Glasgow Mid Argyll Shinty Club AKA GMA is a 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...

 club from Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Scotland

Scotland

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. It is the only senior side in Glasgow and was founded in 1928.http://www.glasgowmidargyll.com/ They currently play in the Premier Division as of 2010.http://www.shinty.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=443&cntnt01returnid=15 They also have a reserve team in South Division 2 and was the first club in Scotland to have 2 ladies teams.

History

Glasgow has had many clubs over the years including Glasgow Cowal and Glasgow Skye whose names reflected the Highland area from which they drew their players. However, Glasgow Mid Argyll now draws its players from throughout Scotland. GMA was established in 1928 and won 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 only time in 1973.

The club has contributed several administrators to the game, including Camanachd Association

Camanachd Association

The Camanachd Association is the World governing body of the Scottish sport of shinty. The body is based in Inverness, Highland, and is in charge of the rules of the game...

 presidents, Duncan Cameron

Duncan Cameron (shinty player)

Duncan Cameron is an administrator and ex-player in the sport of shinty. He is a three times past president of the sport's governing body, the Camanachd Association.-Playing career:...

 and Archie Robertson

Archie Robertson (shinty player)

Archie Robertson is an ex-shinty player and internationalist and current President of the Camanachd Association.-Playing Career:...

.http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/14037/New_supremo_aims_for_united_approach.html

For 2009, due to the weakened nature of South Division One, GMA were considered favorites for promotion by sectors of the shinty community. They failed to win the league however, coming second to Oban Camanachd

Oban Camanachd

Oban Camanachd is one of the oldest Camanachd clubs playing in the Shinty leagues of Scotland. they were relegated from the Premier League. They have a reserve team called Lochside Rovers.- History:...

's second team, Lochside Rovers. However, this position saw them offered the South Division's place in the Premier Division for 2010 which the club's committee accepted.http://www.shinty.com/index.php?page=south-division-one---summary

The 2010 season has seen GMA struggle greatly in the Premier Division, having lost all their games as of 26th April 2010.http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Shinty-George-Hay-backs-MidArgyll.6234188.jp In the nadir of the season so far, they were hammered 14-0 by Fort William on the 15th of May 2010 at Peterson Park.http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Fort-William39s-Innes--nets.6298048.jp The club finally won a league game on the 5th of June against Glenurquhart 1-0.http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Shinty-Glasgow-side-celebrate-first.6343653.jp The club finally succumbed to the inevitability of relegation on 28 August 2010 after a thumping 7-0 defeat to Kingussie http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Shinty-Kingussie-ensure-Mid-Argyll.6501031.jp and will play in South Division One in 2011. However, the second team won Bullough Cup against Kyles Athletichttp://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Shinty-Kyles-suffer-heartache-for.6514218.jp and the Milngavie & Bearsden youth team reached the Scottish Hydro Development Cup Final, raising hopes that they will not be so unprepared the next time the club makes the step up.http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Shinty-Kingussie-ensure-Mid-Argyll.6501031.jp

The scars from the disastorous 2010 season were healed somewhat with a good campaign in South One, where only an all-conquering Bute were able to stop GMA winning the league again.

GMA ladies

The women's team won the women's Camanachd Cup, the Valerie Fraser trophy in 2006 for the first time but lost out on winning the national league title to Glengarry. In 2007 they won the National first Division and Second Division, becoming the first team ever to win both leagues. The team is currently managed by Donald Colville, who is also first team player with GMA seniors and was the successful manager for the Scotland Ladies' first ever win on home soil when they defeated the Irish 6-4 in Fort William. http://www.glasgowmidargyll.com/

Youth

The club is affiliated with several youth teams round Glasgow, Milngavie and Bearsden (who won the U-14 National Development Trophy in 2007 and 2009), Meadowburn Bishopbriggs and Sgoil Ghaidhlig Ghlaschu AKA The Glasgow Gaels.

External links

• 2010 Premier Season first win
• Mingavie Bearsden
• Meadowburn Shinty Club