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Post by Bos'n on Aug 4, 2023 20:39:29 GMT -7
Nov 3-5th at the Rillito racetrack. Come git yer yearly dose of bagpipes and horrible British fast food. Might be reservin' the 4th for an all day assault on the Highland games. There be a Masters class fer older fools, think I be qualifyin'  www.tucsoncelticfestival.org |
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Post by rikjohnson on Aug 5, 2023 10:52:34 GMT -7
are we going to be stuck with the kids or with the adults?
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Post by Bos'n on Aug 6, 2023 22:20:18 GMT -7
Hoping for a NONrepeat of last years management disaster.
Die is cast, fees paid, I'll be competin' on Saturday the 4th. 9 events there be. Can hold me own in the hammer throws and stone tosses. Weight over the bar and the sheaf toss... iffy, takes power, speed and aim. Caber toss, iffins I can get me arse close enough to the ground to pick it up, then launch it in the right direction? Light and heavy weights for distance, little strength, LOTS of foot coordination. Got me butt kicked in these two in '09. Time to hit the gym fer a few weeks.
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Post by Bos'n on Aug 13, 2023 19:48:18 GMT -7
Their fakebook page sez theys had problems findin' a sanctioning body for the games. Also sez the musical acts will be non locals. I fears their BOD no longer considers it a local event for local people.
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Post by Bos'n on Aug 14, 2023 12:02:21 GMT -7
O Crikey! Some 'o the people I know'd from the '09 games is callin fer a boycott. Seems the local Hammerheads heavy throwin' group is gettin' stuck with setup an dirty work wi'out any compensation (much like how we was scroo'd last year providin' kiddie entertainment in the paid fer kiddie area). I'll be checkin' out one 'o the Hammerheads practise sessions tonight, see what info is out there. Might have just throwed $40 in the loo.
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Post by Bos'n on Sept 17, 2023 13:21:11 GMT -7
Appears the festival mgt has bitten every hand that feeds 'em. I knows more but now not at liberty to say. The Games will go on but not sure what kind of shyteshow this year will bring.
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Post by rikjohnson on Sept 18, 2023 14:23:25 GMT -7
"Appears the festival mgt has bitten every hand that feeds 'em"
I was a regular volunteer. I would fill out the volunteer paper where they ask, "when are you free for a 4-hour stint?"
I replied that I was free Friday 6pm to Sunday closing. What I got back was "You are scheduled from 6-9pm Friday, 9-9 Saturday and 9-6 Sunday."
I would work the entire weekend and watch the other volunteers play around, do almost nothing but drive golf carts. AND then be taken to dinner by the BoD.
I finally told them that I felt that I was taken advantage of and they basically said, so what.
So I quit.
I can see the BoD cutting their people free.
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Post by Bos'n on Sept 19, 2023 20:03:42 GMT -7
Whoo Hoo, still stiff from throwing practice Sunday morning. Light and heavy hammers...doable. Light and heavy weight for distance...footwork needs a lot of practice. Open and Braemar stones... disaster, Carpal tunnel surgery completely unbalances where the stone sets in your hand. Stone just rolls off the weak side. Not enough entries in the 60+ Masters class to run it as a group so us two old fogies will get bunched in with the 50-59 Masters class. Practice is on Sundays just north of the dog park in Reid park, 8-10, then a food frenzy at a local eatery. No practice next week as everyone will be at the Prescott games. Saw one of the younger monsters swing that 56lb Az colored steel ball overhead, swoop it around twice and wing it WAAY out there. AWESOME! Attachments:
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Post by Bos'n on Oct 7, 2023 20:09:09 GMT -7
Throwing practice 8-10 Am, just north of the dog park on Sunday. Still lookin' for whatever hole my kilt got stuffed in after the Button Brew event several years ago. Attachments:
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Post by Bos'n on Oct 23, 2023 19:00:58 GMT -7
The Hammerheads will be runnin' a hospitality tent near the fields for locals. Ya'll be welcome to wander thru iffin yer in the area. Other than that they has no connection to the runnin' 'o the trainwrec...contest. Was informed by one with long ears that the Pirates was not considered to be "Celtic" enough to be included in the agenda. Teach, Morgan, Kidd, O'Malley?...thought we had the Empire pretty well celtigorized. I hears the bellydancers got the axe too.
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Post by Bos'n on Oct 26, 2023 20:07:25 GMT -7
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Post by rikjohnson on Oct 30, 2023 8:07:02 GMT -7
So....
Do we know ANYthing?
Where and when to meet?
Where to set-up.
What to bring?
it is only 4 days away and I have no idea of what to pack or how to get ready.
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Post by Bos'n on Oct 30, 2023 18:53:53 GMT -7
We was not invited to participate this year. There is no group booth or area. Yer free to pillage and plunder as ye please iffins ye attend. I'll be throwin' in the games Saturday, a few others might attend.
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Post by Bos'n on Nov 4, 2023 20:16:56 GMT -7
Well... had a pretty good time. Pulled in a solid 2nd place win in a 2 man contest LOL. Plenty of Ladies in the older Masters classes. Old guys... Yer slackin'.Crowd was a little thin, plenty of vendors. Neck is stiff, tweeked a forearm muscle tossing the Caber, Calves and face are rightously fried. Gotta love it! Attachments:
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Post by Bos'n on Nov 5, 2023 18:29:00 GMT -7
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