THE Aberdeen Highland Games will bring up 20 years of thrilling crowds in 2019 – and has gone to the special effort of creating and registering a tartan that represents various aspects of the region’s history.
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It has been listed in Scotland, but boasts a distinct local feel about it, with each colour having a hidden meaning behind it.
The blue represents the Hunter and Goulburn rivers, yellow the canola and wheat of Merriwa, white the dairy industry, purple the viticulture and red the blood of the light horseman and their horses.
President of the Highland Games committee, Charles Cooke, explained the motivation behind getting it made.
“Next year is the 20th anniversary of the Aberdeen Highland Games and we decided that we would get the tartan registered as a gift to the community of the Upper Hunter,” he said.
“We hope it will be able to be used by people like the council, it can be used for background or banners at events like the horse festival.
“We believe that there is a great use for this.
“The Hunter Valley at large was developed by Scots, so we thought there was no reason it couldn’t have something like this to show that.”
They intended on getting it turned into a design for a kilt.
However, Mr Cooke said that will not occur until at least the new year as it would have to be done in Scotland.
He admits he’s unsure how the community will receive the locally-made product, but hopes the public at large will appreciate the effort and thought that has been put into it.