Showcase for Kirkcaldy

Sir, - Thank you to everyone who supported the inaugural Kirkcaldy Waterfront Beach Highland Games on Saturday.

The crowds enjoying the spectacle of the pipe band, twirlers, dancers, athletes and heavies and the local traders’ stalls, all showed Kirkcaldy at its very best.

It also showed the potential of our waterfront with its refurbished sea wall.

Many individuals and organisations helped us to organise, promote and deliver the event and we are very grateful to them.

They include Kirkcaldy and Central Sports Council, who were the major sponsor of the event, Fife College who lent the stage for the dancers, Fife Council licensing staff and the cleansing crew who made sure that we had all our consents and that the prom was cleaned before the start, our litter-picking team, Kirkcaldy YMCA and K107 for sound and the local fossil expert who provided the 350million-year-old corals for the trophy.

We are very grateful to Fife Provost Jim Leishman for leading the parade and declaring the games open and to Roger Mullin MP and David Torrance MSP and the many local councillors who supported us on the day.

We also thank the local businesses who showcased much of what our town centre has to offer, the Army Reserve and RNLI, Burntisland First Aid, Police Scotland (Fife, Cycling Division) and the volunteers who marshalled on the day.

Kirkcaldy 4 All is particularly grateful to Don Campbell and Andrew Bowie, who first brought the beach games idea to us and who organised and operated the various elements of the games and the commentary.

We look forward to the next events in the town centre calendar and are already planning the 2016 events programme, possibly including a bigger and better Beach Highland Games. Bill Harvey. Manager, Kirkcaldy 4 All 189a High Street, Kirkcaldy.