Strathclyde Police Shinty Club
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Strathclyde Police Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Glasgow, Scotland, the club represents the Strathclyde Police force and draws its players mostly from serving officers. The club went into abeyance in 2000 but has restarted and will enter the south leagues in 2007.
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[edit] Playing Colours
Blue Shirt with Thin White Vertical Stripes, Blue Shorts, Blue Socks.
[edit] Stadium
Lochinch, Glasgow.
[edit] History
The club was established in 1963 as the Glasgow Police Shinty Team but regionalization led to the adoption of the present name. the club was the brainchild of a Dr John Murchison, who felt a club made of serving police officers (Glasgow having a tradition of having police officers from the Scottish Highlands) would be an ample replacement for the then recently defunct Glasgow Skye. The club was a fixture in the old South Division One until relegation to the South Division 2 which they then won in 1979-80.
In 1998-99 the club played in South Division One but was relegated to the South Division Two. The following year, team raising difficulties led to the club going into abeyance. The force plans to enter the South leagues in 2007.
[edit] Nickname
"The Polis"
[edit] External Links
- Strathclyde Police Force
- Strathclyde Police Pipe Band
- http://www.shinty.com/novnewsletter.doc Strathclyde Police To Return To Shinty]
