Four members of the Collieston Rowing Club, along with two rowers from Catterline, took part in the Great River Race in London last Saturday. A 21.5 mile course up the river Thames from the centre of the city to Eel Pie Island. Along with 270 other rowing boats we...

Finally Gala Saturday arrived with sunshine and a light breeze in the morning, but clouding over towards the afternoon.   There was rain too but that didn’t stop the fun, as people sheltered in various tents and the Community Centre either enjoying refreshments, more...

One of of the favourite and popular events of the gala calendar, the SandCastle Competition never disappoints. Children and familes have been know to practice in the weeks leading up to make sure they make a perfect entry on the day. This year water and moats were...

A traditional Friday night event at Collieston Gala is the Quiz Night.   Not to be assumed to be easy quiz night, as resident quiz master Nicola likes to challenge her quizee's on lots of subjects. This year was no exception as rounds included the world cup, arts and...

The fancy dress parade is an event enjoyed by all ages.   There is no age limit to taking part with parents and grandparents often dressing up with the children and following the local piper from  High Town, through the village to Low Town, finishing on the pier for...

Stuart - also known as 'The Collieston Conjurer' did two sold out performances during gala week. With fellow magicians in the audience for the first show, Stuart performed a selection of card and rope feats of magic and showed the audience why you never play cards...

Kids boules could not have had much different weather compared to the session the night before. Beautiful blue skies and sunshine. Two leagues were played with primary aged children playing pairs against each other and academy aged children playing singles. The...

Wednesday night of Gala week was wet, but bravely some of our hardy villagers came out for boules night.   There were 7 teams battling the elements, the puddles and even at one point a floating jack. There was much chat, laughter and a very welcome bar provied by the...

On a day where we all awoke to the sound of rain 'pinging' off our windows and thick fog, it turned out to be a nice afternoon, reaching 25°c - making it the 3rd warmest day this year, it was fairly Scottish-Weather-Typical that it started raining at 6:30pm for the...

Yes, it's that time of the year again, when the Marquee becomes unearthed from the bottom of the sheds, the bugs and spiders that have been living there have to be evicted and the heavy wooden floor has to be moved. However, thanks to some grant-work, we have a new...