Woodland CA Highland Games April 28-29

[Panache]

...On a Saturday? After Belmont Be.... uh ... Kilt Night? OK - if we have to...

Somehow having the lovely Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess offering to be designated driver on Friday to Beer Night...err Kilt Night isn't quitre so wonderful knowing we have to leave by 6:00 AM Saturday and that I'm driving. We did make arrangements for my folks to watch Xena and Sinbad so we plan on getting some dancing in.

How about we all meet either at the athletics at 9:30?*

Cheers

Jamie


* or the Scottish Meat Pie Company at 10:00

[Monkey@Arms]

Tim and I (and Bill??) are competing in Men's "C". C Class is the novices, and since this will be my first Games and Tim's second, "C" seemed to be the place to be. When I look at what the Master 40-49 do, I'm CONVINCED it's the place to be!

Alan,

In case I can't make it to cheer you on on Saturday, are you and Tim planning to compete in May at the Livermore games as well?

Best regards,

Jake

[Alan H]

Alan,

In case I can't make it to cheer you on on Saturday, are you and Tim planning to compete in May at the Livermore games as well?

Best regards,

Jake

Assuming the beer, rest and corrective surgery take care of the aches and pains from Woodland, I know that I'm planning on throwing at Livermore. Ditto for Campbell, in June.

We'll see how it goes. If I don't do too horribly I'll consider Pleasanton, with a finale at Ben Lomond.

[Alan H]

I don't have to drive after these Games. GUESS how much beer I'm gonna drink Saturday night? This goes double considering that moderation and an early "get-home-time" will be the name of the game on Friday.

[Kilted KT]

just a thought...but has anyone warned the local constables to look the other way ALL WEEKEND??

with this many o' the rabble...I fear for most everything!

[Alan H]

After watching a few of the videos on Bill's website, and staring slack-jawed at some of the stuff on youtube, I tried a new technique for the 28 pound weight today at lunch.

Well, I took 8 pounds off, for fear of destroying my rotator cuff, but it went well. I can't figure out how to spin twice, and I never seem to get quite enough acceleration with a single spin, so how to get more **oomph** going without the second spin? Answer; start with a single full-tilt swing/rotation of the weight, with the arm only, no spin (as per the video of Harrison Bailey III on Bills web site) and segue that into my single spin.

The result? I regularly toss 20 pounds about 42 feet (and 28 pounds about 35-36 feet with 38+ being miraculous), but today with this extra rotation in there, I was putting the 20 pounder out there no less than 44 feet every time and I even scared myself once and probably dropped it in there at about 48 feet. Next up, I'll trying it with 25-26 pounds and seeing how it goes. That'll probably be early Saturday morning. Then, maybe I'll get one more throwing workout next Wednesday after work where I'll focus on the 28'er for distance and caber and that's it. After that I'm resting up for Saturday.

[TimC]

I'd like to meet up with you for a "short throwing" on Wednesday if schedules workout. 28 lbs is sitting 30'-35' and I'd like to dail that in a little better....and I'm always up for tossing the caber!

-Tim

[Monkey@Arms]

Looks like I'll be working the UK booth on Saturday as well as Sunday now (there's a black Workman's I'm jonesing for), so y'all be sure to drop by and say "Howdy."

Best regards,

Jake

[Panache]

Shameless bump!

Jake,

Looking forward to seeing you at the games.

Nor Cal Crew,

Our goal is to be at the athletics field by 9:30. If we are delayed it will be the meat pie booth at 10:00.

See you there everyone!

Cheers

Jamie

[Josh_E]

I was there on Saturday. I guess shame on me for not checking the site to see if anyone was coming. If I had I would have probably been able to meet some new people. My loss though. It was a kind of last minute thing and I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to go. Well now I know better.