Glenurquhart Shinty Club
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Glenurquhart Shinty Club is a shinty team which plays in Drumnadrochit on the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland. It draws its players from the part of the Great Glen which encompasses Drumnadrochit, Lewiston and Glen Urquhart. The club has been existence since 1885.
The club presently has two teams, the first team playing in the Marine Harvest Division One and the second team in North Division Three.
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[edit] Playing Colours
Home: Top: Red & Black Hoops, Shorts: White, Socks: Black
Change: Top: Black & Red, Shorts: Black, Socks: Black
[edit] History
Glenurquhart played a match against Strathglass on the 12th of February 1887, at the Bught Park, Inverness and in a landmark game concerning the establishment of the first official rules of Shinty. Glen Urquhart won a game, played with 22 players on each side 2-0.
The club has had good historic success with purple patches in the 1960s and early 1990s.
[edit] Stadium
Shinty Park, Drumnadrochit
[edit] Nickname
"The Glen"
[edit] External links
- Glenurquhart @ shinty.com
- Some photographs of old Glenurquhart teams
- Shinty's First Blog, Written from a 'Glen' perspective
