After a soggy drive up to Rhode Island, it turned out to be a beautiful day for throwing. The Am A results are up; congrats to Sam Grammer for a hard-fought win. Not sure how the women and B's threw, but I saw a bunch of great throws from across the field. Masters was a small group of 5. Don Stewart was awesome, hitting 19 feet in the WOB (standing! ) and just a fraction of an inch short of 50 feet in the stone. His LWFD was over 73 feet, HWFD was 50, and heavy hammer was 90 feet. Keep in mind that Don is coming up on 49 years old-- unbelievable.
I had a solid day; 39 stone, 59 LWFD, 37 HWFD, 73 HH, turned a good-sized caber and 16 wob. No sheaf, and master's didn't toss the braemar stone, which was an ugly meteorite-looking 28-pounder. It was great to be on the field with Don and the rest of the masters competitors, two of whom I think were relatively new to the highland games. Great throwing with you guys.
LONG drive up and back, but a good time and the weather came through for us. Thanks to Kate Mason for ADing the Games (while throwing) and for doing a great job, and to the volunteers who pitched in to do some judging and scoring.