Strachur and District Shinty Club
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Strachur and District Shinty Club is a Shinty
team from Strachur, Argyll
, Scotland
. The club has one team which won South Division Two in 2011.
It has never folded or merged with another club. The club has won a sprinkling of honours throughout its history, the most recent of these in senior shinty being in 1985, when Strachur won the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup for the second time in four years. http://www.strachur.org.uk/facilities.html The club also reached the Camanachd Cup
final in 1983, losing to local rivals, Kyles Athletic
3-2. This was the first, and so far only final between two teams from the South District.
It won the 2006 Marine Harvest South Division Two in comprehensive fashion, recording comprehensive victories against Aberdour Shinty Club
, 12-2 and Glasgow Mid Argyll
, 19-0, on the way to victory. The club held its own in South Division One in 2007 but were demoted in 2008 after finishing bottom. They will return to South Division One in 2012 after winning South Two.
Fitzroy Maclean had a longstanding relationship with the club as he was a resident of the local area and the club played in the grounds of Strachur House. The club now plays at a community pitch on the shores of Loch Fyne
at Strachurmore.http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/News/TopicNavigation/Press+Releases/Articles/Shinty+scores+with+sportscotland+funding.htm
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...
team from Strachur, Argyll
Argyll
Argyll , archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient Dál Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western coast between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath...
, 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 has one team which won South Division Two in 2011.
History
The club was founded by 1880 and there are traditions of annual games on New Year's Day, with sixty players from Succoth Glen alone. http://www.strachur.org.uk/facilities.htmlIt has never folded or merged with another club. The club has won a sprinkling of honours throughout its history, the most recent of these in senior shinty being in 1985, when Strachur won the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup for the second time in four years. http://www.strachur.org.uk/facilities.html The club also reached the Camanachd Cup
Camanachd Cup
The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup AKA the Camanachd Cup or Scottish Cup is the premier prize in the sport of shinty...
final in 1983, losing to local rivals, Kyles Athletic
Kyles 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:...
3-2. This was the first, and so far only final between two teams from the South District.
It won the 2006 Marine Harvest South Division Two in comprehensive fashion, recording comprehensive victories against Aberdour Shinty Club
Aberdour Shinty Club
Aberdour Shinty Club is a shinty club which plays in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. It is the only senior Shinty Club in Fife and was founded in 2001...
, 12-2 and Glasgow Mid Argyll
Glasgow Mid Argyll
Glasgow Mid Argyll Shinty Club AKA GMA is a shinty club from Glasgow, Scotland. It is the only senior side in Glasgow and was founded in 1928. They currently play in the Premier Division as of 2010...
, 19-0, on the way to victory. The club held its own in South Division One in 2007 but were demoted in 2008 after finishing bottom. They will return to South Division One in 2012 after winning South Two.
Fitzroy Maclean had a longstanding relationship with the club as he was a resident of the local area and the club played in the grounds of Strachur House. The club now plays at a community pitch on the shores of Loch Fyne
Loch Fyne
Loch Fyne is a sea loch on the west coast of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It extends inland from the Sound of Bute, making it the longest of the sea lochs...
at Strachurmore.http://www.sportscotland.org.uk/ChannelNavigation/News/TopicNavigation/Press+Releases/Articles/Shinty+scores+with+sportscotland+funding.htm