Norman "Brick" MacArthur (born 20 May 1960) is a retired

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 and current president of

Newtonmore Camanachd Club Newtonmore Camanachd Club is a shinty club from Newtonmore, Badenoch, Scotland. It is historically the most successful side in the history of Shinty, having won the Camanachd Cup a record 34 times. They won the Marine Harvest Premier Division se ...

Biography

MacArthur was a player with Newtonmore since the mid-70s and won several

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 ...

s. He was the

Albert Smith Medal The Albert Smith Memorial Medal is the award given to the Man of the Match in the final of the Camanachd Cup, the blue riband trophy of the sport of shinty. It has been presented every year since 1972 by the Smith family of Fort William in honour ...

winner in 1985. He has been manager of the club since 2006 and has been instrumental in the club's attempts to emerge from the shadows of their great rivals,

Kingussie Kingussie ( ; gd, Ceann a' Ghiùthsaich ) is a small town in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically in Inverness-shire, it lies beside the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as the ...

. Under MacArthur's management, Newtonmore reached the MacAulay Cup final in 2008, won the MacTavish Cup in 2009 (the club's first trophy in 7 years) and were only pipped by goal difference to the Premier Division by Kingussie in 2009. "Brick" finally led Newtonmore to league glory in 2010 as a goal from

Danny MacRae ''Daniel Pirrie MacRae'' better known as Danny MacRae (born 19 August 198is a retired Scottish shinty player from Newtonmore, Scotland. He plays for Newtonmore Camanachd Club. He is affectionately known in the press as "Super Dan Playing career H ...

in the final game of the season against Fort William ensured that Newtonmore won the league by 3 points from the Fort. He has since led the team in 2011 to an eagerly awaited Scottish Cup Final against old foes Kingussie, as well as overhauling Kyles Athletic on the last day of the season to retain the League title. In the aftermath of the league victory he confirmed that he would be staying on for 2011. This was despite a pledge to his wife that he would retire after the age of 50. He will continue into 2012. His son, Paul MacArthur, plays in the first team, as does his son-in-law, John MacKenzie, who is married to MacArthur's daughter Gayle.

References

External links

Newtonmore Camanachd SiteBrick in action
{{DEFAULTSORT:Macarthur, Norman Shinty players Living people 1950 births Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Highland (council area)