Para Standing Neuro/Muscular

Definition of class.

• Athletes with neurological or neuro-motor disorders, muscle-loss or muscle-deficiency disorders or injuries, or limb-length deficiencies managed without a prosthetic.

• All Highland Games rules and regulations apply other than identified permissible adaptations and event weights.

Permissible adaptations.

• Splints, straps, or other bracing to support or protect limbs in dynamic movements.

Event weights — Men — Open tier. Required for record eligibility at Field, National, Continental, and World levels.

• Caber — approximate equivalent for reference: Women's to Masters Caber, depending on adaptive capability. (No Caber records kept.)

• Sheaf Toss — 12 lb

• Light Hammer — 12 lb

• Heavy Hammer — 16 lb

• Weight for Height — 42 lb

• Light Weight for Distance — 28 lb

• Heavy Weight for Distance — 42 lb

• Open Stone — 16–22 lb

• Braemar Stone — 20–26 lb

Event weights — Women — Open tier. Required for record eligibility at Field, National, Continental, and World levels.

• Caber — approximate equivalent for reference: Women's to Masters Caber, depending on adaptive capability. (No Caber records kept.)

• Sheaf Toss — 10 lb

• Light Hammer — 8 lb

• Heavy Hammer — 12 lb

• Weight for Height — 28 lb

• Light Weight for Distance — 14 lb

• Heavy Weight for Distance — 28 lb

• Open Stone — 8–12 lb

• Braemar Stone — 13–18 lb

Adaptive Masters tiers. Sheaf, Weight for Height, and Heavy Weight for Distance each drop one implement step at M40+, and the drop pattern extends at SM50+. Full schedule in the framework.