If you like to play with sticks and stones, the International Highland Games Federation (IHGF) has announced it 2019 All-American Highland Games series, and new for this year, is a women's series.

2019 IHGF All-American Highland Games Series
by Francis Brebner
President, International Highland Games Federation (IHGF)
 
The IHGF is pleased to announce the list of qualifying games in the IHGF All-American Highland Games Series for 2019, which, in addition to the men’s series, includes the newly introduced woman’s IHGF All-American Highland Games series. Both men’s and women’s qualifiers will be held at ten premier Highland Games venues across the USA, where the top athletes from each games in the series will go forward to the finals at the Great Plains Renaissance Festival in Wichita in September.
 
The winner of the men’s finals will represent his country at the IHGF Amateur World Highland Games Championships at Fefor Norway in 2020, while the winner of the Woman’s Amateur IHGF All-American Championships will receive a scholarship cash prize. The IHGF would like to thank Terri Ventress for sponsoring each games in the IHGF All-American qualifying series with her new product line, Intra-Workout Gladiator Matrix, which the winner of the men’s and woman’s qualifying division will receive.

 
The official list of the 2019 IHGF All-American Highland Games qualifying venues and finals are as follows:
 
1. Queen Mary ScotsFest & Highland Games, Long Beach, CA – 16–17 February
IHGF All-American 12-lb. Hammer Throwing Championships (Women’s)
 
2. Phoenix Scottish Gathering & Highland Games, Phoenix, AZ – 2–3 March
IHGF All-American Caber Tossing Championships (Men’s)
IHGF All-American 14-lb. Weight for Distance Championships (Women’s)
 
3. Las Vegas Highland Games, Las Vegas, NV – 13–14 April
IHGF All-American Open Stone Championships (Men’s)
IHGF All-American  Open Stone Championships (Women’s)
 
4. Wichita Highland Games & Celtic Festival, Wichita, KS –  13–14 April,
IHGF All-American 56-lb. WOB Championships (Men’s)
IHGF All-American 28-lb. WOB Championships (Women’s)
 
5. Rio Grande Valley Celtic Festival & Highland Games, Albuquerque, NM –  27–28 April
IHGF All-American 56-lb. Weight for Distance Championships (Men’s)
IHGF All-American Caber Tossing Championships (Women’s)
 
6. Costa Mesa Scottish Festival & Highland Games, Costa Mesa, CA – 25–26 May
IHGF All-American 22-lb. Sheaf Championships (Men’s)
IHGF All-American 16-lb. Hammer Throwing Championships (Women’s)
 
7. Pikes Peak Celtic Festival, Colorado Springs, CO – 15–16 June
IHGF All-American  Braemar Stone Put Championships (Men’s)
IHGF All-American  Braemar Stone Put Championships (Women’s)
 
8. Dublin Irish Festival, Dublin, OH – 3­–4 August
IHGF All-American 28-lb. Weight for Distance Championships (Men’s)
 
9. Topeka Classic Highland Games, Topeka, KS – 7 September
IHGF All-American 22-lb. Hammer Throwing Championships (Men’s)
 
10. ScotFest, Broken Arrow, OK – 14–15 September
IHGF All-American 16-lb. Hammer Throwing Championships (Men’s)
IHGF All-American 10-lb. Sheaf Championships (Women’s)
 
11. Great Plains Renaissance Festival, Wichita, KS – 28–29 September
Finals of the Men’s and Women’s All-American Highland Games Championships

                                                         

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