THE BA' WEBSITE

Happy New Year 2009 everyone

Magnus and Charles Tait's archive of the Ba' Game. Images of the Christmas 2008 and the New Year 2009 are now online. This was the 64th to be covered by us.

New Year 2009 Men's Ba' online

Christmas 2008 Men's Ba'

Higher resolution Ba' images are available on our Gallery
including the latest two games

Article on the Kirkwall Ba' Game from the Orkney Guide Book, 3rd edition


 Fraser Byers throwing up the New Year 2009 Ba', which was won by Mark Kemp


The Christmas 2008 Men's Ba's was won by Uppie Neil Stevenson and thrown up by Josie Robinson



The Ba' is played every Christmas and New Year's Day in Kirkwall, Orkney. This traditional game of mass football is played in the streets of the town between the Uppies and the Doonies. For more details about the history of the game click here.

Charles Tait has been covering Ba' games online since Christmas 1997 and photographically since New Year 1977. Images and reports from this season below will be available to view after the games. The 2007 Mens' New Year game was the 60th to be covered by Charles Tait. To see the full list of games covered click here. The forthcoming book,"The Ba' - Uppies v Doonies" will have a large selection of images from all of these games.

New Year Men's Ba' 2009 winner Mark Kemp Uppie
Christmas Mens' Ba' 2008 winner Neil Stevenson Uppie
New Year Men's Ba' 2008 winner Neil Stockan Uppie
Christmas Mens' Ba' 2007 winner Ian Gorn Uppie
New Year Men's Ba' 2007 winner Ronnie Paterson Uppie
New Year Boys' Ba' 2007
winner Aaron MacLean Uppie

Christmas Men's Ba' 2006

winner Stuart Slater Uppie
Christmas Boys' Ba' 2006 winner Ewan Grey Uppie
2006 New Year Men's Ba' winner Doonie Alec Findlater
2006 New Year Boy's Ba winner Doonie Christopher Guthrie
2005 Xmas Men's Ba' winner Uppie Eoin Learmonth
2005 Xmas Boy's Ba'  winner Doonie Marcus Guthrie
2005 New Year Men's Ba' winner Uppie Gary Coulterd
2005 New Year Boy's Ba' winner Uppie Dean Campbell
2004 Xmas Men's Ba' winner Andrew Currie Uppie
2004 Xmas Boy's Ba'  winner John Tait doonie
1980 Men's Ba' won by Ian Smith who threw up the 2005 New Year's Day Ba'
Previous games by Charles & Magnus Tait All of the games we have covered with a selection of images
The Kirkwall Ba' Game The story of the Ba' Game
Ba' Winners Past Games and Winners
Links Orkney and Neolithic links

ll of the images on this site are available as prints - to order please quote the number on the left of the caption of the form X2000-1234. Orders may be placed by email, phone or fax. The standard size is 5x7in, although other sizes are available. Images are also available for reproduction - please quote year (e.g. NY2000) and number or caption.