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Lovat (Shinty)
Lovat Shinty Club is a shinty club from Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, Scotlandbr> The club was formed in 188and has a healthy rivalry with near neighbours Beauly Shinty Club, Beauly. The club takes its name from the area within which it plays in and shared this name with the late Second World War hero, Lord Lovat. History Founded in 1888, the club has never folded but did merge with Beauly Shinty Club, Beauly early in the 20th Century and won the Camanachd Cup in 1912/13 as the combined team. After the first war, the team also reached the final in 1925. In 1953 was Lovat's finest hour, achieving the Grand Slam, winning every single competitiothey entered at Senior and Junior level, they were the first club to ever achieve this feat. The same set of players had previously won the Celtic Society Cup which was a South District Competition in 1950 and 1951. Despite being close to Inverness, Lovat still maintain two strong teams due to a strong youth policy and the support of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovat Cup
The Lovat Cup is a trophy in the sport of shinty contested annually at New Year by Beauly Shinty Club and Lovat Shinty Club. The trophy was first played for in 1904 and is very popula attracting the second largest crowfor a shinty fixture in Scotland, outwith the Camanachd Cup Fina The fixture alternates annually between Balgate, Kiltarlity and Braeview Park, Beauly Beauly ( ; ; gd, A' Mhanachainn) is a village in the Highland area, on the River Beauly, west of Inverness by the Far North railway line. The town is historically within Kilmorack Parish of the Scottish County of Inverness. The land around B .... The two clubs' strong rivalry contributes to an entertaining gam This rivalry was once described as so keen that "a cold stream ran between them Lovat retained the title in 2009. The 2010 fixture was cancelled due to heavy snow. The rules of the competition mean that the competition cannot be rescheduled and so Lovat again retained the trophLovat historically has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Highland (council Area)
Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinty Teams
Shinty ( gd, camanachd, iomain) 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 in northern England into the second half of the 20th century 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 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 un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovat Shinty Club Champions 2014
Lovat may refer to: * A colour of Scottish tweed * River Lovat, a river in England * Lovat (river), a river in Belarus and Russia * Lord Lovat, a title in the Peerage of Scotland * Lovat Scouts, British Army unit * Lovat Shinty Club Lovat Shinty Club is a shinty club from Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, Scotlandbr> The club was formed in 188and has a healthy rivalry with near neighbours Beauly Shinty Club, Beauly. The club takes its name from the area within which it plays ..., a shinty club from Kiltarlity, Scotland * LOVAT Inc., a Canadian company which manufactures and markets tunnel boring machines (TBMs) {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacTavish Cup
The MacTavish Cup is a knock-out cup competition in the sport of shinty. It is competed for by senior teams from the North of Scotland district. It is one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam in the sport of shinty. The current holders are Newtonmore. The competition is currently sponsored by cottages.com. The final is habitually played at the Bught Park, Inverness. History The trophy is a rose bowl presented by Duncan MacTavish of Stratherrick in 1898 and the first competition was played that year and was won by Skye Camanachd. The final was televised for the first time in 2009 by BBC Alba. The 2009 winners were Newtonmore Camanachd, managed by Norman MacArthur. As of 2010, the opening rounds of the cup were to be played midweek, in order to reduce the backlog of fixtures that has regularly afflicted shinty. This caused major controversy and Skye Camanachd sent an official letter of complaint to the Camanachd Association. However, this decision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingussie Camanachd
Kingussie Camanachd is a shinty team from Kingussie, Scotland and according to the Guinness Book of Records 2005, is world sport's most successful sporting team of all time, winning 20 consecutive leagues and going 4 years unbeaten at one stage in the early 1990s. The club are current holders of the Camanachd Cup, the MacAulay Cup and the MacTavish Cup. History The club was founded in 1893. It won the first ever Camanachd Cup in 1896 and the club has won the cup more times than any other team, apart from Newtonmore. However, despite early success in the competition for much of the twentieth century the club struggled to win the trophy, with a victory in 1961 the club's first in forty years. The senior team once held a 63-game unbeaten record and the junior team achieved 100 games unbeaten in the early 90s. That unprecedented domination of the sport led to them becoming the World's most successful sporting team. In 1991, the club was forced to play one season at Dunbarry, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dell (Kingussie)
The Dell is a shinty stadium in the town of Kingussie, Scotland. It is the home of Kingussie Camanachd and has been a shinty venue for almost 150 years. Location The park is situated beside the River Spey on the outskirts of Kingussie in an area known as the Dellmore of Kingussie on the road to Ruthven. History Shinty is recorded as being first played at the Dell in 1866. It has hosted 5 Camanachd Cup finals, the most recent in 1999. The stadium was one of the first in shinty to have crowd control barriers in place. The park was owned by Dochfour Estates but Kingussie Camanachd Kingussie Camanachd is a shinty team from Kingussie, Scotland and according to the Guinness Book of Records 2005, is world sport's most successful sporting team of all time, winning 20 consecutive leagues and going 4 years unbeaten at one stage in ... purchased the ground in 2010 and marked this historic transfer of ownership with a ceremony with a reception. This has allowed the club to make i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 from development. However, for much of 2011 and 2012 An Aird was being renovated and the club were tenants at the Black Parks in Inverlochy. History Fort William was officially constituted in 1893 but the club slowly emerged into the sport and only entered the Camanachd Cup in 1912. The club folded on occasion in the 1900s and 1920s and had very little success except a Camanachd Cup semi final in 1937 against Oban Celtic and a sprinkling of junior cups. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathdearn Cup
The Strathdearn Cup is a knock-out competition in the sport of shinty. The present holders are Lovat Shinty Club. It is played for by reserve-level teams from the North of Scotland, that is all teams playing in North Division Two and Three as well as non-league teams. It was first played for in 1911 and was originally administered by the Strathdearn Camanachd Association but it is now run under the auspices of the Camanachd Association The Camanachd Association (in Scottish Gaelic, ''Comann na Camanachd'') is the world governing body of the Scottish sport of shinty. The body is based in Inverness, Highland, and is in charge of the rules of the game. Its main competitions are .... There is also a Strathdearn Six a-side Trophy for players at Under-17 level. As of 2010, the opening rounds of the cup were played midweek, in order to reduce the backlog of fixtures that regularly afflicted shint This experiment did not last the season. In 2014, a Strathdearn Plate was introduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 competitioThe current (2017) holders are Lochside Rovers. History The trophy was donated by Sir William Sutherland M.P. in order to allow "junior" (i.e. small clubs) the opportunity for national competitioand was first played for in 1923 with Newtonmore Camanachd Club, Newtonmore defeating North Bute 3-2. Sir William had previously donated another cup of the same name for competition. The trophy is at present known officially as the ''Aberdein Considine Sir William Sutherland Cup'' due to a sponsorship deal with Aberdeen based solicitors A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
