Some of you will have seen this photo before, the reason i post it again is i was speaking to someone the other day that didn’t believe that we once had pole vault at Markinch Highland Games.
Even moreso when i told him it was take off and landing on grass!
No take off box and no cushioned landing bed, no bendy fibre/carbon pole, just a metal one with a spiked bottom!!
Photo – Alan Ingram