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{{Infobox recurring event |
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|name = Cowal Highland Gathering |
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|country = [[Scotland]], United Kingdom |
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|logo = Link cowal.jpg |
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|coordinates = {{Coord|55.959|-4.924|}} |
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|location = [[Dunoon]], [[Cowal]], [[Argyll and Bute]] |
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|years_active = 1894–present |
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|dates = Final weekend in August annually |
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|genre = Highland Gathering |
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|website = {{URL|https://www.cowalgathering.com/}} |
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The '''Cowal Highland Gathering''' (also known as the '''Cowal Games''') is an annual [[Highland games]] held in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] town of [[Dunoon]], on the [[Cowal]] peninsula in [[Argyll and Bute]], over the final weekend in August. |
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==History== |
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[[Image:2008-08 - Plum Island and Cowal Games 503.jpg|thumb|rifht|Pipe bands filing into the stadium for the salute to the Chieftain and the award announcements at the 2008 event.]] |
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The first.<ref name=hist>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428142913/http://www.cowalgathering.co.uk/history-of-the-gathering.asp |title=A brief history of the Cowal Highland Gathering |publisher=cowalgathering.co.uk |accessdate=27 June 2017}}</ref> |
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1906 saw the introduction of a [[pipe band]] competition. |
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After a break during the years of [[World War II]], the first post-war Gathering, in 1946, attracted attendances of 28,000. However, the record attendance, to date at least, was in 1950 when 30,000 visitors attended, one of whom was then-[[Prime Minister]] [[Clement Attlee]].<ref name=hist/> |
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==Pipe band competition== |
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In January 2013, following a meeting between the Gathering Committee and the [[Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association|RSPBA]], it was announced that, from 2014, Cowal would lose its status as a 'major' Pipe Band competition, a status enjoyed by the event since 1906.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dunoon-observer.com/index.php/news/1-news/5469-gathering-storm |title=Gathering Storm |publisher=Dunoon-observer.com |date=2013-01-22 |accessdate=2013-08-30}}</ref> The Gathering chairman admitted that the major competition had outgrown the limited facilities at Dunoon Stadium. As a result, only 24 pipe bands registered to compete at the 2014 gathering, although most competed in several events when they would have only competed once previously. |
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==Highland dancing competition== |
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The Cowal Gathering is host to some of the most prestigious [[Highland dancing]] competitions in the world, including the World Championships. Around 750 dancers compete over the three days with many travelling from Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand. |
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== References == |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* {{Official website|http://www.cowalgathering.co.uk/}} |
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{{commons category|Cowal Highland Gathering}} |
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