Southwest Missouri Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games


Highland Games

The SWMO Celtic Heritage Festival Highland Games are a highly competitive traditional Scottish Highland Games. The Highland Games feature traditional competition classes, including Braemar stone toss, open stone toss, weight for distance, weight over bar, heavy and light hammer, sheaf toss, caber toss, and more. Both men and women compete in the Highland Games.

Participants in our games do receive national points. We use the NASGA database to enter our scores for comparison. Please refer to the NASGA website for a list of rules.  

Prizes will be awarded.

Register today!

ATHLETES:
PLEASE ARRIVE BY 8 AM
RULES REVIEW 8:30 AM
GAMES WILL START AT 9 AM AND RUN ALL DAY UNTIL COMPLETED.
PLEASE REGISTER BY AUGUST 1, 2026
*Registrations received after August 1, 2026, are not guaranteed a T-shirt.

SWMO Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games - Highland Games Athlete Registration

SWMO Celtic Heritage festival & Highland Games
Highland Games registration.

September 12, 2026

Dallas County Fair Grounds ~ Buffalo City Park 401 E. Park Drive, Buffalo, MO, 65622, United States

The SWMO Celtic Festival Highland Games are a highly competitive traditional Scottish Highland Games. Participants in our games do receive national points.

We use the NASGA http://www.nasgaweb.com/main.asp database to enter our scores for comparison. Please refer to the NASGA website for a list of rules:  http://www.nasgaweb.com/rules.asp 


ATHLETES:

PLEASE ARRIVE BY 8 AM
RULES REVIEW 8:30 AM
GAMES WILL START AT 9 AM AND RUN ALL DAY UNTIL COMPLETED.

PLEASE REGISTER BY AUGUST 1, 2026

*Registrations received after August 1, 2026, are not guaranteed a T-shirt.


Men's A Class
Men's B Class
Men's Masters
Men's Lightweight
Men's Novice Class
Women's Masters
Women's Novice
Women's Open
Women's Lightweight

Waiver and Release of Liability

In consideration of being allowed to participate in any way in the SWMO Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games events & activities, the undersigned:

1. Agree that prior to participating, they will inspect the facilities & equipment to be used, and if they believe anything is unsafe, they will immediately advise their coach or supervisor of such condition(s) and refuse to participate.

2. Acknowledge & fully understand that each participant will be engaging in activities that involve risk of serious injury, including permanent disability & death, and severe social & economic losses which might result not only from their own actions, inaction, or negligence of other, the rules of play or the condition of the premises or of any equipment used. Further, there may be other risks not known to us or not reasonably foreseeable at this time

3. Assume all the foregoing risks and accept personal responsibility for the damages following such injury, permanent disability, or death.

4. Release, waive, discharge & covenant not to sue SW MO Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games, its affiliated organizations, their respective administrators, directors, agents, coaches and other employees of the organization, other participants, sponsoring agencies, sponsors, advertisers, and if applicable, owners and leasers of the premises used to conduct the event, all of which are hereinafter referred to as “releases” from demands, losses or damages on account of injury, including death or damage of property, caused or alleged to be caused in whole or in part by the negligence of the release or otherwise.

The undersigned has read the above waiver and release, understanding that they have given up substantial rights by signing it, and signs it voluntarily

Athlete Registration Fee - $50.00

Registration includes one (1) athlete entry into the games and festival, a festival *T-shirt, and one (1) meal voucher for each registered athlete. *Requires registration by August 1, 2025, to guarantee a shirt in your size. MAKE SURE YOU PRINT THIS RECEIPT! This Receipt is your competitive entry ticket to get into the SWMO Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games on the day of your event. Please show this receipt to the members at the gate. Wristbands and meal vouchers will be handed out by the games director. NO REFUNDS