Kenneth Ross (born 1970), is a

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 ...

player from

Achnasheen Achnasheen (Gaelic ''Achadh na Sìne'') is a small village in Ross-shire in the Highland council area of Scotland. The village is situated on the River Bran at the junction of two roads built by Thomas Telford. Despite the size of the village, ...

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He plays for Newtonmore Camanachd Club, Newtonmore but spent the vast majority of his career at

Lochcarron Camanachd Lochcarron Camanachd is a shinty club from Wester Ross, Scotland. History Founded in 1883, Lochcarron Camanachd is one of the oldest in the west Highlands. In its first century the Club won the Strathdearn Cup eight times and the Sutherland Cup ...

and is that club's most capped playe

He was also assistant manager of the

Scotland national shinty team The Scotland national shinty team is the team selected to represent Scotland and the sport of shinty in the annual composite rules Shinty/Hurling International Series against the Ireland national hurling team. The team is selected by the Cama ...

between 2009 and 201

Playing career

Ross' father, Ronnie, also played for Lochcarron and Ross had an immediate impact as Lochcarron rose through the leagues in the 1990s. He was voted North Player of the Year two years in succession in 2001 and 2002 as Lochcarron entered the Premier Divisio

He captained the side as they won the

Balliemore Cup The Balliemore Cup is a knock-out cup in the sport of shinty. It is the Intermediate Championship run under the auspices of the Camanachd Association and only first teams competing in the National, North Division One and South Division One are eli ...

in 200

Although he only gained his first cap at the age of 30 in 200

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 Lochcarro

He transferred to Newtonmore for the 2014 season. Ross has employment outside of the game as a gamekeepe

External links

Kenny Ross Profile in IndependentLochcarron Blogspot, Photo of Ross lifting Balliemore Cup
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Kenny Sportspeople from Highland (council area) Shinty players Living people 1970 births