Kinlochshiel
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| Full name | Kinlochshiel Shinty Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Ceann Loch Seile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Shiel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Kirkton, Balmacara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | North Division One | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kinlochshiel Shinty Club is a shinty club based in Balmacara, near Kyle of Lochalsh, Lochalsh, Scotland. The club has two sides, a senior team which plays in North Division One and a reserve team in North Division Two. Kinlochsiel also has a young, promising under 14's team. 2007 has been a very successful year for the club as they have won north division three and the Balliemore cup.
[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: Finlay MacRae,Keith MacRae,John MacRae,Criosdean MacRae,Gordon MacDonald ,John Don Mackenzie Jnr and Neil Fraser. (All at either Under 17 or 21)
The club won the Balliemore Cup on 1st September 2007 against Glenurquhart in a rearranged match at Newtonmore after the first game was rained out on 17th August 2007 in Oban.
The club also missed out on promotion to the Premier Division, coming second in North Division One in 2007 although the second team won North Division Three
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.
The club is the only team specifically referred to in the Runrig song, Clash of the Ash, in the line;
"Tell me who’s gonna mark the Kinlochshiel Bear He’s hard as nails, quick as a flash He comes down from the caves For the clash of the ash"
- Clash of the Ash, C&R MacDonald, 2007
[edit] External links
- Kinlochshiel @ Shinty.com
- West Highland Free PRess with coverage of Kinlochshiel Games
- Johnny "Ach" Macrae's Funeral Coverage and Obituary
- Clash of the Ash Lyrics
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