"Ballachulish Camanachd Club Ballachulish Camanachd Club is a shinty team from Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland. The club was founded in 1893 the same year as the Camanachd Association. One of the sport's most famous clubs, they won the Camanachd Cup four times before World War I. The club is also the most northerly of teams playing in the South district, the kyle at Ballachulish being the traditional demarcation point between the two districts. The club has moved to one team playing South Division Two in 2013 but soon gained promotion and re-established two teams, and gained promotion to National Division One"
"game was played between Glenurquhart Shinty Club and Strathglass Shinty Club in Inverness. This game was attended by thousands of people and was a major milestone in developing a set of common rules. This fixture was to be repeated on 12 January 2007 in Inverness as the opening centrepiece of the Highland 2007 celebrations in Scotland, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The modern sport is governed by the Camanachd Association (Scots Gaelic: Comann na Camanachd). The association came into being in the late Victorian era in as a means of formulating common rules to unite the various"
"a ""caman"", which is wooden and slanted on both sides. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent's stick, a practice called hacking. Players may also tackle using the body as long as it is shoulder-to-shoulder. The game was derived from the same root as the Irish game of hurling and the Welsh game of bando, but has developed unique rules and features. These rules are governed by the Camanachd Association. A composite rules shinty–hurling game has been developed, which allows Scotland and Ireland to play annual"
"were tied in the 2017 final. Macaulay Cup The Macaulay Association Camanachd Cup (known as the Artemis Macaulay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a trophy in the Scottish sport of shinty. It is competed for by the eight highest-placed league teams from the north and south areas of Scotland at the end of the previous season. The first winner of the cup, in 1947, was Newtonmore. It has been sponsored by investment management company Artemis since 2010. It is one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam in the sport of shinty. The current holders"
"Camanachd Cup. This is usually held at Old Anniesland. Once home to numerous Shinty clubs, there is now only one senior club in Glasgow, Glasgow Mid-Argyll, as well as two university sides from University of Strathclyde and University of Glasgow. Glasgow bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics but lost to Buenos Aires in 4 July 2013 vote. Glasgow will host the 2018 European Sports Championships along with Berlin (pre-existing hosts of the 2018 European Athletics Championships). On 9 November 2007, Glasgow was selected to be the host city of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The games were held at"
"Camanachd's ground in Ullapool, a three-hour ferry ride away on the mainland. In September 2009, the Scots Shinty Club was the first mainland shinty team to travel to Lewis for a game against Lewis Camanachd at senior level. The club has two annual fixtures that it arranges or is involved in, the Cuach a' Chuain Sgith trophy with Lochbroom and the Hebcelt Trophy, which is played for at the time of the Hebridean Celtic Festival. In 2008, the club had three players selected to represent Alba at shinty/hurling. In 2009, the club suffered a record defeat to Fort William in"
"Caberfeidh Caberfeidh Camanachd Club is a shinty team based in Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. Consisting of two teams, Caberfeidh currently play in the Marine Harvest Premiership having been promoted from the National Division after the 2017 season. The Caberfeidh 2nd's currently play in the Marine Harvest North Division 2. The name Caberfeidh comes from the Scots Gaelic for a stag's antlers, ""Cabar Feidh"" which is the symbol of Ross-shire. The club was founded in 1886 in the Spa Pavilion in Strathpeffer, celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2011. It was an amalgamation of the Strathpeffer club and the Knockfarrel club"
"at Croke Park, Dublin, albeit with the Irish fielding weaker players from the second tier Christy Ring Cup. Scotland made it four in a row when they won in 2008. London Camanachd is a shinty club first established in the Victorian era. They do not play league matches but sometimes compete in the Bullough Cup. They have historically been attached to the South District. They went into abeyance in 1992, but were reconstituted in 2005. They played the first officially recognised shinty match outside Scotland in 80 years on 22 July 2006 against the Highlanders. They compete annually in the"
"more accustomed to playing in Scotland. London Camanachd lead the resurgence from the 1980s onwards, though Cornwall and then wider England, fielding sides in the St Andrews Sixes, though both teams were predominantly made up of ex-university and armed forces players. The current club was formed in The Thirsty Scholar in Penryn on 15 March 2012, with the Committee made up of a group of archaeologists and archaeological students, chaired by Matt Mossop, a former St Andrews University and Scottish Universities player. Cornwall had their first match against London Camanachd in April 2012 at the community green in Flax Bourton."
"fixture between a Scottish shinty team and Irish hurling team occurred in 1896, when the London Camanchd and London GAA local clubs met in a friendly. The following year, the first official series featuring an amalgamation of rules from both sports, occurred at Celtic Park in Scotland between Glasgow Cowal and Dublin Celtic. International tests between all-Scotland and all-Ireland teams were played intermittently prior to World War II, though the anti-British sentiment of the GAA prevented a formalised series from occurring until the 1970s. It was not until 2003 that the Camanachd Association and the Gaelic Athletic Association committed to"
"final. The club has still to be granted the Camanachd Cup Final. The Eilan The Eilan, also known as ""Eilean Bheannchair"", in Scots Gaelic, is a shinty stadium in the town of Newtonmore, Scotland. It is the home of Newtonmore Camanachd and has been a shinty venue since at least 1877. The park is situated near a confluence between the River Calder and the River Spey on the outskirts of Newtonmore. It takes its name from Eilean Bheannchair which sits in the confluence. Shinty is recorded as being first played at the Eilan in 1877. The ground was redeveloped in"
"1898, with the first game played at Celtic Park. However, there was then a hiatus until Scottish representative teams and Irish sides took place in the 1920s. Following intermittent international games between Scotland and an all-Ireland team before the Second World War, controversy arose as the British Government put pressure upon the Camanachd Association to cease from co-operating with the Gaelic Athletic Association, disapproving of their perceived anti-British viewpoint However, universities in both countries kept the link going after the war and this led to a resumption of international fixtures between the two codes in the 1970s. After a long"
"traditional boundary of the North/South divide in shinty, with teams north of narrows playing in the North district's competitions and those South playing in their respective competitions. Ballachulish Camanachd Club play in the South Leagues. However, Ballachulish is still considerably far North in relation to most of Scotland. The club has won the Camanachd Cup four times. In 1903, a branch of the Callander and Oban Railway, from , was opened to Ballachulish. The site of the former railway halt of , the penultimate stop on the line before the Laroch quarries, was next to Ballachulish House, some inland from"
"Duncan Cameron (shinty player) Duncan Cameron is an administrator and ex-player in the sport of shinty. He is a three times past president of the sport's governing body, the Camanachd Association. Cameron was a player for Ballachulish before moving to Glasgow and playing for several clubs in Glasgow. Cameron, alongside his brother Iain, was instrumental in bringing about changes in shinty in the 1970s and early 1980s through public forums and reports. After holding various positions in the Glasgow Celtic Society, Cameron was elected President of the Camanachd Association in 1994, a position he held until 2000. In this time"
"international matches. Another sport with common ancestry is bandy, which is played on ice. In fact, in Scottish Gaelic the name for bandy is ""ice shinty"" (camanachd-deighe) and once upon a time bandy and shinty (and shinney) could be used interchangeably in the English language. Hurling, an Irish pastime for at least 2,000 years similar to shinty, is derived from the historic game common to both peoples. Shinty/Hurling appears prominently in the legend of Cúchulainn, the Celtic mythology hero. A similar game was played on the Isle of Man known as cammag, a name cognate with camanachd. The old form"
"was then followed by the STV show ""An Caman"". 2009 saw the Camanachd Association sign a deal with BBC Alba to broadcast all national finals as well as the Marine Harvest Festival. The MacAulay Cup and Camanachd Cup final were also shown on BBC Two. There is also an increasing amount of shinty on the internet, with various clips garnering attention on video sites such as YouTube. 2011 was a disappointing year for TV coverage outside of the usual games, but 2012 saw several games filmed live on BBC Alba. The sport is featured on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal by"
"Macaulay Cup The Macaulay Association Camanachd Cup (known as the Artemis Macaulay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a trophy in the Scottish sport of shinty. It is competed for by the eight highest-placed league teams from the north and south areas of Scotland at the end of the previous season. The first winner of the cup, in 1947, was Newtonmore. It has been sponsored by investment management company Artemis since 2010. It is one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam in the sport of shinty. The current holders are Kinlochshiel, who won their 2nd"
"Kyles Athletic Kyles Athletic Shinty Club is a shinty team from Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland. It is one of the sport's most illustrious names, presently playing in the Marine Harvest Premiership with their second team is playing in South Division one. In 2012 they won the Camanachd Cup for the first time since 1994, defeating local rivals Inveraray in the final. The club was founded in 1896 as ""Kyles Athletic Football and Shinty Club"", the same year as the first Camanachd Cup, which Kyles have gone on to win more times than any other club apart from the Badenoch giants, Newtonmore,"
"Associationin 1895. One of their greatest early players was Dr. John Cattanach, the sole shinty player in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. Since then, the club has won the Camanachd Cup 32 times – a record unmatched by any other team in the game. The club's most recent victory was in 2017. A defining moment in their history was winning a pulsating match 4–3 after extra time against Kingussie in 2011. This was their first win since 1985, signalled the end of Kingussie's dominance of the sport and helped lay the ghosts of their record loss to Kingussie in"
"range of teams under its auspices. There are two major clubs in England who are affiliated as separate members of the Camanachd Association. There are five teams in the SW League: The student teams also compete as Camborne School of Mines Shinty Club. The association also hosts the following sides: The association runs the English Shinty Championship, played for the Shinty Shop Challenge Cup. This was first played in 2012 in Flax Bourton. 2013 was played in Bristol. ""For more information see English Shinty Team"" The association co-ordinates the English Shinty Team. In 2013 The English side competed in the"
"There are national equivalents for the Camanachd Cup for intermediate and junior teams. There are regional cups for both senior and junior teams; the MacTavish Cup is the senior cup for the North and the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup is the one for the South. In recognition of shinty's shared roots with hurling, an annual international between the two codes from Scotland and Ireland is played on a home and away basis using composite rules. In recent years, the Irish have had the upper hand, but the Scots won the fixture narrowly in 2005 and again in 2006, this time"
"were outside of Glasgow and the 2015 Cup final was held in Taynuilt between Oban Camanachd and Kyles Athletic. The final continues to be played outside of Glasgow at present. It is organised by the Glasgow Celtic Society in conjunction with the Camanachd Association, not by the Camanachd Association itself. The present holders are Oban Camanachd. The Celtic Society did not originally run the competition but presented the trophy to the Glasgow Shinty Association. Upon the demise of this organisation the Celtic Society took over the running of the competition. In 1888, Inveraray played Furnace in the final and disputed"
"weeks following the Camanachd Cup final. Although London is the traditional home for shinty in England, thanks to Highland exiles, and latterly Scottish university graduates basing themselves in the English Capital, local oral history in Cornwall records the game being played amongst schoolchildren. The revival of the London Club has sparked interest in Cornwall, and Cornwall were finally able to offer London some 'local' opposition in March 2012. London's success grew and the English Capital's side hosted a successful tournament in September 2011 featuring the hosts, Cornwall and the SCOTS Camanachd. London have also played a composite rules game against"
"founders of US Camanachd, the club's players have also spread the game as ambassadors to other parts of the United States and there are, as of December 2010, 4 other clubs in the USA. The Northern California Camanachd Club also has Regional Challenge matches during the off Highland Games season, both clubs train year round. On 4 September 2005 the first international Shinty match between a team from USA and a team from Scotland on Scottish soil was played. The event was hosted by the Blairgowrie Highland Games where the Northern California Camanachd Club (NCCC) played a series matches against"
"make a bid to usurp Robertson at the 2011 A.G.M. and he was confirmed as President. Archie Robertson (shinty player) Archie Robertson (born 1950 in Kiltarlity, Scotland) is an ex-shinty player and internationalist and current President of the Camanachd Association. Robertson was born and brought up in Kiltarlity but his family connections were originally in Skye. Robertson started his playing career with Lovat but moved to Glasgow in 1973 and started playing for Glasgow Mid Argyll in the year GMA won the Camanachd Cup. He was also capped by Scotland at Compromise rules shinty-hurling. On retirement from the playing side"
"the MacAulay Cup. The club's stay in the Premier League was short-lived and their 9th-placed finish in 2013 resulted in them competing in National Division One in 2014. They again bounced back at the first opportunity and finished an admirable sixth in the Premier in 2015 alongside a Celtic Society Cup Final appearance where they lost a tight game to Kyles Athletic. The club reached the Camanachd Cup final in 2016 but were defeated by Newtonmore. ""*2010-present only""<br>""*2012: National League not reinstated until 2014. Relegation to South Div 1"" Oban Camanachd Oban Camanachd are a shinty team based in Oban,"
"goalkeeper Aeleen Campbell for a fantastic display which prevented the Skye ladies from achieving the league and cup double. Skye finally broke their Valerie Fraser hoodoo with a comprehensive 6-1 thumping of Lochaber at the same location, An Aird in 2017. Valerie Fraser Trophy The Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup also known as the Valerie Fraser Trophy or the Women's Camanachd Cup is the premier trophy in Women's shinty and is currently sponsored by Peter Gow. It is played on a knock-out basis by the teams in the National Division 1 League and is administered by the Women's Camanachd Association. The"
"been restricted to providing the refreshments off the pitch. However, in the mid-1990s there was a movement to create some form of competitive opportunities for women, influenced by the fact that many girls would be able to play shinty at Primary School level, and indeed under-14 level but would, for whatever reason unable to play at senior-adult level. In the 1990s, teams from Glengarry, Oban and Dunaad were beginning to play each other, this resulted in the Women's Camanachd Association being set up in 2001 to run the league and cup system discretely from the men's game. In the modern"
"the Camanachd Association and an Ireland team organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). The Camogie Association planned national and international camogie competitions, but withdrew after a dispute with the organisers, reflecting the anti-Free State bias of the association's leadership. An exhibition match was played without the association's sanction, while an association ""Ireland"" team played in London. Swimming events were held in the pond at Dublin Zoo. American Johnny Weissmuller and Australian Andrew ""Boy"" Charleton took part. The American Harold Osborn, the 1924 Olympic high jump champion, won the same event in the Tailteann Games The Sailing events of 1924"
"Billy Wotherspoon refereed. The 2011 final was played at the Bught yet again as An Aird is undergoing repair work. Newtonmore won the game 4-3 with an extra time goal. Derek Cameron refereed, assisted by John Crawford, Gus Campbell, Graeme MacMillan, Jock Matheson, Kevin Cheeseman and Iain Kennedy. The 2012 final was played on 15 September at Mossfield Park, Oban. Kyles Athletic defeated Inveraray. The match was televised (BBC Two) with commentary from Gary Innes. In 2013, Newtonmore lifted the trophy for the 30th time without conceding a goal the whole tournament. The 2014 Camanachd Cup Final saw Kingussie win"
"the programme, Spòrs na Seachdain, although English-language radio interest is usually restricted to the big events in the year. Commentary on the Camanachd Cup Final is provided in both English and Gaelic. Shinty Shinty () is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, and was even played for a considerable time in northern England and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated. While comparisons are often made with field"
"WCA National Division One The WCA National Division One is the top league for women in the sport of shinty, and is run by the Women's Camanachd Association. Below that from season 2016 there was a return to regional second level set-up with a WCA North Division 2 and WCA South Division 2. All three leagues are sponsored by Marine Harvest. This progression is evidence of the fact that women's shinty is the fastest growing section in Scotland's oldest sport. In 2016, Skye Camanachd won the league for the first time, clinching the title by comprehensively beating Aberdour Ladies 9-0"
"Cowal and Bute (shinty) Cowal and Bute Camanachd is a shinty club based in Dunoon, Cowal, Scotland. The club fields a side in the Women's League and is the only shinty team at adult level operating in Dunoon. The club was founded in 2003 and plays in Dunoon, there has historically not been shinty played in the town of Dunoon but the hinterland of the Cowal peninsula plays host to several illustrious clubs with male sides Kyles Athletic, Strachur and Col-Glen. The club produced a naked calendar in 2006. The team's catchment area includes the Isle of Bute and the"