A Highland games stalwart said being given the honour of chieftain at the Strathmore event was “humbling”.
Alex Webster from Forfar started out in Tug o’ War before spending most of his life organising Highland games and judging events.
The Strathmore connection stretches back to 1975 when the event was known as Forfar Highland Games and was held in the county town itself.
Mr Webster was a founder member of the Forfar Highland Games and 40 years later he was chieftain at Sunday’s Strathmore Games at Glamis Castle.
“I was extremely shocked to be asked but it’s a huge honour to be chieftain of the games,” he said.
“I was involved in the Forfar Highland Games in the 1950s at Station Park before we resurrected it again in 1975.
“My wife and I were founder members of the Forfar Highland Games and a lot of work went into raising funds for the first games.
“We didn’t just want to run it for a short period of time and then it would be defunct – we wanted it to continue and become just as big as it is today.”
Mr Webster and his wife Ethel were long-standing members of the Scottish Highland Games Association before they retired last year.
Serving as president of the association from 1993-1995, Mr Webster was also a highly respected Heavyweight judge the length and breadth of Scotland.
Mrs Webster was a past secretary and assistant secretary of the association and was well-known on the circuit assisting her husband with the judging and recording of results.
The couple are extremely well-known on the circuit but admitted they weren’t too comfortable stepping into the limelight for once at Sunday’s extravaganza.
Mr Webster said the continuing success of the Games at Glamis Castle has been a dream come true as that was always his hope way back in 1975.
“The site in Forfar at Lochside Park was getting to be too small before it moved to Glamis Castle,” said Mr Webster.
“The backdrop of the castle makes it a beautiful venue and if you get a lovely day like this then there is no better place to be.”