Ballater Highland Games Records

(£10 paid for any record broken) 

TRACK 

Open 

Hill Race,

2023 Jamie Crowe - 16 mins 48 secs  

Hill Race – Ladies,

2015 C. Whitehead - 20min 38sec 

100 yards, 

2024 A. Hamilton - 9.72secs 

440 yards, 

1996 I. McGurk – 50.9 secs 

Half Mile, 

1996 P. Walker – 2min 4.9 secs 

HEAVY FIELD EVENTS 

Open 

Heavy Stone, 

2009 S. Wenta – 49ft 

Light Stone, 

2015 M. Vincent – 58ft 9in 

Heavy Hammer, 

2009 B. Aitken – 119ft 4in 

Light Hammer, 

2003 B. Aitken – 148ft 

Throwing Weight distance, 

1985 G. Capes – 82ft 

Throwing Weight over bar, 

2004 D. Brown – 16ft 6in 

Balmoral Stones 

2022 Craig Winslow – 17.43 secs 

Qualifying 

Light Stone, 

2003 B. Robb – 52ft 11in 

Light Hammer, 

2015 K. Randalls – 133ft 8in 

Throwing Weight distance, 

2016 K. Randalls – 72ft 2in 

Throwing Weight over bar, 

2002 B. Robb – 18ft 7in 

Local 

Light Stone, 

1995 G. Martin – 49ft 3in 

Light Hammer, 

2017 J. Dawkins – 132ft 5in 

Weight for distance, 

1995 G. Martin – 71ft 11in 

LIGHT FIELD EVENTS 

Open 

High Jump, 

2022 A Hamilton – 6ft 4 in 

Long Jump, 

2017 S. Lyon – 23ft 3 ½ in 

Triple Jump, 

2017 A Daffurn - 47ft 3 ¾ in 

Notes: Throwing Weight over Bar – Colin Dunbar – set in 2019 – 17ft 4in (This was a new world record which unfortunately could not be ratified.) 

The record set in 2009 by Sebastian Wenta from Poland in the Heavy Stone event beat the record previously held since 1985 by Geoff Capes. 

Arthur Rowe's record throw of 119ft 2in in the open heavy hammer event of 1970 was at last beaten by Bruce Aitken with his throw of 119ft 4in in 2009. 

In 2023 the existing 1978 record of 16 minutes and 59 seconds was broken by Jamie Crowe with a time of 16 mins 48 secs  

In 2022, two new records, both by A. Hamilton: Open Track Event 100 Yards and Light Field Event High Jump.