Athletics are back for 2025!

Competitors can register at this link https://heavyathlete.com/game/5998/

Flagstaff Highland Games

2025-07-19 to 2025-07-20

Location: Flagstaff Arizona, United States

Registration is open from 2025-04-26 till 2025-07-06 To sign up first log in

Flagstaff Arizona will be the location for two days of highland games competition on July 19-20, 2025. 

The festival will include highland games athletics, merchants, dancing, piping, food and entertainment. For more information on the festival, please visit their website at www.nachs.info/celtic-festival/

Competition Begins at 9:00am each day

Class Schedule – 

Saturday – Women’s A West Coast Championship, Women’s A, Women’s B and C, Men’s 40+, 50+ and Masters 60+

Sunday – Men’s A West Coast Championship, Women’s Masters, Men’s A, Men’s B, Men’s C, Men’s and Women lightweight and Men’s Novice

Men’s and Women’s West Coast Amateur Championships – If you are interested in being considered for the Men’s or Women’s West Coast Championships, please do the following…

  1. Contact athletic director Sean Smith at SeansmithMBA@gmail.com to indicate interest. Please include your top marks in all 8 height and distance events, and the largest caber you have turned during the 2024 season and up until June 15, 2025. 
  2. Indicate your best finishing position…first, second, third place, etc., and the name of that competition. between January 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025
  3. We will be reviewing the rankings for that period from the heavy athlete data base to find the top athletes in each class. We will reach out to all athletes to find the top 10 in each class. If any of the top 10 pass on the offer to compete at this event, we will work our way down the list until we fill out the roster. 
  4. If you have competed at Women’s World Championships in any of the past 3 years, you will not able to compete in this class. This means 2022, 2023 or 2024. No current Pro men will be accepted.

Just to add a little clarity, all athletes will need to send an email to show interest and be considered for one of the 10 spots available in each championship class. We will utilize the rankings on heavy athlete as well to assist in our decisions. If we do not have 10 athletes show interest via email, we will reach out to athletes from the highest ranking, down, until we fill out each class. All selected athletes will still need to register. Each group will be the premier group that we focus on each day and are expected to exhibit good sportsmanship and be friendly with the crowd. This is our first year, so please bare with us as we figure out the most efficient way to find the best in the West.

Flagstaff is the coolest place in Arizona in July. Close to the grand canyon (1:30 mins drive) and also close to beautiful Sedona, AZ (1:17 mins drive). This event promises to be a lot of fun for both you and your family.

Athletics will be run by the SAAA and be subject to the rules and regulations listed on our website saaa-national.org. All athletes will compete in all 9 events each day.

If you are a current SAAA member, or purchase an SAAA membership at the event, we will credit you $10.00 in person. We are working on adding this functionality to Heavy Athlete, but for now, please bare with us as we work together with Heavy Athlete to make this happen in the future for all of our paid current members.