PUTTING THE SHOT

This was one of the simplest competitions, in that competitors were required to throw large boulders as far as possible.  Needless to say, no two boulders are alike, so some of the success boasted did not quite match up to others.

These days the weight is standardised at 16lbs and a regulation steel ball replaces the rather less predictable stones.  With the very high standard of entry we get at Bridge of Allan, a good number of records have been set and broken here.