The International Highland Games Federation (IHGF) announced its 10-game 2018 All-American Highland Games Series.


2018 IHGF All-American Highland Games Series Schedule
by Francis Brebner
IHGF President

The International Highland Games Federation (IHGF) is pleased to announce the 2018 IHGF All-American Highland Games series, made up of ten games held across the USA:
 
Queen Mary, Costa Mesa, CA – 17–18th February 2018
Phoenix, AZ – 3–4 March; IHGF All-American Caber Tossing Championships
Las Vegas, NV –  14–15 April; IHGF All-American 56-lb. Distance Championships
Wichita, KS – 21–22 April; IHGF All-American 56-lb. WOB Championships
Albuquerque, NM – 20-21; IHGF All-American 28-lb. Distance Championships
Costa Mesa, CA – 26–27 May; IHGF All-American 16-lb. Open Stone Putt Championships
Pikes Peak, CO – 14–15 June; IHGF All-American 28-lb. Braemar Stone Putt Championships
Dublin, OH – 4–5 August; IHGF All-American 22-lb. Hammer Throwing Championships
Topeka, KS – 18 August; All-American 16-lb. Hammer Throwing Championships
Broken Arrow, OK – 17–18 September
Wichita, KS – 24–25 September, All-American Championships
 
At each games in the series, the athlete with the most points overall in the competition will progress to the 2018 IHGF All-American Championships, which will be held at the Great Plains Renaissance Fair & Highland Games (Wichita, Kansas), 24–25 September.

From there, the winner of the 2018 IHGF All-American Championships will represent his country at the 2018 IHGF World Amateur Highland Games Championships, which will be held in Bressuire, France, and will also compete in the IHGF World Highland Games series planned for 2019.

The IHGF would like to thank the Heart of America Scottish Athletics (HASA); New Mexico Celtic Association (NMCA); Scottish American Athletic Association (SAAA); Great Lakes Scottish Athletes Association (GLSAA); Rocky Mountain Scottish Athletics (RMSA); and all the games involved for working together to further the sport of Highland Games and its athletes and for promoting this IHGF series.

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