Para Standing Upper Limb Loss

Definition of class.

• Athletes missing a hand to a full loss of an arm, or with complete loss of function of an arm.

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

Routing edge case. Athletes with hand deformities but functioning arm capacity from the wrist up are placed in Neuro/Muscular, not Upper Limb Loss. The distinction is functional — arm-power loss vs. hand-only deformity.

Permissible adaptations.

• Prosthetic arm.

• 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: Youth to Masters Caber, depending on adaptive capability. (No Caber records kept.)

• Sheaf Toss — 10 lb

• Light Hammer — 8 lb

• Heavy Hammer — 12 lb

• Optional Hammer — 16 lb (records kept at all three hammer weights)

• 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: Youth Caber. (No Caber records kept.)

• Sheaf Toss — 8 lb

• Light Hammer — 6 lb

• Heavy Hammer — 8 lb

• Optional Hammer — 12 lb (records kept at all three hammer weights)

• 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.