The Commonwealth Games haven’t even started but Inverness is already guaranteed a share in the legacy of the event.
Inverness Leisure will collect some of the track and field equipment used in the Glasgow games after the sporting event is over.
Among the equipment which will makes its way to Inverness is a variety of different javelins, shotputts, hammers and discus.
They will also take receipt of various other items of official track and field officiating equipment, including marshall’s flags and a specialist device to measure the dimensions of table tennis tables.
Equipment used in the games will be sent to sports clubs and businesses all over the country who have wanted them.
Speaking about the legacy equipment Inverness Leisure’s chief executive James Martin said: “We are really pleased to have been granted some of the equipment that will be used at the games.
“I think it was a really innovative and exciting idea for the games organisers and sportscotland to come up with the idea that the genuine games equipment would be distributed to venues around the country at the end of the games.
“When the process opened up last month, we put in an application to be considered to receive some of the track and field equipment that will be used at the main stadium in Hampden.
“So we were delighted to find out that we have been selected to receive some of what we asked for when the games are over.”
The equipment will be sent to the Queen’s Park athletics stadium at Inverness, with the caveat that it is still in good working condition after being used in the Glasgow games.
Mr Martin added: “It is tremendous that Inverness Leisure has been selected as one of the 2014 Legacy Sports Equipment recipients.
“It is just great to think that some of our young athletes will be training or competing using some of the equipment we may be seeing on our television screens over the next couple of weeks.”