Glengarry Shinty Club
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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.
in 1882 and was active in the 1930s. However in 1948 the club amalgamated with Fort Augustus and became Inveroich. The club was reconstituted as Glengarry in 1976 and has continued to this day. The club won the Balliemore Cup in 1985, 1988 and 1989 and also reached the final of the Valerie Fraser Cup in 1990 and 1991.
The men's team now competes in North Division Two, a decision taken to drop a division with the move to summer shinty which the club opposed.
In 2010, the club led North Division Two for much of the season but were overhauled by Glenurquhart. The Drumnadrochit team turned down the opportunity to gain promotion and Glengarry were also offered the option. But they wanted a play-off against Strathglass to test themselves but Strathglass had been given an assurance that their place in North Division One was secure, the Garry therefore turned down promotion.http://www.skyecamanachd.com/default.aspx.locid-087new29y.Lang-EN.htm
Craigard park is a popular venue for Semifinals and Juvenile Finals. The park was constructed with assistance from the Laird of Glengarry and also hosts the Invergarry Highland Games.http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Jean-Ellice.6057159.jp
Glengarry shinty club has produced some fine players. James Clark
was originally a Garry player before he became a talisman in the successful Fort William
sides of the 1900s and 2000s. Matthew Clark joined the club at the age of 12 and has come through the ranks to become one of few ambassadors for the sport. In 2009 he took his Glengarry side to meet Newtonmore in the final of the Joal Toal 6-a-sides at Spean Bridge. Steven "DD" Cameron played for Scotland and his family are inextricably linked with the Glengarry Club.http://www.mnetv.tv/newsroom/newsStory.aspx?id=92
. The club has become the most successful in the short history of competitive women's shinty.http://www.glengarrylife.com/page7.html They host the Johnstone Trophy, an indoor 5-a-side tournament in Fort William
every winter.http://obantimes.wyvexmedia.co.uk/news/view/glengarry_girls_host_shinty_tournament/
Glengarry player Karen Cameron is the president of the Women's Camanachd Association.
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 Invergarry
Invergarry
Invergarry is a village in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Great Glen, near where the River Garry flows into Loch Oich.Near the centre of the village is the junction between the A82 road and the A87 road which branches off to the west towards Skye.The ruined Invergarry Castle is situated...
, Inverness-shire
Inverness-shire
The County of Inverness or Inverness-shire was a general purpose county of Scotland, with the burgh of Inverness as the county town, until 1975, when, under the Local Government Act 1973, the county area was divided between the two-tier Highland region and the unitary Western Isles. The Highland...
, 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 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
A club called Glengarry played against Fort AugustusFort Augustus
Fort Augustus is a settlement in the Scottish Highlands, at the south west end of Loch Ness. The village has a population of around 646 ; its economy is heavily reliant on tourism....
in 1882 and was active in the 1930s. However in 1948 the club amalgamated with Fort Augustus and became Inveroich. The club was reconstituted as Glengarry in 1976 and has continued to this day. The club won the Balliemore Cup in 1985, 1988 and 1989 and also reached the final of the Valerie Fraser Cup in 1990 and 1991.
The men's team now competes in North Division Two, a decision taken to drop a division with the move to summer shinty which the club opposed.
In 2010, the club led North Division Two for much of the season but were overhauled by Glenurquhart. The Drumnadrochit team turned down the opportunity to gain promotion and Glengarry were also offered the option. But they wanted a play-off against Strathglass to test themselves but Strathglass had been given an assurance that their place in North Division One was secure, the Garry therefore turned down promotion.http://www.skyecamanachd.com/default.aspx.locid-087new29y.Lang-EN.htm
Craigard park is a popular venue for Semifinals and Juvenile Finals. The park was constructed with assistance from the Laird of Glengarry and also hosts the Invergarry Highland Games.http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/Jean-Ellice.6057159.jp
Glengarry shinty club has produced some fine players. James Clark
James Clark (shinty)
James "Big Jim" Clark is a shinty player from Invergarry, Scotland. He gained fame from his last minute goals which secured a succession of Camanachd Cup triumphs for Fort William Shinty Club.-Playing Career:...
was originally a Garry player before he became a talisman in the successful 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...
sides of the 1900s and 2000s. Matthew Clark joined the club at the age of 12 and has come through the ranks to become one of few ambassadors for the sport. In 2009 he took his Glengarry side to meet Newtonmore in the final of the Joal Toal 6-a-sides at Spean Bridge. Steven "DD" Cameron played for Scotland and his family are inextricably linked with the Glengarry Club.http://www.mnetv.tv/newsroom/newsStory.aspx?id=92
Ladies Shinty
In 1997, Glengarry established what was then one of only 3 teams in Women's ShintyWomen's shinty
Women's shinty is a sport identical to the men's game - with the same rules, same sized pitch and same equipment. However its history is significantly different. Social pressures - along with the broader game's self image - resulted in a largely hidden history until comparatively recently...
. The club has become the most successful in the short history of competitive women's shinty.http://www.glengarrylife.com/page7.html They host the Johnstone Trophy, an indoor 5-a-side tournament in Fort William
Fort William
Fort William may refer to:In Canada:*Fort William, Ontario, a Canadian city which, together with Port Arthur, became part of Thunder Bay in 1970**Fort William , a related Canadian federal electoral district...
every winter.http://obantimes.wyvexmedia.co.uk/news/view/glengarry_girls_host_shinty_tournament/
Glengarry player Karen Cameron is the president of the Women's Camanachd Association.