Ballater Highland Games has been held since 1864- only interrupted by the war and Coronavirus.
The event includes Open Piping Competitions, Highland dancing and the hill race. There’s also a funfair to appeal to the children and various trade stands.
The Ballater Highland Games has been visited several times by Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, and competitors in the games have broken records as recently as 2019.
We have scouted our archives for photographs of the games through the years.
Do you recognise any of the familiar faces in the photographs below? Let us know in the comments.
1984 – All together for a souvenir picture are the Highland dancing competitors.
1992 – Gillian White, of Banchory, and C Munawych, of Canada, right, in the adult open dance.
1983- Never mind the heat – the Bells team, Fraserburgh, in action during the tug o’ war final.
1986 – Engrossed spectators taking in all the action on the sidelines.
1979 – The hill race entrants at the games start off on their long slog round the course.
1971 – The crowd is unaware that Glenrothes’ Ian Whyte is making record-breaking time in the hill race.
1969 – Dancers Beth Buchanan, Elizabeth Smith and Billy Gibbon go through their steps.
1980 – Alfie Bruce, from Tarland, makes the winning effort in the caber toss.
1983 – Victory in the hill race brought Clive Bell, of Forfar, the silver Jubilee Cup.
1984 – Overall winner of the mile race, Forfar’s Clive Bell, left, and local winner Mike Grant, Braemar, celebrate.
1986 – Barrow passenger Graham Sinclair and pusher Andrew Bain, both Ballater, are given a shower.
1980 – Nairn’s Hamish Davidson uses the high jump mattress as a makeshift umbrella.
1980 – Dancers Lorraine Peggie, left, and Louise Jolly shelter under the stage after the heavens opened.
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