Stonehaven fireballs event cancelled
Organisers of Stonehaven fireballs Hogmanay event have announced it won't be going ahead this year
The organisers of the Stonehaven fireballs Hogmanay event have announced it will not be going ahead this year.
In a social media post organisers said it would "not be right" to run the event under the circumstances of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and request from the Scottish Government to reduce social mixing.
They lamented it was "Not an easy decision, but one that had to be made."
The Facebook post said:
"We’re sure you will all be aware of the reports of Covid case increases and the new recommendations around social distancing issued by the Scottish Government in the last few days.
"Whilst there are no fresh guidelines around events such as ours (yet), we feel that it just would not be right to run at this point.
"We are so proud of Stonehaven and of the Fireballs Ceremony, but we also feel we have a duty of care to the town’s residents (and in particular those in the auld toon) to not expose them to any more risk than necessary. They put up with so much from us under ‘normal’ circumstances!!"