For Argyll

The end of a week where wind has been critical to Tiree’s sports tourism - the Tiree Wave Classic international windsurfing event - is a good time to announce funding for a project to harvest even more from the wind…

The first bouts of action were with the Pros - see last night’s item (headlined with the surprise Paolo Nutini gig) for the elimination Leader Board and the series of one-to-ones to be sailed today.

John Skye has just (18.00) won…

Today’s action on Tiree ended up with a major surprise of the best possible kind. Paolo Nutini happened to be on the island and offered to do a few numbers at An Talla during Campbeltown’s Breaks Surf Shop’s party.

Results and…

Right in the middle of Tiree Wave Classic week is the Adventure Race from Tiree to Coll - run yesterday (14th October). It’s a sort of triathlon, starting with a run, then a windsurf over to Coll and finally a…

One of the huge advantages of Argyll’s Tiree for a competition like this is that, as a small island out in the Atlantic, it has beaches with good waves on several coasts. This means that, generally speaking, you can find…

The fantastic field for this year’s Tire Wave Classic totals 43: 23 Pro men (15 seeded and 7 unseeded), 8 Amateurs, 8 Masters, 3 Ladies and 1 young sailor.

Today the Pros started at Balevullin in typical down-the-line conditions, making it…

As the Tiree Wave Classic surfs for Scotland in the north, The Independent on Sunday broke a story this morning (12th October) that the MOD has now restricted access to Kimmeridge Beach in Dorset in the south.

Kimmeridge Beach has been…

The Tiree Wave Classic is a long established event in world windsurfing and the longest running in the UK. This year’s event looks something of a collectors’ piece. The weather forecast is suitably impossible. There’s a really substantial prize pot.…

[ October 14, 2008; ]

Wakeboarding on the Tiree Wave Classic is an Adventure Race on Tuesday 14th October from Tiree to Coll. There are three stages to this - running, windsurfing and mountain biking. You can enter as an individual or as…

The internationally recognised surfing event - the Tiree Wave Classic, takes place on Argyll’s sunshine isle of Tiree this Saturday and Sunday (11th and 12th October). Crofters on the island are gertting defences in place to prevent camper van drivers…