Scottish Islands Peaks Race

2024 results

Congratulations to 2024 Scottish Islands Peaks Race winners, Tangaroa! Skipper Des Balmforth, runners Robin Wilkins and Ross Spalding, with crew Steven Forteith and Nicolas Le Clanche came in with a time of 53:54:46.

Class winners were:

Class 1 – Excalibur III (Brian Young, Josh Gilchrist, Marc Turner, Angus Bruce Jones, Chris Baynham Hughes)

Class 2 – Tangaroa (Des Balmforth, Steven Forteith, Nicolas Le Clanche, Robin Wilkins, Ross Spalding)

Class 3 – Storm Free (Marc Heger, Calum Bell, Rowan Edwards, Catherine J Macphail, Iain Pender)

Class 4, All Rounders – Boorach (Adam Wallace, Will Normand, Andrew Normand, Alex McKay, Nicole McPherson)

Class 5, Interservice – Pintail (Rob Duke, Timothy Ives, Anish Darji, Abhinav Gurung, Hemanta Thapa)

Class 6, Youth – no finishers

King of the Bens – Sasha Chepelin, Daniel Stansfield (Sundance of Lorn)

Molls of Kintyre – Morag McLelland, Claire Gordon (Marisca)

Elspeth Scott trophy for Mixed Pairs – Jill Stephen, Craig Freshwater (Pippa VI)

Junior King of the Bens – Matt Ready (Adult), Chris Dowd (Adult), Euan Dowd, Thomas Harden, Oscar Johnson (Kittiwake)

Oban Slip Trophy for fastest Oban run time – Sasha Chepelin, Daniel Stansfield (Sundance of Lorn)

Old Dogs Trophy for highest combined team age to complete the race – Ghillie with an aggregate age of 278

Fascinator Trophy for best photographic, video or written log – William Bowers (Elixir of Lorn)

Best Battleflag – Sundance of Lorn

Bill Tulloch Award for Best Sporting Endeavour – Dipper, in recognition of them being the first all female team in 19 years to finish SIPR

Bosun’s Whistle for Best Piper – Glenalmond College (Taeping)

Congratulations to all the winners, and well done to everyone who participated. We hope to see you again next year.

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