Those stones are still on the bridge and I myself lifted one in each hand on many occasions and one market day, I carried them across the bridge and back, some four to five yards - Donald Dinnie.


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Listed below are the names and details of lifters who have put the wind under the stones unassisted between 2000 and 2015.

Clive Williams - At Potarch - 12th November 2000 & 1st November 2008

Raimonds Bergmanis - At Hazelhead, Aberdeen - July 2001

Steve Angell - At Potarch - 8th October 2001 & 17th November 2006

Kevin Fulton - At Potarch - 8th October 2001

James B.Blackhall - At Potarch - April 2002

Raymond Christie - At Potarch - 29th October 2003

Bill Crawford - At Potarch - 3rd October 2005, 8th December 2007, 6th August 2016 & The Gathering 7th August 2022

Kenneth Nowicki - At Potarch, 7th May 2006 & 19th August 2007, & Aboyne Games 1st August 2009

Noel Green - At Potarch - 18th June 2006 & at The Gathering II - 5th August 2018

Tony Aitchison - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 28th October 2006

Tom Love - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 28th October 2006

Blyth Stevenson - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 28th October 2006

Stan Pike - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 17th November 2006

Craig Reid - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 13th July 2007

Keith Craigmile - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 8th December 2007, 28th June 2009 & 16th November 2018

Richard Ingram - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 8th December 2007, 4th May 2008 & 28th June 2009

Mike Fraser - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 8th December 2007 & 28th June 2009 & 16th November 2018

Matthew Waldron-Moir - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 15th December 2007

Rob Russell - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 24th August 2008

Laine Snook - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire - 12th December 2008

Dr. Lance Holland-Keen - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire – 5th January 2009 & 14th June 2017

Stephen "Stainless" Murray - At the Aboyne Highland Games, Aberdeenshire - 1st August 2009

Andrew Cairney - At the Aboyne Highland Games, Aberdeenshire - 1st August 2009, at Potarch on Saturday 17th December 2016 & at The Gathering II - 5th August 2018

Robert Travis Willingham - At Potarch - 7th September 2009

Roger Davis - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire - 28th June 2009 & 7th December 2010

Brett Nicol - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire - 2009 - 2016 & at The Gathering - 6th August 2018, at The Gathering II - 5th August 2018 & at Potarch 19th January 2019

Paul Joseph - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire - 9th & 10th October 2010

Rainer Katzenbeisser - At Potarch - 3rd & 4th April 2012 & 30th June 2013

Alex Roberts - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire - 29th July 2012 & 27th March 2013

Chad Ullom - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire - 4th November 2012 & at The Gathering - 6th August 2017 & at The Gathering II - 5th August 2018

Mark Haydock - At Potarch - 4th November 2012, The Gathering - 6th August 2017 & 19th January 2019

Al Myers - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire - 4th November 2012

James Grahame - At Potarch - 28th June 2013 & at The Gathering - 6th August 2017

Matt Vincent - At Potarch, Aberdeenshire - August 2013

Robert 'Eishenhans' Spindler - At Potarch - August 2013

Mark Felix - Aboyne Highland Games - 2nd August 2014

Travis Gardner - Aboyne Highland Games - 2nd August 2014

Ryan Stewart - Aboyne - 31st July 2015 & at The Gathering - 6th August 2017

Stevie Shanks - At Aboyne Village Green, Aberdeenshire - 3rd October 2015, at Potarch - 18th February 2017 & at The Gathering - 6th August 2017 & at The Gathering II - 5th August 2018

Thine very truly D Dinnie

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