The Clan MacLaren Challenge Caber

The Clan MacLaren Challenge Caber is a special event designed to test the very best Highland Games athletes. The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a caber, similar to a telephone pole.  Cabers at the regular games contests vary in length from 12 feet for novices and up to 18 feet in length and can easily weigh over 100 lbs.  The object is not the sheer distance of the throw, but rather to have the bottom end of the caber land directly 180 degrees from the thrower.  A perfect throw ends with the 'top' end nearest to the thrower and the 'bottom' end pointing away in a straight line.  Hand crafted by Raymond Mabey especially for the Newport Games, The Clan MacLaren Challenge Caber is 18’6” in length and 140 lbs.  The caber challenge will be open to all Highland Games athletes who successfully toss the ‘regulation’ caber during competition.  The winner of the challenge caber contest will pocket $100 and have their name engraved on the Newport Caber for posterity.  Both the Newport Anchor and Clan MacLaren Caber Challenge are scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the conclusion of the regular competition.