2023

2023 was an intense year with strong competition and an equally strong hurricane during the event. That didn’t deter our new Champion though, Isabella Macbeth who travelled all the way from South Carolina. She had an amazing record of 53:12 seconds off the table and overall time of 1:11:12. I reached out to ask her a few questions so we can get to know our new Champ.

Isabella told me about the first contest she ever won being the South Carolina State Championship back in 2016, a tournament she has won consecutively for a staggering 7 years now. That’s not all though, a 7th place finish in the US Nationals (2016) and a 3 time winner of the Virginia State Championship on each of her 3 attempts (2017, 2019 and 2021.) She’s also won the US Women’s Championship 3 years running (2021, 2022 and 2023.) With so many victories under her belt, it’s no surprise that the South Carolina shucker was one of 5 in the world to be chosen for the documentary The Oyster Shucker (On AppleTV & Amazon Prime.) Isabella got her start professionally back in 2009 for a year before taking a break and getting back into it in 2015.

I know I can speak for my sister Britteny when I say it was an honor for us to see you there and become our new Champion!