The Ba'

The Ba'

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Every Christmas and New Year's Day the "Ba'" is contested in the streets of Kirkwall. The game has been played in its present form since about 1850 between

Photos from The Ba''s post 29/12/2022
Photos from The Ba''s post 26/12/2019

Christmas Day Men’s’ Ba’ Game. Thrown up by Maker George Drever, winner doonie Erlend Hutchison at 19:15 all photos by Magnus, many more at www.bagame.com

Photos from The Ba''s post 01/01/2019

New Year 2019 Mens' Ba' thrown up by Benny Thompson won bu Uppie Steven Spence. This and Xmas game online at http://www.bagame.com

Photos from The Ba''s post 01/12/2018

Ba' Exhibition Opening, Old Library 30th November 2018, all photos copyright Ken Amer, Orkney Photographic.

Photos from The Ba''s post 01/12/2018

Sewtting up the Ba' Exhibition in the Old Library, Kirkwall

Photos from The Ba''s post 28/11/2018

Good progress in hanging Ba’ exhibition but lot more to do

Photos from The Ba''s post 27/11/2018

Magnus hanging Ba photos

Photos from The Ba''s post 09/11/2018

I have finished scanning processing around 40k Ba' photos from 82 games and now have 6,000 to make the selections for the exhibition. The printer has arrived so later next week the first prints will be coming off.

Photos from The Ba''s post 02/11/2018

The Ba' Game exhibition opens on 30th November. We are very busy scanning and processing images. The big job of selecting out of over 40k images is underway too.

Photos from The Ba''s post 25/12/2017

Pix now online at bagame.com

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