Heavyweights head to Fife for Ceres Highland Games

The best Highland games heavyweights are heading for Fife this weekend for an epic clash of the titans.

Ceres will host the latest round of strongman events today at one of the most historic sporting gatherings anywhere on the planet.

Giant Czech athlete Vlad Tulacek is top of the heavyweights league this season, narrowly ahead of reigning champion Lukasz Wenta with Scottish number one Kyle Randalls also starting to hit form.

All three will go head-to-head on Bow Butts field in a series of events designed to show how far and high they can throw and how well they can toss the caber.

Highland games allow locals to measure up against the kilted man-mountains as registrations from all-comers are welcomed, even on the day.

Mr Randalls, From Falkirk, said: “I can’t wait for Ceres to come round. This looks like it will be the closest heavyweight league in years with Vlad and Lukasz neck and neck, but I’m getting stronger in all the events, not just my speciality of the hammer.

“The standard is creeping up which means it’s harder to win but that’s a great thing from the point of view of the competition.”

McBookie.com can’t separate Tulacek and Polish-born personal trainer Wenta and has them as 5/4 joint favourites to win with Randalls the 6/1 outsider.

Spokesman Paul Petrie: “Ceres has an atmosphere all of its own. It’s a beautiful part of the world on a summer’s day.

“There have been strongman events on that park now for centuries but this generation are setting new records.”