IHGF Pro World Highland Games Championships, Bressuire
by Francis Brebner
Bressuire, France is the setting for the 2015 IHGF World Highland Games Championships; the annual games held in Bressuire are one of the paramount games on the international circuit, drawing 12,000-plus spectators. The Château de Bressuire is a beautiful medieval castle in ruins, with panoramic views all around, a perfectly wonderful setting to host a World Highland Games Championships. The castle dates back a thousand years and creates an atmosphere of truly stepping back in time.
Come 13–14 June, 2015, twelve of the world’s top-ranked athletes from nine countries will compete over two days for this coveted title in the sport of Highland games. All athletes will be drug tested, and for the future, the IHGF is looking into putting in place procedures for out-of-season drug testing.
The line-up of athletes includes: Dan McKim (USA), Matt Vincent (USA), Matt Doherty (Canada), Sinclair Patience (Scotland), Craig Sinclair (Scotland), Scott Rider (England), Lukas Wenta (Poland), Sebastian Wenta (Poland), Róbert Fazekas (Hungary), Jono Macfarlane (New Zealand, Pieter Karst Bouma (Netherlands), and Jimmy Van De Walle (Belgium).