Young Hawk Craig Williamson has taken to the Highland Games Circuit
He recently took part in the Carmunnock Games the fiefdom of Doug Edmunds who at one time played rugby for Strathclyde Uni but is now better known for his role of referee at the Worlds Strongest Man Contest

The Carmunnock International Highland Games are organized by a committee brought together by Dr Douglas Edmunds.
Dr Douglas Edmunds is regarded as the “Godfather” of the strongman sport through the development of a TV game show into an authentic worldwide sport. Over a fifteen year period he was responsible for the origination of events, selection of athletes, being chief referee and the creation of IFSA the international governing body of strength athletes. Dr Edmunds has his roots in the highland games where he has competed in and organised competitions over a fifty year period. As an athlete he was national champion in shot putt, discus and weightlifting, played international rugby and proudly held the SGA world championship title in caber tossing and the Braemar Games Championship. He has also been responsible for originating, solely and in partnership, many highland games throughout the world, including; Zambia, Nigeria, Iceland, Canada, Finland, Holland, Northern Ireland, England and of course Scotland. As well as nurturing “grass root” competitions, major competitions have included; the Commonwealth Games Pageant 1986, various European and World Championships and the staging of the World Highlander Championships for national TV at Blair Atholl, Scone Palace and Glenarm Estates.

This article was posted on 17-Jun-2013, 13:47 by Hugh Barrow.