"But for the athletes leaving from Lochmaddy the story was somewhat different, in fact it was a journey of almost epic proportion that demonstrated their commitment to getting to the event to compete! In total they were travelling for twenty-two hours before finally getting off the ferry! But even with just a little sleep the day before the race some good performances were put in…….The best performances from the North Uist team came from Iain Paco Macdonald and Angus Macdougall in the men's under 17 race. Both were clearly disadvantaged due to their twenty-two hour journey just to make it to dry land, not to mention the onward journey and lack of sleep. But both placed well in the race and were second and third respectively. For the North team, Joe Smithyman also picked up a team bronze medal. Paco felt unhappy with the run but his placing would indicate that if that's an unsatisfactory run then there's more to come when it really counts! That is, the National Championship next month when he can try and improve on his individual placing."

- Stornoway Gazette

"but perhaps a special mention should go to the North Team, in particular, those Island athletes from North Uist, who were on a ferry for 22 hours before hitting dry land and beginning the long journey by road to Edinburgh."

- Scottish Athletics Website

"North were seriously hampered........ A group from North Uist spent 22 hours storm-bound on the ferry, sleeping on the floor, before eventually docking at 4.30am on Skye and driving to Edinburgh, arriving as the races were already under orders."

- The Glasgow Herald