 Games are played twice a year, normally on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.Played in the Royal Burgh of Kirkwall, the two sides are the Uppies and the Doonies, or more correctly, "Up-the-Gates" and "Doon-the-Gates" from Norn "gata" (path or road), although it is also common in Scots.The tradition belongs to Kirkwall and the surrounding area of St Ola, and has always been played by men from those two areas since before records began.