I talked my childhood friend, Kyle Fuller and his wife Lorraine Fuller, into a podcast after our Saturday night party of our 35th High School Reunion.  Kyle grew up on the same street in Waxahachie as I did, Grand Avenue.  We both lived on this street while attending Waxahachie Independent School District schools for twelve years.  This means that Kyle and I were in the same school for 12 years.  In the early days, we would walk home together.  We had a crew of friends that all walked home together.  Back in those days, we played all of the sports, each with its own season.  We played football together through graduation from high school.  Our senior year, Kyle was the starting left guard on the line, and I was the starting right guard.  Kyle was always brilliant in school but very quiet.  A man of few words.  

After high school, we parted ways and never stayed in touch.  Kyle played football for the University of Texas at Arlington.  Kyle was on the last team ever fielded by this university.  They shut the team down after Kyle’s junior year.  Coincidence?  They say there are no coincidences.  Kyle “The Football Program Killer” Fuller graduated from UTA and went on to work all over the world.  His extracurricular activities included weightlifting, competing in the Scottish Highland Games, and working the Byron Nelson Golf Tournament.  Through Facebook, I have come to really admire and appreciate his humor, wit, and intelligence.  Kyle’s Facebook posts are something to behold.  This man is truly an intellectual, gentle, giant with a great sense of humor.  He even lets Lorraine dress him up for any occasion.  It was great getting the opportunity to sit down and catch up with Kyle.  I would venture to bet that the words in the podcast added together may total more than all of the words in the conversations we had from first through twelfth grade.  It was beautiful.  

If you want a glimpse into the psyche that is Kyle Fuller, follow him on Facebook at: 

HighlanderKyleTX

Vance Hinds

For information about the Scottish or Celtic Games, Kyle provided the following information:

TCAA (Texas Celtic Athletic Association) – (https://txceltics.org/)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/261887637287209/.

Note, the TCAA only runs/organizes some of the games in Texas, and some are run by others. 

Movember Foundation website (focus on men’s health):

https://us.movember.com/

NASGA (North American Scottish Games Athletics) Database:

http://www.nasgaweb.com/dbase/main.asp

(where athletes can look up the results for a given games,

Scottish Master’s Website (I’d love to qualify for one of these):

  http://www.scottishmasters.org/home

Here’s a list of Scottish games held in Texas and nearby states that are typically held annually in these months:

February:

• North Texas Kickoff Games, Denton (TCAA)

March:

• Rocky Smith Memorial Highland Games, Midland (http://www.chspb.org/scottish-irish-faire/)
  (TCAA)
• Sherman Celtic Festival and Highland Games
  (TCAA) (https://www.shermancelticfest.com/)

April:

• San Antonio Highland Games (https://www.sahga.org/)
• Wichita Highland Games (KS)
• Iron Thistle (Yukon, OK) (http://unitedscotsok.com/iron-thistle-scottish-festival/)

May:

• Texas Scottish Festival, Decatur (http://www.texasscots.com/)
• Rio Grande Celtic Festival & Highland Games,
  Albuquerque NM

September:

• Sherwood Celtic Gathering, McDade TX (http://sherwoodforestfaire.com/more-events/celtic-gathering/)
• ScotFest, Broken Arrow OK (https://okscotfest.com/)

• Celtober/Movember Games, Denton (TCAA)
• Tyler Scottish Festival & Highland Games (https://tylerscottishfest.weebly.com/)
• Kerr County Celtic Festival & Highland
  Games, Ingram (http://www.kerrcountyceltic.com/)
  (TCAA)

November:

• Austin Celtic Festival (http://austincelticfestival.com/)
• Salado Gathering & Highland Games (https://saladomuseum.org/scottish-gathering-and-highland-games/)
• Freaking-Old-Guys (FOG) Games, Johnson City

This page shows video demos of most of the HG events (some of the world records have been surpassed since).

https://www.shermancelticfest.com/highland-games.html.There are other good ones on YouTube. 

Also, here is the website for Kyle’s trainer:

 /http://www.warriorsciences.com/