Shinty (Scottish Gaelic: camanachd, iomain) is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among...
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In the sport of shinty, there are several clubs which play under the banner of one of the Scottish universities. However, these clubs are not always student...
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St Andrews University Shinty Club is a shinty club from the town of St Andrews in Fife. Representing the St Andrews University, the club now plays in...
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The Shinty league system is a series of interconnected leagues for shinty in Scotland. It is administered by the Camanachd Association. The system consists...
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Edinburgh University Shinty Club is one of the oldest shinty clubs in existence having been founded in 1891. The club, which represents the University of Edinburgh...
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University Shinty Club is a shinty club from Aberdeen, Scotland, that plays in Marine Harvest North Division One. It is the oldest constituted shinty...
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Composite rules shinty–hurling (Irish: Comhrialacha camanachd-iománaíocht) – sometimes known simply as shinty–hurling – is a hybrid sport of shinty and hurling...
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Glasgow University Shinty Club is a shinty club from Glasgow, Scotland. Although formally a University Shinty team, representing the University of Glasgow...
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a Scottish international shinty player from Abriachan, Scotland. He has mainly played as a defender, for Glenurquhart Shinty Club where he has also been...
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Jack Asher (1927 – 23 June 2015) was a Scottish shinty player, referee and administrator. Asher lost an eye at the age of 12 after an accident with an...
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Aberdeen (section Universities and colleges)
Ice Arena. Aberdeen University Shinty Club (Scottish Gaelic: Club Camanachd Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is the oldest constituted shinty club in the world...
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2015 - Skye Camanachd 2nd 2016 - Aberdeen University Shinty Club 2017 - Glengarry Shinty Club 2018 - Lovat Shinty Club 2nd Marine Harvest North Division...
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Women's shinty is a sport, played almost entirely within Scotland, identical to the men's game of shinty, with the same rules, same sized pitch and same...
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Anne McGuire (category Alumni of the University of Glasgow)
– Candidates - Anne McGuire". BBC News. "Glasgow University Miscellany". Glasgow University Shinty Club. Archived from the original on 22 October 2009...
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Hugh Dan MacLennan (category Shinty players)
with specific interest in the sport of shinty. A fluent Gaelic speaker from Lochaber, he attended the University of Glasgow before going on to teach Gaelic...
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Aberdeen University Shinty Club Caberfeidh Camanachd Club 2nd* Fort William Shinty Club 2nd* Glenurquhart Shinty Club 2nd* Glengarry Shinty Club Inverness...
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The English Shinty Association (ESA) is the main body for promoting and encouraging the sport of shinty in England and Wales. Shinty was previously played...
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The University of St Andrews (Scots: University o St Andras, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Chill Rìmhinn; abbreviated as St And, from the Latin Sancti Andreae...
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Shinty was played in its original form throughout North and South America by Scottish settlers until the early 1900s when the practice died out. Shinty...
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Ewen Henderson (musician) (category Shinty players)
the last 600 years. A keen follower of the sport shinty, he has played for Glasgow University Shinty Club. 2011: Latha Math (Single) 2011: Mànran 2013:...
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Orienteering Club Edinburgh University RFC Edinburgh University Shinty Club Edinburgh University Socialist Society Grand Edinburgh Adventuring Society...
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SCOTS Camanachd (redirect from Highlanders Shinty Club)
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...
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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...
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Dr. John Cattanach (1885–1915) was a shinty player for Newtonmore in the 1900s. He was the first shinty player inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of...
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Hamilton Campus. The university, as the University of Paisley, has also had a number of previous clubs including Ice Hockey, Shinty, Gaelic Football and...
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Edinburgh University Boat Club Edinburgh Universities Ice Hockey Club Edinburgh University RFC Edinburgh University Shinty Club "Sports Union Contacts". Retrieved...
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Oich. As well as playing host to the local shinty club, Glengarry Shinty Club, it is the home town of shinty player, James Clark. It has a primary school...
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British Universities Sports Association as yet. The best players each year are chosen for an all-star team to play the Scottish Universities Shinty Team...
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Sorley MacLean (category Shinty players)
William J. Watson. He was involved in literary circles, played for the university shinty team, and, like many other British intellectuals of the same era,...
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