Sports Day

Sports Day is one of the highlights of West Ardnamurchan's year, and the caption on the bouncy castle just about summed up the atmosphere. A bigger crowd than ever turned out - by mid-afternoon, the gate had already taken more than it had last year, and that was a bumper year.

As always, the day started at 9.30 with the stock judging, which also seemed to draw more entries than last year. Angus John again won the top prize.

If it's all a tale of improvement year over year, the produce competition proved the point. Amongst several displays which would easily have won a couple of years ago, this one, from the Community Garden, was a well-deserved winner.

But the main event was the children's races. For years, West Ardnamurchan seems to have bred more girls than boys, so this race was the most crowded. So it was...

....on your marks.....

Go!

Ascot has nothing on the fashion to be seen around the field, but the centre of attention had to be a man in an Irish kilt working in the food tent.

Top prize, however, goes the small army of people who worked so hard to make the day a success - those who worked in the all-day food tent, the bar and the disco, controlling the racing, judging, taking money at the gate, arranging the market stalls and marquees, and so on.

Above all, however, many thanks to Gus MacLean and the committee who organised the whole thing, down to such meticulous details as the weather.