Lewis Camanachd
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Lewis Camanachd ( Comann Camanachd Leòdhais in Scots Gaelic) is the senior shinty team from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. The club does not compete in any senior league but is entering the Strathdearn and Sutherland Cups in 2007.
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[edit] History
Lewis Camanachd is the amalgamation of several teams based around the Stornoway area of Lewis. Although the Western Isles are one of the last bastions of Scottish Gaelic, shinty is not particularly common as football is very popular.
In the club's first senior game, they lost to Uist Camanachd in the 2005 Mod Cup Final.
The club was reconstituted in 2006 and will fulfill its fixtures on the mainland in 2007. The club was drawn in its first competitive fixture with Glasgow Mid Argyll in the Sutherland Cup and Fort William or Ardnamurchan in the Strathdearn Cup.
[edit] Playing Colours
Blue/Black Tops, Blue/Black Shorts
[edit] Stadium
The Club has training facilities at the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway but has no permanent base at present. Home games will be played on Lochbroom Camanachd's ground in Ullapool.
[edit] Nickname
Na Leòdhasaich
[edit] Club Motto
" Fior Pwnage!"
