Archive for June, 2012

Tiree has a Tiger Woods in the making with 6-year-old Jack MacCaskill from Vaul becoming the island’s youngest member of Vaul Golf Club to gain junior handicap status. Last month, at the age of just five, Jack completed three formal rounds of golf to a standard which achieved him a junior handicap of 54 –… »

Public Information Day 2012 The SPR Public Information Day for 2012 will be held in the autumn, on a date yet to be fixed. There will be a number of SPR staff on hand to give information on such issues as the implications of the new project timetable, the process of preparing our Environmental Statement… »

Dear all, …the cycle continues until there comes a day when there is no secondary education on Tiree I have been a member of the Parent Council and PTA for the last decade. The one issue that has consistently risen over that time has been the funding and security of the Music post. I do… »

An Iodhlann has just been awarded funding of £21,300 by the Scottish Digital Research and Development Fund for Arts and Culture to make historic archive material available through a mobile application whilst ‘on the ground’ walking, cycling or driving around the island. Have you ever been walking, seen something and wondered “what is that?”, or… »

There is little doubt that Tiree is the sunniest place in the UK – that fact was proved with Tiree getting the highest UK sunshine hours in April and May this year – 270 hours in May! The Tiree 10k weekend was one of the hottest with temperatures up into the mid thirties. So it… »

As the weather was at least going to be breezy with still that slight chill in the air the decision was made a few days before to hold the Diamond Jubilee Celebration Tea Party inside An Talla rather than outside. The hall was decked out in balloons, flags and bunting, tables were laid for over… »

NTA decided at the end of February to look at environmental issues associated with the proposed Tiree (Argyll) Array. We reported in the 16th March edition of AnT on the unique Tiree status of the Great Northern Diver and Basking Shark. This highlighted their relationship to possible Special Protected Areas on Skerryvore Reef, and the… »

Argyll Array Website The project website www.argyllarray.com has now been updated to reflect the recent changes to the project timings. It also now carries electronic copies of all the updates published in An Tirisdeach and copies of the indicative photomontages used at the June 2011 Public Information Day. New project timetable A number of people… »

As someone privileged to have been kindly invited to attend the recent celebration at An Talla of the legendary Tiree sea Captain, Donald MacKinnon of Heanish, I would like to thank all concerned, in particular Angus and Mary MacLean, whose untiring efforts and hard work made this memorable event possible, Lloyd and Robin Pitcher who… »