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The Ironman and Highland Games with a man lifting a pole

International Heavy Events Challenge

May 16 - 17
Topaz Park
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The Victoria Highland Games competition is considered one of the premiere Heavy Events competitions in the world (having held the 2010 and 2018 World Championships and the 2012 and 2017 CSAF Canadian Championships). This year will be no different with the best male and female athletes in the Highland Games including World Record holders, National Champions and World Champions.

Sponsored by Lighthouse Brewing Company, the International Heavy Events Challenge runs both Saturday and Sunday with the Amateur divisions competing in the mornings (8am-noon) and the Professional divisions taking the field in the afternoons (noon-close).

The Heavy Events happens on Topaz Field. Please see the full schedule on Topaz Field.

Destination Greater Victoria is honoured to be based on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples of the Songhees Nation and Xwsepsum Nation, whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.