Helen Thompson comes second in Littlehampton Kite Surfing event

This week’s news seems so far to be all connected with water. Argyll’s Helen Thompson from Tiree has come second at the British Kite Surfing Association competition at Littlehampton. Finishing on Sunday 28th September, the event was dogged by poor winds. This meant that, with neither the women’s nor the men’s pro events were completed.

The results had to be made on the basis of the two heats able to be run. Helen came second in the first heat and won the second heat. Unfortunately the first heat counted as the result, giving Helen second place in that round and second place overall in the championships. Hannah Whiteley now leads overall by 95 points. (Had both heats counted Helen would be leading overall now.) To win the championships, Helen needs to win at Brighton in October, the last event of the season. We’ll keep you posted.

In the meantime, you’ll find some great pics of the event at the Ex-Pix website which specialises in extreme sports and which has been helping to promote Helen. Her achievements on the national waves help to draw attention to the fantastic wind and wave resources of her home base at Argyll’s Isle of Tiree – aka The Sunshine Isle and home to the Tiree Wave Classic, the World Cup event running from 11th – 18th October.