Liam MacIntyre
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Liam MacIntyre is a shinty
player from Oban
, Scotland
. He currently plays for Fort William Shinty Club
, a club which his family has a long connection with. He then transferred to Fort William in 2006 and made an immediate impact, being involved in that club's Camanachd Cup wins.
He then re-signed for Oban in 2008, but his second spell at the club was marred by major discipline problems, including several lengthy bans.
He then re-signed for Fort in the midst of the 2010 season and was instrumental in man-marking Kingussie's Ronald Ross
out of the 2010 Camanachd Cup
Final vicotry by Fort.
MacIntyre works as a mathematics teacher in South Lanarkshire, Glasgow.
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...
player from Oban
Oban
Oban Oban Oban ( is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. It has a total resident population of 8,120. Despite its small size, it is the largest town between Helensburgh and Fort William and during the tourist season the town can be crowded by up to 25,000 people. Oban...
, 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...
. He currently plays for Fort William Shinty Club
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...
Playing career
MacIntyre started out his career with Oban CamanachdOban 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:...
, a club which his family has a long connection with. He then transferred to Fort William in 2006 and made an immediate impact, being involved in that club's Camanachd Cup wins.
He then re-signed for Oban in 2008, but his second spell at the club was marred by major discipline problems, including several lengthy bans.
He then re-signed for Fort in the midst of the 2010 season and was instrumental in man-marking Kingussie's Ronald Ross
Ronald Ross (shinty player)
Ronald Ross, MBE is a Scottish shinty player who currently plays for Kingussie Camanachd. He is a renowned forward, the only man to have ever scored more than 1000 goals in the sport and who has broken several other records as an individual and as part of Kingussie's record-breaking first...
out of the 2010 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 vicotry by Fort.
MacIntyre works as a mathematics teacher in South Lanarkshire, Glasgow.