At Boardwalk Beach Club in the dying days of summer 2018 they held a beach cricket match…yes you guessed it on the beach! And it may now become a regular sporting fixture.
The match was held at low tide at Silverknowes Beach looking out to Cramond Island where the Submariners and the Barracudas battled for glory.
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The match was the brainchild of Eddie Tait, owner of the nearby Boardwalk Beach Club which overlooks the promenade, a man with many ideas to put the coastline on the map.
The match was declared a huge success by all who took part and with the fixture sparking interest from other parties, there could be Edinburgh’s first beach cricket league there next summer.
Eddie said : “We had great support for the game, the first of its kind in Edinburgh, and it really seemed to catch the imagination.
“We had a BBQ and a live band performing and the atmosphere was great.
“Since the match, we have had a lot of enquiries from people wanting to set up teams and it’s looking like we could have enough to have a league next year based at the Boardwalk Beach Club, which would be phenomenal.”
The entrepreneur has dreams of a viewing platform on Cramond Island and has discussed plans for a botanical garden to enhance the promenade. And you know what these dreams might just come true!
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