Forth Camanachd was a

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shinty 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, an ...

club based in

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. The club was established in 2006 and won both the Valerie Fraser Cup (the female equivalent of the

Camanachd Cup The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup known as the Camanachd Cup (or less commonly the Scottish Cup) is the premier competition in the sport of shinty. It is one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam in the sport of shin ...

) and the Caledonian Canal Challenge Cup in its time in existence. The club has now merged with

Aberdour Shinty Club Aberdour Shinty Club is a shinty club which plays in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. It is the only senior Shinty Club in Fife and was founded in 2001. In 2011, the club entered two teams into senior competition. Its first team competing in Marine Ha ...

as of the 2011 season.

History

The club grew out of the successful the

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sides of the early 2000s and was founded in 2006. The club did not have long to wait to garner serious success and won the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup, (the female equivalent of the

) in 2007. In 2010 the club voluntarily moved into South Division 2 from National Division 1 in order to develop new players. This move resulted in a successful season for the club, winning the Caledonian Canal Challenge Cup http://www.spanglefish.com/womensshinty/index.asp?pageid=66346 and a second-place finish in the league. Forth also fielded a

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and regularly play friendly matches against

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and compete in 7-a-side tournaments. They won Tara Camogie 7s tournament in 2008. The team's catchment area included Fife and Tayside as well, although there is also a women's team in Linlithgow. Forth's merger with Aberdour in 2011, along with the collapse of Edinburgh East Lothian in 2007 means that the only team actually playing shinty in Edinburgh at adult level is

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. Forth played at Edinburgh East Lothian's old ground in Musselburgh. The club should not be confused with

Tayforth Camanachd Tayforth Camanachd is a shinty team originally from Perth, Scotland, but now playing at Levenhall Links, Musselburgh. In 2016, the club finished at the top of South Division 2. History Tayforth Camanachd is a shinty team originally from Perth, ...

, the men's team that plays its games in

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References

External links

Women's Camanchd Association league tables
{{Shinty teams Shinty teams Musselburgh Sport in East Lothian 2006 establishments in Scotland Sports clubs established in 2006 Defunct Scottish shinty clubs