The IHGF officially announced today that the Caledonian Club of San Francisco which organizes the World renown Highland Games in Pleasanton, California will be the host of this year’s IHGF World Highland Games Team Championships,” IHGF vice president Francis Brebner told IronMind today.


The Caledonian Club of San Francisco is about to add another feather to its cap as this year’s Scottish Highland Gathering and Games at Pleasanton, California will include the IHGF World Highland Games Team Championships.  IronMind® | Courtesy of Steve Conway/Caledonian Club of San Francisco.


“Top International judge Steve Conway, who is also the athletic director for the  Caledonian Club of San Francisco said, ‘This will be a first time for us to host the World Team Championships and we are all very excited and looking forward once again to having the best athletes in the world competing at Pleasanton.

‘In addition to the IHGF Highland Games World Team Championships, we will be also hosting the IHGF single events world championship events, such as the Caber World Championships and Weight Over the Bar World Championships, which adds a grand finale to the concluding competition of each day.

“International Teams are in the processes of being finalized and will be announced soon,” Brebner told IronMind, so stay tuned for additional details as they become available.

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