Cowal and Bute (shinty)
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Cowal and Bute Camanachd is a shinty
club based in Dunoon
, Cowal
, Scotland
. The club fields a side in the Women's League and is the only shinty team at adult level operating in Dunoon.,
, Strachur and Col-Glen.
The club produced a naked calendar in 2006.
The team's catchment area includes the Isle of Bute and the Cowal peninsula.
At present there is no male team representing Dunoon
in national shinty although there is a youth system in the town.
Shinty
Shinty 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, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas in the...
club based in Dunoon
Dunoon
Dunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Holy Loch and to the west of Gourock.-Waterfront:...
, Cowal
Cowal
thumb|Cowal shown within ArgyllCowal is a peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the Scottish Highlands.-Description:The northern part of Cowal is mostly the mountainous Argyll Forest Park. Cowal is separated from the Kintyre peninsula to the west by Loch Fyne, and from Inverclyde and North Ayrshire to...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The club fields a side in the Women's League and is the only shinty team at adult level operating in Dunoon.,
History
The club was founded in 2003 and plays in Dunoon, there has historically not been shinty played in the town of Dunoon but the hinterland of the Cowal peninsula plays host to several illustrious clubs with male sides Kyles AthleticKyles Athletic
Kyles Athletic Shinty Club is a shinty team from Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland. It is one of the sport's most illustrious names, presently playing in the Premier Division after recently being outwith the top flight of Scottish Shinty.-History:...
, Strachur and Col-Glen.
The club produced a naked calendar in 2006.
The team's catchment area includes the Isle of Bute and the Cowal peninsula.
At present there is no male team representing Dunoon
Dunoon
Dunoon is a resort town situated on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll, Scotland. It sits on the Firth of Clyde to the south of Holy Loch and to the west of Gourock.-Waterfront:...
in national shinty although there is a youth system in the town.