In which sport would you compete for the Camanachd Cup
"Association was involved in youth development in 2011 and this will hopefully lead to a re-emergence of Kintyre in future. Kintyre Camanachd Kintyre Camanachd is a shinty team from Campbeltown, Kintyre, Scotland. It no longer holds membership of the Camanachd Association and has not fielded a senior side or a ladies' side for several years. However, it has youth teams which compete from time to time. Shinty was traditionally played, as in other Highland areas, at New Year. One game was notorious for being cancelled due to fighting and indeed a man was alleged to have committed murder at one"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"season, but under John Macritchie they did lift the Camanachd cup the biggest prize in the game. Kyles Athletic were the opponents this tie was played in Oban. It was a tight contest and finished 2-1 thanks to a Kevin Bartlett double and an Albert Smith medal winning performance from Stuart MacDonald. Lovat established a ladies team in 2011, which plays in National Division Two. The area had a long tradition of girls playing shinty alongside boys until a certain age, with players leaving the sport. In the 2010s, local talent was corralled by Gillian Currie and Gemma MacKinnon, two"
"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"
"played an ineligible player, Callum Stewart, in both the final win and the semi-final victory over Glenurquhart. Sir William Sutherland Cup The Sir William Sutherland Cup, more commonly known simply as the ""Sutherland Cup"", is a trophy in the sport of shinty. It is the national cup competition for ""junior"" sides, the equivalent of the Camanachd Cup for those sides in lower league competition. The current (2017) holders are Lochside Rovers. The trophy was donated by Sir William Sutherland M.P. in order to allow ""junior"" (i.e. small clubs) the opportunity for national competition and was first played for in 1923"
"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"
"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"
"against camogie teams. In recent years the gap with the Irish Camogie sides has been too great and so the Scotland national side now usually face British Universities GAA. In 2013, Scotland faced Dublin Camogie. Women's shinty Women's shinty is a sport, played almost entirely within Scotland, identical to the men's game – with the same rules, same sized pitch and same equipment. However, its history is significantly different. Social pressures – along with the broader game's self-image – resulted in a largely hidden history until comparatively recently. It is administered by the Women's Camanachd Association (Camanachd nam Ban) Women"
"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"
"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."
"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 current holders are Skye Camanachd. The trophy was originally donated to the Camanachd Association in memory of Valerie Fraser. It was originally a trophy for male teams and it was won by Glenurquhart in 1991. Some years later, after the competition"
"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,"
"to the sport of shinty. As a young man he played in a successful Glenurquhart Shinty Club side in the 1950s and early 1960s before moving to Aberdeen, where he was a founder of Aberdeen Camanachd, the Aberdeen University Shinty Club. His big contribution to the game of shinty was the establishment of the ""Shinty Yearbook"" in 1971 and publication continues to this day. He was also a vice-president of the Camanachd Association, the governing body of shinty, for 10 years. As well as his writings about agriculture and shinty he also produced a history of Loch Hourn and Arnisdale."
"of Taynuilt Sports Council and has played a major part in the creation of The Taynuilt Sports Hub. He has also become a respected pundit on the sport for the BBC. As shinty is an amateur sport, Inglis retained employment as a landscape gardener. He is also a keen amateur golfer. Fraser Inglis Fraser Inglis (born 5 October 1975) is a retired shinty player who played for Oban Camanachd and Kingussie Camanachd. Inglis started his career at Oban Camanachd. He was instrumental in the successes of the Lorn club throughout the 1990s, winning the Camanachd Cup in 1996 and also"
"Women's shinty Women's shinty is a sport, played almost entirely within Scotland, identical to the men's game – with the same rules, same sized pitch and same equipment. However, its history is significantly different. Social pressures – along with the broader game's self-image – resulted in a largely hidden history until comparatively recently. It is administered by the Women's Camanachd Association (Camanachd nam Ban) Women would have traditionally played shinty, but would not have been able to compete in games such as Iomain Challainn, the new year shinty matches which were a tradition across the Scottish Highlands. Women would have"
"with the showpiece game between North District and South District. This tournament has gone into abeyance since 2008. Lochaber Camanachd Lochaber Camanachd is a shinty club based in Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Scotland. The club's senior team play in the Marine Harvest Premiership while a reserve team plays in the North Division Two. Lochaber also field a woman's team. The club was formed in 1946 from Brae Lochaber (formed 1887) and Spean Bridge (formed 1894). The constituent clubs then split between 1949 and 1958 before amalgamating again in 1958. These two clubs were very prominent in the first days of organised"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"Camanachd. Lewis finished the season in eighth place, a two place and five point improvement on their debut season. Paul Duke stepped down at the end of the season and was replaced with Iain Sinclair for the 2013 season. Sinclair's first term in charge saw Lewis avoid bottom spot again for the second year in succession. In 2014, Lewis rose from 9th the previous season to finish 2nd, having secured top three shinty earlier on in the season. After now being promoted into North Division Two thanks in part to league reconstruction, Lewis performed admirably to finish 8th out of"
"decided to build on its 2015 successes by seeking entry to the Camanachd Association's league structure, and began competing in South Division 2 in the 2016 season. The club finished bottom of the table with 4 points in their first full season. However, the club made the decision to pull out of senior shinty for the 2018 season and remains in abeyance at this level. Dunoon Camanachd Dunoon Camanachd is a shinty club, from Dunoon, Scotland. The team competed from 2016 to 2017 in South Division Two but its senior side went into abeyance in 2018. Whilst the Cowal peninsula,"
"be awarded a Camanachd Cup final due to a lack of grandstand, the park has hosted the Balliemore Cup final in 2011 as well as the Balliemore and Sutherland Cup finals in 2005. The park is used by both Skye Camanachd senior teams, the ladies team and all youth teams from U-17 to Primary Age Pairc nan Laoch Pairc nan Laoch is a shinty stadium in Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland. It is home to Skye Camanachd. Skye Camanachd originally played at Home Farm in the village of Portree and then moved to the King George V Park in the"
"Society Cup on four occasions and was captained Alex McKellar when they won the first playing of that competition in 1879. Indeed, in 2004 the club was represented by four of McKellar's great-great-grandchildren at the 100th final of the competition. In 1893, a game between Cowal and Kingussie was a major influence upon those who wished to formulise the rules of the game and to create a Camanachd Association. Cowal also appeared in the first ever Camanachd Cup Final but were defeated 2–0 in Inverness by Kingussie. The club was renowned for its ""scientific"" approach to the game, which initially"
"at senior level for the 2015 season. Lochbroom Camanachd Lochbroom Camanachd is a shinty club from Ullapool, Scotland. It was active 1992−2000 then 2006−2015. , the club has been abeyance at senior level. The club was founded in 1992 but went into abeyance in 2000, however the club maintained a youth system which eventually reaped dividends and the club re-emerged at senior level in 2005 thanks to the efforts of Ruaraidh Hughes. Hughes was nominated for the BBC's Unsung Hero Award at 2005's BBC Sports Personality of the Year due to a combination of his young age and struggles with"
"Kincraig Camanachd Club Kincraig Camanachd Club is a shinty team from Kincraig, Badenoch, Scotland. The club's only team withdrew from North Division 3 in 2007 due to a lack of players, but re-entered the league in 2008, however Kincraig withdrew yet again in 2009. The club is currently abeyance at senior level as of 2010. As of 2014, the club has started redeveloping its senior side with an aim to re-enter the leagues in the future. The club is also notable for providing at least three Olympians for Great Britain. Formed in 1920 after the amalgamation of Alvie and Insh"
"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"