The Gathering of the Clans (Scottish Inter-Club Surfing Championships) will take place this Saturday at Lost Shore Surf Resort – the first ever surfing event to take place at the new wave pool.
Recent iterations of this event have taken place all around Scotland; Pease Bay, Shetland, Fraserburgh, Tiree, Thurso and Aberdeen and this will be the first time the event will have taken place so close to the capital and as such Scottish Surfing are hoping for a showcase to a whole new audience.
Spectators are welcome at the event which will be followed by a canape reception (5pm) and then St Andrews day after party with DJ (7:30pm til late) in the Lost Shore events suite.
Defending Open division champions for the last two years Phoebe Strachan (NSSC) and Mark Boyd (NSSC) will be defending their titles as well as trying to win the club title for the North Shore Surf Club for the 7th consecutive year.
Phoebe Strachan said;
“I’m really looking forward to this weekend’s event which is a great opportunity for people to come and see the ever increasing standard of Scottish Surfing – the team aspect of the comp is going to be really exciting this year and I can’t wait to compete in a pool for the first time.”
Last year’s Open Men’s runner up and Junior winner Craig McLachlan (NSSC), now graduated out of the junior division, will be looking to take top honours along with his team mates. Sam Christopherson of Belhaven Surf Club (BHSC) will be defending the Masters (40+) title, Callie Cruickshank of the Broch Surf Club (BSC) the Junior Girls division and despite being victorious for the Broch in last year’s Longboard division, Malcolm Findlay will be replaced by Glen Bruce (BSC).
The following club teams will compete in the event for the Clans sword and quaich;
North Shore Surf Club (Thurso)
Belhaven Surf Club (Dunbar)
Broch Surf Club (Fraserburgh)
Edinburgh & Borders Surf Club (Edinburgh)
Lossie Surf Club (Lossiemouth)
Aberdeen Surf Club (Aberdeen)
Sandend Surf Club (Sandend)
Tiree Surf Club (Tiree)
Competitors will be scored on their best 2 out of 4-6 waves in each 15-20minute heat. The event will run from 8am – 4pm this Saturday and Scottish Surfing and Lost Shore Surf Resort look forward to welcoming competitors and spectators along to the new facility where there will also be affiliate and partners stalls in the event suite during the day for the public to browse and visit.
Live scores and Live Stream links will be posted on Scottish Surfing’s Facebook Group and on www.scottishsurfing.scot later this week
