No Fame Games, LLC
| 2021 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Varies (last held in Milford, Massachusetts, USA) |
| Established | 2021 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
| Current champion | |
 Vladislav Tuláček | |
No Fame Games, LLC (or "NFG" as it is colloquially referred to) is a company specializing in Celtic Strength Culture. Using the format of the Scottish Highland Games, it has grown to encompass not just the Highland Games, but a Team Highlander competition, Celtic Stonelifting, and Celtic Wrestling. Their goal is to support, empower, and promote people and communities via Celtic Strength.
Passionate about Celtic strength history and tradition, NFG provides people from all walks of life with a safe and fun environment, with the goal of ensuring the spirit of Celtic Sports stays alive, flourishes, and is protected for future generations. NFG's logo and reputation has permeated the Heavy Athletics culture, becoming a reminder to return to the core of why athletes do what they do: For the Love of the Game.[1]
History
Founded in 2021 by Joshua Mackintosh, No Fame Games began as a grassroots backyard movement coming out of COVID-19 in 2021. A group of competitive athletes of the Scottish Highland Games banded together, missing the camaraderie within the community of athletes. The dual meaning of No Fame Games came from the group returning focus to the community and not awards or fame, as well as creating a Support & Guidance Award where they give back to the elders and significant figures of the past within the Celtic strength community.
The main pillars listed on their website include: unity, integrity, community.[2]. No Fame Games has been predominately autonomous from festivals and nonprofits; the management has not needed to depend on a Board or nonprofit to make group decisions, resulting in the freedom to create and act as they deemed most beneficial to the community. Capitalizing on a missing and needed niche of promotional videos and fun, flashy reels for the Highland Games brought online notoriety and social media presence. Focusing their attention to running backyarder-style Highland Games from 2021 to 2022, they were asked to incorporate the Professional Men and Women's Classes. [3]
In 2023, NFG grew to almost 100 competitors with one of the largest combined Pro Men and Women's Classes in the country for the year. Dubbing their annual event held outside of Boston the "Home Games", 2023 saw the introduction of the Team Highlander competition. The Team Highlander competition focused on gathering teams from various barbell clubs and gyms to compete against one another in a more Highland Games meets Strongman event format. NFG grew further and in 2024 became pillar partners with Sports Illustrated Tickets within the Highland Games arena. Home Games 2024 hosted over 140 athletes spread over the Highland Games Heavy Events and their coined Team Highlander, and included over 2500 spectators.
In 2025, NFG hosted 130 athletes from all over the world for four different competitions: Heavy Events of the Highland Games, Team Highlander, Stonelifting Lifting stone, and Celtic Wrestling. Celtic Stonelifting featured Martin Jancsics from the Rogue documentary "Stoneland", David "Indiana Stones" Keohan, Dave and Dale Nisbet, Keith Surret, and the New England Stonelifting Crew. Home Games 2025 also saw the inauguration of the Cloch Bán lifting stone, sent over from Ireland for the occasion. [4] Scottish backhold and Irish Collar-and-elbow were highlighted wrestling modalities that year, featuring Tom "Headhunter" Higgins and Tom "WarYoga" Billinge with Ian Carmichael of Forager Arts. NFG became the first Celtic event in the USA to accomplish this; gathering one of the largest and highest calibers of Celtic strength athletes and modalities under one umbrella.
From 2023 to 2025, NFG managed and directed the Athletic Department of the Maine Highland Games, run by the Saint Andrew's Society of Maine. In 2024, they were onboarded by Rogue Fitness to help run Rogue's first ever Highland Games demonstration and competition while at the 2024 Rogue Invitational held at the P&J Live Arena in Aberdeen, Scotland. In 2025, they successfully helped host and run Game Day logistics for the World Highland Games Championships, aka the Webster World Championships, at the Maine Highland Games in Windsor, Maine.
No Fame Games' mission continues towards making Celtic Strength relevant and popular. More information can be found at their website: www.nofamegames.com
List of Yearly Champions
| Year | Champion | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 |  Matt Hand |
Boston, USA
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| 2021 | Katie Vaudrain |
Boston, USA
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| 2022 | Spencer Tyler |
Boston, USA
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| 2022 | Meagan McKee |
Boston, USA
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| 2023 | Spencer Tyler |
Boston, USA
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| 2023 | Hannah Linzay |
Boston, USA
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| 2023 | Vladislav Tuláček |
Maine, USA
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| 2023 | Adriane Wilson |
Maine, USA
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| 2024 | Jacob Langworthy |
Boston, USA
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| 2024 | Hannah Linzay |
Boston, USA
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| 2024 | Matthew McDougal |
Maine, USA
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| 2024 | Kristine Rothwell |
Maine, USA
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| 2024 | Vladislav Tuláček |
 Aberdeen, Scotland
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| 2024 | Kristine Rothwell |
Aberdeen, Scotland
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| 2025 | Vladislav Tuláček |
Boston, USA
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| 2025 | Hannah Linzay |
Boston, USA
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| 2025 | Vladislav Tuláček |
Maine, USA
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| 2025 | Katie Vaudrain |
Maine, USA
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References
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