Niall MacPhee
Encyclopedia
Niall MacPhee is a shinty
player from Fort William
, Scotland
. He plays for Fort William Shinty Club
.
final at the age of 16 against Kingussie. He has featured in 7 finals in a row. He will be captain of Fort William in the 2010 final. He also won the Premier Division
in 2006 for Fort William. He was also successful at University Shinty
for Strathclyde University, winning the Littlejohn Vase
on several occasions.
He is also a regular part of the Scotland national shinty team
.
He is known as Rhino by the fans.
As shinty is an amateur
sport, MacPhee works as a sports surface engineer based in Edinburgh
and has carried out work for Uefa.[MacPhee is a sports surface engineer based in Edinburgh and has carried out work for Uefa. He is an advocate of the use of synthetic surfaces in shinty.
He also designed a protoype caman for First Shinty which won a design award. MacPhee never heard back from the Camanachd Association and the project was never developed.
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 Fort William
Fort William, Scotland
Fort William is the second largest settlement in the highlands of Scotland and the largest town: only the city of Inverness is larger.Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glen Coe just to the south, Aonach Mòr to the north and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles...
, 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 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
MacPhee appeared in his first Camanachd CupCamanachd Cup
The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup AKA the Camanachd Cup or Scottish Cup is the premier prize in the sport of shinty...
final at the age of 16 against Kingussie. He has featured in 7 finals in a row. He will be captain of Fort William in the 2010 final. He also won the Premier Division
Premier Division (shinty)
The Premier Division is a league for shinty teams. It is the primary league competition in shinty and top tier of the Shinty league system. The Premier Division was formed in 1996 in order to create a Scotland-wide league set-up for the first time...
in 2006 for Fort William. He was also successful at University Shinty
University Shinty
Shinty teams which play University Shinty are clubs which play under the banner of a university. However, these clubs are not always student teams in the strictest sense of the word and have a long history of participation at national senior level....
for Strathclyde University, winning the Littlejohn Vase
Littlejohn Vase
The Littlejohn of Invercharron Challenge Vase, also known as simply the Littlejohn Vase, is a trophy in University Shinty. The second most expensive sporting trophy in Scotland, after the Scottish Cup, the Littlejohn Vase is competed for by University Shinty teams on an annual basis, in a one-day...
on several occasions.
He is also a regular part of the Scotland national shinty team
Scotland national shinty team
The Scotland national shinty team is the team selected to represent Scotland and the sport of shinty in the annual composite rules international with the Ireland national hurling team. The team represents the Camanachd Association....
.
He is known as Rhino by the fans.
As shinty is an amateur
Amateur
An amateur is generally considered a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science, without pay and often without formal training....
sport, MacPhee works as a sports surface engineer based in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
and has carried out work for Uefa.[MacPhee is a sports surface engineer based in Edinburgh and has carried out work for Uefa. He is an advocate of the use of synthetic surfaces in shinty.
He also designed a protoype caman for First Shinty which won a design award. MacPhee never heard back from the Camanachd Association and the project was never developed.