by Sandy Neil sneil@obantimes.co.uk
More than 1,500 people gathered for Oban’s successful fifth Lorne Highland Games on sunny Saturday, bringing in big ticket sales – but ageing organisers ‘desperately’ need younger volunteers to hold a sixth next year.
An estimated 150 competitors amassed at Mossfield Park to test their skills and vie for £5,000 of prizes in the heavy events, such as throwing the sledgehammer, 26lb stone, caber, or a four-stone weight over a bar, and in the track and hill events such as jumping and racing 90m to 1,600m.