The North Division Two is a league for shinty

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...

 teams. It is presently in the third tier of the Shinty league system

Shinty league system

The Shinty league system is a series of interconnected leagues for shinty in Scotland. It is administered by the Camanachd Association.-About the system:...

. The winners of the league can be promoted to the North Division One

North Division One (shinty)

The North Division One is a league for shinty teams. It is presently the in second tier of the Shinty league system. The winners of the league are promoted to the Premier Division....

 although this rarely occurs due to the winners being a reserve team

As of 2009, the league is known for sponsorship reasons as the Marine Harvest North Division Two.http://www.shinty.com/index.php?page=north-division-two.

In 2011, the following teams will make up North Division Two.

• Fort William
  Fort William Shinty Club
  Fort William Shinty Club is a shinty club from Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The first team were Camanachd Cup holders four times in succession, between 2007 and 2010 but were knocked out in the second round in 2011...
  
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• Glengarry
  Glengarry Shinty Club
  Glengarry Shinty Club is a shinty team from Invergarry, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The club has played in its present form since 1976. There is one senior team, competing in North Division Two. The club also runs a highly successful women's team.-History:...
  
  
• Glenurquhart
  Glenurquhart Shinty Club
  Glenurquhart Shinty Club is a shinty team which plays in Drumnadrochit on the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland. It draws its players from the part of the Great Glen which encompasses Drumnadrochit, Lewiston and Glenurquhart...
  
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• Kilmallie
  Kilmallie
  Kilmallie is the name of a civil parish in and around the settlement of Caol, Fort William, Scotland. It gives its name to the local shinty club, Kilmallie Shinty Club....
  
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• Kingussie†
• Kinlochshiel
  Kinlochshiel
  Kinlochshiel Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Balmacara, near Kyle of Lochalsh, Lochalsh, Scotland. The club has two sides, a senior team which were champions of North Division One in 2011 and a reserve team in North Division Two...
  
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• Lochaber
  Lochaber Camanachd
  Lochaber Camanachd is a shinty club based in Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Scotland. The club has a senior team in North Division One, relegated from the Premier Division in 2009 and a reserve team in North Division Three. There is also a ladies team.-History:...
  
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• Lovat
  Lovat Shinty Club
  Lovat Shinty Club is a shinty club from Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, Scotland. The club was formed in 1888 and has a healthy rivalry with near neighbours Beauly...
  
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• Newtonmore
  Newtonmore Camanachd Club
  Newtonmore Camanachd Club is a shinty club from Newtonmore, Badenoch, Scotland and current holders of the Camanachd Cup. It is historically one of the game's most successful sides, having won the Camanachd Cup a record 29 times, most recently in 2011 and won the Marine Harvest Premier Division in...
  
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• Skye Camanachd
  Skye Camanachd
  Skye Camanachd is a shinty team from the Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland. It plays in North Division One and has a reserve team in North Division Two. The club is based at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree.-Early history:...
  
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† Denotes a reserve team

The bottom team is relegated to North Division Three

North Division Three (shinty)

The North Division Three is a league for shinty teams. It is presently the only league in the fourth tier of the Shinty league system. The winners of the league are promoted to the North Division Two....

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History

The status of North Division Two has varied over time.

The North Division Two was always the second tier of shinty in the North of Scotland and replaced the MacGillivray Junior League Cup, which had been played for since 1949, from its creation in 1975. The MacGillivray Junior Cup was retained as the trophy.

Between 1996 and 1999, the North Division Two became third tier with the creation of a national Premier Division

Premier Division (shinty)

The Premier Division is a league for shinty teams. It is the primary league competition in shinty and top tier of the Shinty league system. The Premier Division was formed in 1996 in order to create a Scotland-wide league set-up for the first time...

Between 1999 and 2006, the North Division Two became the fourth tier of the league system with the advent of the National Division One. The winners of North Division One

North Division One (shinty)

The North Division One is a league for shinty teams. It is presently the in second tier of the Shinty league system. The winners of the league are promoted to the Premier Division....

and South Division One would play off to gain promotion to National Division One.

In 2007, the National Division One was removed, and the Division once again was the third tier of league shinty.

Especially since the advent of the Premier Division, the league has been won on several occasions by reserve teams. Until 2008 these teams were barred from promotion, but a change in the byelaws allowed these teams to take promotion if they wished and their first team was not playing in North Division One. Glenurquhart has won the league in both 2009 and 2010 and refused promotion on both occasions.

List of winners

• 2011 Newtonmore
• 2010 Glenurquhart
• 2009 Glenurquhart
• 2008 Fort William
• 2007 Fort William
• 2006 Fort WIlliam

External links

• Marine Harvest North Division One