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Naver Athletic Camanachd Club was 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 ...
club based in Bettyhill,
Sutherland Sutherland ( gd, Cataibh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Highlands of Scotland. Its county town is Dornoch. Sutherland borders Caithness and Moray Firth to the east, Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (later ...
, Scotland established in 2008. It was a select team drawing players from both Sutherland and
Caithness Caithness ( gd, Gallaibh ; sco, Caitnes; non, Katanes) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Caithness has a land boundary with the historic county of Sutherland to the west and is otherwise bounded by ...
. Naver competed in the Strathdearn and Sutherland Cups in 2008.


History

The club was founded after three years of youth development in the region and the success of the Far North League in 2007, contested between Kinlochbervie (Black & Red Strips), Farr/Bettyhill (Maroon) and Thurso (Dark Blue). The League welcomed Wick in 2008, bringing the league up to 4 teams competing. Shinty was traditionally strong in the area up until the 20th century, and the Farr side have been instrumental in resurrecting the New Year Shinty tradition in North Sutherland. The club's first senior fixture was against Lochside Rovers in the Sutherland Cup. Lochside won this game 18–0. The club then suffered the same scoreline in their Strathdearn Cup match, losing 18–0 to Boleskine. The club did not enter cup competition in 2009 or 2010 and may be assumed to be defunct. Kinlochbervie and Farr both continue to play at junior level and may rise to senior level in future. The success of the
Mod Cup The Mod Cup (Scottish Gaelic Cupa a' Mhòid), also known as the Aviemore Cup'is a trophy in the sport of shinty first competed for in 1969, traditionally played for by the two teams who are based closest to the host venue of the Royal National Mo ...
at the Caithness Mod in 2010, where Caithness defeated Sutherland 3-1 has sparked hopes that Naver will be resurrected. A instrumental founder of the Naver side, Kenny "
Nostie Nostie ( gd, Ceann na Mòna) is a small remote hamlet, lying on Nostie Bay, an inlet at the northeastern end of the sea loch, Loch Alsh in the Scottish Highlands and is in the council area of Highland. Nostie lies a short distance from one of Sco ...
" Macleod, who was also a minister in the
Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland may refer to: * Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), seceded in 1843 from the Church of Scotland. The majority merged in 1900 into the United Free Church of Scotland; historical * Free Church of Scotland (since 1900), rema ...
, died in April 2012. Farr Camanachd continue to play but there is no impetus to develop the club into a senior side. However, there was a replay of the Caithness V Sutherland match in 2012 in memorial of Kenny "Nostie". Naver can now be considered totally defunct. However,
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. History Whilst there was a shinty team for players working at ...
and Kinlochbervie Camanachd continue to fly the flag for the Far North of Scotland.


Knotty

A shinty-like game known as Knotty was resurrected in Lybster in the 2000s, where the World Championships are held each year.


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