"Cup. The 1914 season was the last season before the outbreak of the Great War in August of that year. Many shinty players served in the armed forces, some being Highland Territorial battalions which suffered severe losses in the 1915 battles in France. Almost a year after the Great War ended, moves were made to restart shinty in Inverness. A meeting was held on Friday 12 October at Queen Mary's House, Bridge Street, Inverness where it was decided that the club be resurrected. The chair of this meeting was Major William Roberts (Cameron Highlanders) who in 1920 was granted a"
"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 hockey, the two games have several important differences. In shinty, a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick, called"
"Club. The club is currently captained by founder Jolyon Claridge, originally a St Andrews University shinty player. Oxford is one of four main shinty clubs within England, the others being Cornwall, London and The North. Oxford train at Meadow Lane Park in Oxford and play home games at the GAA pitch on Horspath Road. Their social media presence includes an Oxford Shinty Club page, Facebook and Twitter sites. Oxford Shinty Club Oxford Shinty Club was founded in 2013. Shinty is a traditionally Scottish team game played with sticks and a ball, similar but not equivalent to American field hockey. The"
"Strachur and District Shinty Club Strachur and District Shinty Club is a Shinty team from Strachur, Argyll, Scotland. The club re-entered league shinty in 2017 after a year at abeyance at senior level as of March 2016, but most recently had one team which won South Division Two in 2011. The club was founded by 1880 and there are traditions of annual games on New Year's Day, with sixty players from Succoth Glen alone. Two of the earliest matches in which Strachur took part were played against Glasgow Cowal. The first took place at Dennistoun Park, Glasgow, in April, 1880"
"Caithness Shinty Club Caithness Shinty Club is a shinty team from Caithness, Scotland. They are the most northerly club in Scotland, based primarily in Thurso but pulling players from across the county. Whilst there was a shinty team for players working at Dounreay in the 1960s, Caithness had very little competitive shinty tradition since the early 20th century. In the 2000s, efforts were made to develop shinty. Youth teams from Wick and Thurso competed in the Far North League established in 2007. Some players from Caithness team who competed in 2008 but this first attempt at national competition was highly"
"Scottish Gaelic the name is ""ice shinty"" (camanachd-deighe). In old times shinty or shinney were also sometimes used in English for bandy. Bandy is played on ice, using a single round ball. Two teams of 11 players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal using sticks, thereby scoring a goal. The game is designed to be played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Bandy also has other rules that are similar to football. Each team has 11 players, one of whom is a goalkeeper. The offside rule is also employed."
"Oxford Shinty Club Oxford Shinty Club was founded in 2013. Shinty is a traditionally Scottish team game played with sticks and a ball, similar but not equivalent to American field hockey. The co-ed Oxford Shinty Club currently competes in the English shinty championships and the ESA Tri-series. It acts as a feeder to the English Shinty Association (ESA). The club also competes in the annual St Andrews sixes tournament. The Oxford club puts on an annual sixes competition, the Oxfordshire Shinty Sixes, in nearby Wallingford. The inaugural competition was held in 2016 and won by a team from Dundee Shinty"
"in 2016 has raised the profile of the sport, the women's side and a number of the team's star players, notably captain Kate Richardson-Walsh and goalkeeper Maddie Hinch. Shinty (or ""camanachd"") is an amateur sport indigenous to the Scottish Highlands. Although it is mostly restricted to this area it is highly popular within the Highlands, sometimes attracting crowds numbering thousands in what is the most sparsely populated region of the United Kingdom. It is administered by the Camanachd Association. Its main trophies are the Camanachd Cup and the Premier Division. There are clubs in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London however and"
"shinty players. Since 2012 London has hosted the annual ""London Shinty Festival"" which has been attended by Cornwall, London, Oxford, St Andrews university ladies team, and the Scots. It is an open tournament held in late September after the Shinty season is finished to allow any traveling teams the opportunity to attend, Since 2013, a combined English Shinty Association side has entered the Bullough cup, being beaten in 2013 by Tayforth and then in 2014 by Ballachulish. Shinty is played in the British Army, with The Scots Shinty Club keeping alive the tradition of the game being played in the"
"English Shinty Team The English Shinty Team is the team selected to represent The English Shinty Association and the sport of shinty in England. It has competed at International level against the United States and Alba, but also competes in Scottish cup competitions at club level. The English Shinty Team was formed along with the English Shinty Association in 2013 to represent the association in fixtures. They took on the USA in what was dubbed as the first ever Shinty International at St Andrews in 2013, winning 2–0. Since then, The English Shinty Team have entered the Bullough Cup annually"
"shinty is still quite small and many clubs are mismatched. With Badenoch and Strathspey stepping back up to National league level this should provide a stronger competition at the top. Dunaad, Glengarry and Oban Camancheroes made up the first league. The league has now expanded to cover most of the major shinty playing areas. As of 2012, these will be known as the Marine Harvest Leagues. Until 2013, there was a National league one, with teams of 10 a-side, with two regional divisions, based on the sport's traditional North and South Districts, in which teams played 8 a-side. This however,"
"Col-Glen Shinty Club Col-Glen Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Clachan of Glendaruel, Cowal, Argyll, Scotland. The Club was founded in 1920, and was originally called Colintraive and Glendaruel Shinty Club. The name reflects the two villages from which it has always drawn its players and support, Colintraive and Glendaruel. The name was shortened to Col Glen some time in the 1930s. A sign of the changed demographics of the Scottish Highlands is that Col-Glen could raise three full teams and have nine spare reserves in 1938 but now has only one adult side. Due to the sparse"
"history. Col-Glen Shinty Club Col-Glen Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Clachan of Glendaruel, Cowal, Argyll, Scotland. The Club was founded in 1920, and was originally called Colintraive and Glendaruel Shinty Club. The name reflects the two villages from which it has always drawn its players and support, Colintraive and Glendaruel. The name was shortened to Col Glen some time in the 1930s. A sign of the changed demographics of the Scottish Highlands is that Col-Glen could raise three full teams and have nine spare reserves in 1938 but now has only one adult side. Due to the"
"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"
"Shinty/Hurling International Series The Shinty/Hurling International Series is a sports competition played annually between the Ireland national hurling team (selected by the Gaelic Athletic Association) and Scotland national shinty team (selected by the Camanachd Association). The series is conducted according to the rules of Shinty/Hurling, which is a hybrid sport consisting of a mixture of rules from the Scottish sport of Shinty and the Irish sport of Hurling. Matches are played at men's senior, men's under 21 and women's levels, with Scotland having had the most success in recent years, winning the last three senior series. The first known international"
"points Shinty/Hurling International Series The Shinty/Hurling International Series is a sports competition played annually between the Ireland national hurling team (selected by the Gaelic Athletic Association) and Scotland national shinty team (selected by the Camanachd Association). The series is conducted according to the rules of Shinty/Hurling, which is a hybrid sport consisting of a mixture of rules from the Scottish sport of Shinty and the Irish sport of Hurling. Matches are played at men's senior, men's under 21 and women's levels, with Scotland having had the most success in recent years, winning the last three senior series. The first known"
"teams put forward their best players to play for the Cornwall Shinty Club. There was a team in Northallerton in the 1970s, which competed in six-a-sides; and on 1 August 2012 a re-vamped Northallerton Shinty Club was formed. The club is hoping to draw in a few former players, but wants to focus on raising awareness of the game in Yorkshire and bringing new local players into the game. Shinty was previously played widely in England in the 19th century and early 20th century, with teams such as London Scots, Bolton Caledonian and Cottonopolis; Nottingham Forest F.C. was established by"
"Composite rules shinty–hurling Composite rules shinty–hurling ()—sometimes known simply as shinty–hurling—is a hybrid sport which was developed to facilitate international matches between shinty players and hurling players. Shinty–hurling is one of few team sports in the world without any dedicated clubs or leagues. It is currently played by both men's and women's teams only in tournaments or once-off internationals. The women's form of the game is called shinty/camogie. Ireland are the leading team in the sport, having won sixteen of the thirty international series against Scotland to date. The rules of the composite sport are designed to allow for neither"
"all-weather pitch within Fort William may be part of this development. However, the club used Black Parks for most of 2012. The club provides many players for the international side. Wing centre Gary Innes is a renowned accordionist. ""*2010-present only"" Fort William Shinty Club Fort William Shinty Club is a shinty club from Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The club has two sides in the Shinty league system, a first team which was relegated from the Premiership in 2013 and a reserve side in North Division Two. The first team were Camanachd Cup holders four times in succession, between 2007 and"
"Despite football's popularity in Scotland, the sport of shinty is more prevalent in Fort William with the town being home to Fort William Shinty Club and Kilmallie Shinty Club, with numerous other long-established clubs in the immediate area. As a result, the football club has often struggled to compete in attracting local players, due to shinty's established foothold. Previously, the club has 'experimented' in recruiting players from the Glasgow area, and are often still reliant on players travelling from Inverness - meaning at least a 130-mile round-trip for players. The local ""Lochaber Welfare League"" didn't operate in the 2017 or"
"There are also variants with smaller sides, with some adjustments in the field size and duration of play. As with sports such as football, shinty originally did not have substitutes. These were introduced in the 1960s, progressively expanding to allow a maximum of three substitutions per game. As of 2011, a rule change allowed for rolling substitutions to be made at senior level. In common with many sports, it became formalised in the Victorian Era and the first organised clubs were established in cities such as Glasgow and London where there were thousands of Gaels resident. In 1887, a historic"
"resulted in the club still only competing in the cups in 2017. In 2018, Caithness only competed in a couple of sixes tournaments. Caithness Shinty Club Caithness Shinty Club is a shinty team from Caithness, Scotland. They are the most northerly club in Scotland, based primarily in Thurso but pulling players from across the county. Whilst there was a shinty team for players working at Dounreay in the 1960s, Caithness had very little competitive shinty tradition since the early 20th century. In the 2000s, efforts were made to develop shinty. Youth teams from Wick and Thurso competed in the Far"
"in Inverness. He is also engaged in charity work with Habitat for Humanity. His favourite person to go boozing with is Fionnlagh Byrne. Fionnlagh's chat make's him laugh after a hard game of shinty. Finlay MacRae Finlay MacRae (born 1986) is a shinty player from Kintail who plays for Kinlochshiel. He is a Scottish International as well as Player of the Year 2008. MacRae, who plays alongside his brothers Keith and John, is considered one of the finest players of his generation and won the Player of the Year title in 2008 despite playing in North Division One. He has"
"2011 featuring the hosts, Cornwall and the SCOTS Camanachd. The influence of the SCOTS and the tradition of English shinty being run by Scottish university graduates saw the resurrection of shinty in Northallerton under the name Northallerton Shinty Club. Atkins UK donated Helmets to the association to help provide protection, especially to the youth players, at club and international level. The English Shinty Association was founded in 2013 by three ex-University Shinty players with a passion for reviving the game in England. The three players in question, Matt Mossop, Graham Love and Alan MacDonald, had already founded/revived teams in their"
"established what was then one of only three teams in Women's Shinty. The club has become the most successful in the short history of competitive women's shinty. They host the Johnstone Trophy, an indoor five-a-side tournament in Fort William every winter. Glengarry player Karen Cameron is the former president of the Women's Camanachd Association. Glengarry Shinty Club Glengarry Shinty Club is a shinty team from Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The club has played in its present form since 1976. There is one senior team, competing in North Division Two . The club also runs a highly successful women's team. A club"
"a standing ovation. His son, Thomas, has emerged into the Kingussie first team in recent years. Borthwick may join his brother Stephen in a management role in future. David Borthwick (shinty player) David Borthwick (born 1962) is a shinty player from Kingussie, Scotland. As a player for Kingussie, he is the most decorated player in the history of the sport, having won 15 Camanachd Cup winner's medals and over 100 medals in all. He retired from the sport in July 2010 after 33 years at the top-level of the sport. He is a member of the Borthwick family which is"
"Finlay MacRae Finlay MacRae (born 1986) is a shinty player from Kintail who plays for Kinlochshiel. He is a Scottish International as well as Player of the Year 2008. MacRae, who plays alongside his brothers Keith and John, is considered one of the finest players of his generation and won the Player of the Year title in 2008 despite playing in North Division One. He has often been played in defence by Shiel but is renowned as a dangerous forward. He made his debut for Scotland at the age of 21. MacRae's day job is as an electrician for Norbord"
"SCOTS Camanachd SCOTS Camanachd is the only shinty team in the British Armed Forces. It was established in 1994 by Fraser MacKenzie and the club originally played under the name of the Queen's Own Highlanders. They continued as the Highlanders Shinty Club representing the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) regiment which in 2006 was amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Scotland as the 4th Battalion is an infantry battalion of the British Army. The club narrowly lost out in 2003 in South Division 2 to Glasgow University Shinty Club. Due to the 4th Battalion's regular placements abroad, the team at"
"Fort William Shinty Club Fort William Shinty Club is a shinty club from Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The club has two sides in the Shinty league system, a first team which was relegated from the Premiership in 2013 and a reserve side in North Division Two. The first team were Camanachd Cup holders four times in succession, between 2007 and 2010, but were knocked out in the second round in 2011. The club also has a vibrant youth system. The club's traditional home is in the heart of the town at An Aird which is an area often under threat"
"of the great performances of all time. He then competed in the 2009 cup final. He is the only person to have won the Macaulay Cup whilst playing alongside his own son. He and his son Roddie achieved this feat in 2011. Indeed the only trophy he has not won is the Premier Division. His nickname is ""Donga"". Kenny MacDonald (shinty player) Kenny MacDonald (born 1965) is a goalkeeper in the sport of shinty. He plays for Kyles Athletic and he is noted for his longevity in the sport, having played at the top of the sport for over 30"
"outstrips most shinty clubs in Scotland. The team has many secret traditions handed down from chieftain to chieftain. Notably, members refuse to wear yellow, forcing three players to sit out the 1978 Scottish Universities tour of the Republic of Ireland because of a yellow stripe in the tour kit. The club's women's team has also been successful in recent years. The club originally played in the Women's Shinty League setup but were often overmatched. However, in the 2010s, with a large intake every year of new students, the club has managed to achieve University league success. The club hosts the"
"they won the Balliemore Cup in 2006. Although he only gained his first cap at the age of 30 in 2000 , he became a stalwart of the national Shinty/Hurling team and gained nine caps before retiring from outfield play. He moved to the position of goalkeeper for Lochcarron. He transferred to Newtonmore for the 2014 season. Ross has employment outside of the game as a gamekeeper. Kenny Ross Kenneth ""Kenny"" Ross (born 1970), is a shinty player from Achnasheen, Scotland. He plays for Newtonmore but spent the vast majority of his career at Lochcarron Camanachd and is that club's"
"shortest pitches in shinty and was one of the first clubs to make effective use of the internet as a recruiting tool. The club is also a major force for promoting shinty, through Gaelic the team also known in Scots Gaelic as ""An t-Òr is Dubh"", the Gold and Blacks. The archives of Glasgow University Shinty Club are maintained by the Archives of the University of Glasgow (GUAS). Glasgow University Shinty Club Glasgow University Shinty Club is a shinty club from Glasgow, Scotland. Although formally a University Shinty team, representing the University of Glasgow, it has a long history of"