had held the title for three consecutive years. Included in the team will also be Luke Reynolds (200cm and 145kgs), a young man with serious potential for upsetting these Champions!

2010 is all about the Challenge of the Champions, so be there and witness this gigantic struggle of strength, speed and agility ... culminating in the crowing of the NAB Champion of the Bundanoon Stones.

BUNDANOON STONES OF MANHOOD
Modeled on the Maglashen Stones from Scotland they consist of a set of five round stones ranging from 90 kgs to 165 kgs in weight. Only five of the stones are used at any one time with the current competition set comprising the 115kgs, 120kgs, 125kgs, 140kgs and 165kgs. The stones vary in size from 43 centimetres to a massive 50 centimetres or half metre in a diameter.,
• The history of the stones goes back over one thousand years to the highlands of Scotland when a boy was considered to have reached manhood when he could lift two stone in weight from the bare ground onto the top of a stone dyke or fence as we know it. Most villages took part in this exercise and the stones varied from village to village.
• In the late 1970's the lifting of the stones was brought back to life in Scotland with the introduction of the Maglashsen stones. A set of five round stones ranging in weight from 90 kgs through to 165 kgs.
• The stones are laid out five metres apart lightest to heaviest with each competitor having to lift all five stones on top of a wooden barrel four feet in height. The person who can lift all five stones on top of the barrels in the fastest time is declared the champion of the day.

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