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Matt Hand
AKA People's Champ
AGE 35
HEIGHT 6' 1"
WEIGHT 290
HOME TOWN Belmont NY
YEARS THROWING 17 years
HOW DID YOU START IN HIGHLAND GANES? As a family we watched a games at a living history museum near Rochester NY, I fell in love with the sport as a kid.
ATHLETIC BACKGROUND
FAVORITE EVENT Sheaf
PR IN FAVORITE EVENT 32'
GAME ACCOLADES 2015 East Coast Champion
2018 Royal Highland Games Champion
2 Time North-South Champ
FUNNY/UNIQUE HIGHLAND GAMES STORY In 2018 when I competed in Scotland, I got to have a whiskey and crack jokes with Prince Charles.
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