Kinlochshiel

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Kinlochshiel Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Balmacara, near Kyle of Lochalash, Lochalsh, Scotland. The club has two sides, a senior team which plays in North Division One and a reserve team in North Division Three.

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[edit] Playing Colours

Top: Red – Shorts: White – Socks: Red

Change – Top: Blue & Black – Shorts: White – Socks: Red

[edit] Stadium

Kirkton, Balmacara

[edit] History

The club was the result of an amalgamation of three clubs Kintail, Lochalsh and Glenshiel, who first joined forces in 1958.

The club won its first trophy in the form of the Sutherland Cup in 1962 and the Strathdearn in 1975. Whilst the club have been successful over the years, a troublesome patch in the 1990s led to Kinlochshiel dropping down to the lowest division in the North and working their way back up the leagues and re-establishing a reserve team.. This has reaped long term benefits and the club are now considered one of the best teams outside the top flight. The club now boasts several internationalists in its ranks, including Keith and Finlay MacRae.

In 2006, the club was joined by the wider shinty community in mourning for Johnny "Ach" Macrae, referee co-ordinator for the Camanachd Association and former North Player of the Year who died at the age of 50. His funeral was attended by over 2000 people.

[edit] Nickname

"Shiel"

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