Skykon and Strathclyde Fire & Rescue sponsor star events on Tiree & Coll

The spectacular annual Tiree Wave Classic international windsurfing event and the unique triathlon that is the CalMac Coll Challenge have attracted new sponsors.

The Tiree Wave Classic runs from 10th – 16 October and the CalMac Coll Challenge runs, windsurfs and bikes on and between the islands of Tiree and Coll on 15th October.

The new sponsors are:

Skykon

Skykon is a newcomer to Argyll and something of a White Knight in riding to the rescue of Kintyre by taking over the wind turbine tower manufacturing plant at Campbeltown for a major upgrading. The beautiful beach at Machrihanish, near its Kintyre plant, is now becoming a major surfing beach in its own right. The young Boardseekers business supporting the sport is established in Campbeltown. Skykon’s support for the sport and for the Tiree event will be winning the company new friends across Argyll.

Jesper Øhlenschlæger, CEO of Skykon, commented: ‘Skykon is delighted to sponsor the Tiree Wave Classic which has great synergy with our company. Skykon is a supplier of tower solutions and wind technology components to the wind power industry, hence wind is our main business.  We look forward to being associated with this fantastic event’.

Gordon Ritchie, Director of GMFCo, the company running the event for Tiree, says: ‘It’s great to see an international company involved in wind power with Scottish roots. Skykon really know the wind power market and have so much synergy with The Tiree Wave Classic.

‘StrathClyde Fire and Rescue serve the communities of Coll and Tiree. We had first hand knowledge of how good these guys are when Tiree’s Lodge Hotel had a fire in the kitchen when we were running the competition. This was dealt with within minutes. That’s when you really appreciate dealing with a professional team like StrathClyde Fire and Rescue’.

With the range of sponsors now on board, this year’s events are shaping up to be one of the best yet. It’s one of Tiree’s and one of Argyll’s unique events, underlining the wealth of natural resources here for the best activity tourism.

For regular news on Tiree, see Gordon Scott‘s Isle of Tiree Diary. Gordon is our Tiree Editor, has been iving on the island since 1993 and describes himself as ‘…a singer, writer, very slow runner, cyclist’. Doesn’t mention windsurfing. Yet.