Bute Shinty Club
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Bute Shinty Club is a shinty
club from Rothesay
, Isle of Bute
, Scotland. The first team was relegated from the Premier Division in 2010 http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/13610/Oban_win_battle_for_top_flight_slot.html but romped to victory and promotion in an undefeated 2011 season back to the Premier Division. It as a reserve team which is in South Division Two.
final in 1923 but has continued in its present from since 1946.
The club won the Sutherland Cup in 1972 and has won the Balliemore Cup on 3 occasions, most recently in 2006 when they defeated a Beauly team who held home advantage. 2006 was one of the club's most successful seasons of all time winning South Division One thus gaining promotion to the Premier Division, winning the Balliemore and reaching the final of the Celtic Society Cup.
In 2008, after several years as a one team club, Bute restarted their second team who finished fifth in South Division Two.
The club reached the semi-finals of the Camanachd Cup
for the first time on 12 July 2008.
In 2009, they were the last club to finish their season on 12 December 2009. They eventually survived relegation, overhauling Lochaber Camanachd with a win against Oban Camanachd.http://sport.scotsman.com/other-sports/Shinty-Barry-Martin-looks-to.5908131.jp
2010 saw Bute's period in the Premier Division come to an end with a loss against Oban Camanachd, the team which had been behind on points the whole season but overhauled the islanders.http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/13610/Oban_win_battle_for_top_flight_slot.html
Bute romped back into the Premier Division in 2011 with a stunning 100% record in the league and the Balliemore Cup secured.http://www.buteman.co.uk/sport/local-sport/bute_finish_record_season_in_style_1_1918801
The club's top player during this successful period has been Hector Whitelaw
, a full internationalist and a powerful player capable of playing both upfront and at the back. He is a prolific goalscorer.http://www.buteshintyclub.co.uk/playerprofile.html
The club was one of the main opponents of the national league setup due to the difficulty for the team to travel to away games in places such as Cannich
and Portree
. (Until the establishment of Lewis Camanachd
, they were the only senior team in Scotland with no fixed link to the mainland.).
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 from Rothesay
Rothesay, Argyll and Bute
The town of Rothesay is the principal town on the Isle of Bute, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It can be reached by ferry from Wemyss Bay which offers an onward rail link to Glasgow. At the centre of the town is Rothesay Castle, a ruined castle which dates back to the 13th...
, Isle of Bute
Isle of Bute
Bute is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Formerly part of the county of Buteshire, it now constitutes part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Its resident population was 7,228 in April 2001.-Geography:...
, Scotland. The first team was relegated from the Premier Division in 2010 http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/13610/Oban_win_battle_for_top_flight_slot.html but romped to victory and promotion in an undefeated 2011 season back to the Premier Division. It as a reserve team which is in South Division Two.
History
The club has been reconstituted on several occasions since its formation in 1906, with North Bute competing in the first ever Sutherland CupSir William Sutherland Cup
The Sir William Sutherland Cup, more commonly known simply as the Sutherland Cup, is a trophy in the sport of shinty. It is the national cup competition for junior sides, the equivalent of the Camanachd Cup for those sides in lower league competition....
final in 1923 but has continued in its present from since 1946.
The club won the Sutherland Cup in 1972 and has won the Balliemore Cup on 3 occasions, most recently in 2006 when they defeated a Beauly team who held home advantage. 2006 was one of the club's most successful seasons of all time winning South Division One thus gaining promotion to the Premier Division, winning the Balliemore and reaching the final of the Celtic Society Cup.
In 2008, after several years as a one team club, Bute restarted their second team who finished fifth in South Division Two.
The club reached the semi-finals of 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...
for the first time on 12 July 2008.
In 2009, they were the last club to finish their season on 12 December 2009. They eventually survived relegation, overhauling Lochaber Camanachd with a win against Oban Camanachd.http://sport.scotsman.com/other-sports/Shinty-Barry-Martin-looks-to.5908131.jp
2010 saw Bute's period in the Premier Division come to an end with a loss against Oban Camanachd, the team which had been behind on points the whole season but overhauled the islanders.http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/13610/Oban_win_battle_for_top_flight_slot.html
Bute romped back into the Premier Division in 2011 with a stunning 100% record in the league and the Balliemore Cup secured.http://www.buteman.co.uk/sport/local-sport/bute_finish_record_season_in_style_1_1918801
The club's top player during this successful period has been Hector Whitelaw
Hector Whitelaw
Hector Whitelaw is a shinty player from Rothesay, Isle of Bute. He plays for Bute Shinty Club and has been integral to that club's success since 2000.-Career:...
, a full internationalist and a powerful player capable of playing both upfront and at the back. He is a prolific goalscorer.http://www.buteshintyclub.co.uk/playerprofile.html
The club was one of the main opponents of the national league setup due to the difficulty for the team to travel to away games in places such as Cannich
Cannich
Cannich is a village at the southern end of Strathglass, in the Highlands of Scotland, about west of the city of Inverness...
and Portree
Portree
Portree is the largest town on Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the location for the only secondary school on the Island, Portree High school. Public transport services are limited to buses....
. (Until the establishment of Lewis Camanachd
Lewis Camanachd
Lewis Camanachd AKA Comann Camanachd Leòdhais in Scots Gaelic, is the senior shinty team from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The club entered North Division Three for the first time in 2011. This was the first time a team from the Western Isles was allowed to compete in league shinty...
, they were the only senior team in Scotland with no fixed link to the mainland.).