Practice makes better

This weekend of May 3,4 marked our opening athlete practice for those interested in competing in our McCullough Scottish Games on October 25, 2008. Let me first give a well-deserved congratulations to Robin, Kathy, Jeannie and Aaron who came out to attempt the previously untried Highland events to prove again that "practice makes better". Practice sessions this weekend were held Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. The rain never showed up Saturday during practice and Sunday was clear.

It looks like we will be able to have our ladies competition this year. Our daring threesome set out Saturday to learn the caber toss, stone put and sheaf toss. We used what I referred to as a "ladies caber" made of two milled 2 x 4s, eight feet in length, a good height and weight to learn the elements of the caber toss. I thought I had sanded it enough but Jeannie said she was getting splinters in her neck...oops. Kathy requested that the caber, sheaf and pitchfork be brought to her home for our Mother's Day celebration, so we'll be "taking the show on the road".
A special thanks goes to Robin for coming out to practice after a particularly tough week at work and late night on Friday.

I heard this week from Aaron Stout of his interest in competing this year, so we arranged a Sunday afternoon practice as this is my usual time for my own Highland Games workout. Aaron brought with him a good measure of enthusiasm and hung in there with the six events: stone put, caber toss, light hammer throw, sheaf toss, stone over bar and weight over bar. I will let you know that he was able to turn the caber on his third attempt, not bad at all.

This was a terrific start to our open training sessions of 2008. Remember that practice will make you better, so keep the future scheduled sessions on your calendar radar.


Closing thought:
Just as practice will make you better, become your best in life by finding God's purpose for you in relationship with Him through Jesus Christ.