WCA National Division One

Marine Harvest WCA National Division One
Country	Scotland
Confederation	Women's Camanachd Association
Number of teams	6
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	WCA North Division Two or WCA South Division Two
Current champions	Skye Camanachd
Website	www.womens-shinty.com

The WCA National Division One is the top league for women in the sport of shinty, and is run by the Women's Camanachd Association. Below that from season 2016 there was a return to regional second level set-up with a WCA North Division 2 and WCA South Division 2. All three leagues are sponsored by Marine Harvest. This progression is evidence of the fact that women's shinty is the fastest growing section in Scotland's oldest sport.

In 2016, Skye Camanachd won the league for the first time, clinching the title by comprehensively beating Aberdour Ladies 9-0 in their final league fixture at Silver Sands, Fife on Sunday 14 August 2016.^[1] The Skye team narrowly missed out on a famous double when they were beaten 4-2 by Lochaber in the Valerie Fraser Trophy later that month.^[2]

Teams

At present, five clubs compete in the league alongside a sixth team, WCA All-Stars, who are a select of players from the regional second-tier leagues.

Aberdour Shinty Club
Badenoch & Strathspey Ladies Shinty Club
Glasgow Mid-Argyll
Lochaber Camanachd
Skye Camanachd
WCA All-Stars

National Division One Winners and Runners-Up

2016: Winners: Skye Camanachd, Runners-up: Glasgow Mid Argyll
2015: Winners: Glasgow Mid Argyll, Runners-up: Badenoch & Strathspey
2014: Winners: Glasgow Mid Argyll, Runners-up: Skye Camanachd
2013: Winners: Glasgow Mid Argyll,
2012: Winners: Glengarry,^[3]
2011: Winners: Glengarry,
2010:
2009: Winners: Glengarry, Runners-up: Tír Conaill Harps
2008:
2007: Winners: Glasgow Mid Argyll,
2006: Winners: Glengarry, Runners-up: Glasgow Mid Argyll
2005:

List of Winners

Club	Total	Years
Glengarry	4	2006, 2009, 2011, 2012
Glasgow Mid Argyll	4	2007, 2013, 2014, 2015
Skye Camanachd	1	2016

List of Runners-Up

Club	Total	Years
Glasgow Mid Argyll	2	2006, 2016
Tír Conaill Harps	1	2009
Skye Camanachd	1	2014
Badenoch & Strathspey	1	2015

Shinty
Senior teams	Aberdeen University Aberdour Ballachulish Beauly Boleskine Bute Caberfeidh Col-Glen Dunoon Fort William Glasgow Mid Argyll Glengarry Glenorchy Glenurquhart Inveraray Inverness Kilmallie Kilmory Kingussie Kinlochshiel Kyles Athletic Lewis Lochaber Lochcarron Lochside Rovers Lovat Newtonmore Oban Oban Celtic Oban Lorn Skye Strachur & District Strathglass Strathspey Tayforth Taynuilt
Former Teams	Edinburgh East Lothian Forth Furnace Glasgow Cowal Nairnshire Naver Athletic Strathclyde Police
Non-league and University teams	Ardnamurchan Caithness Cornwall Dundee University Edinburgh University Glasgow University Kincraig Kinlochbervie Kintyre Lochbroom London Milngavie & Bearsden Robert Gordon University Scots St Andrews University Uist
Women's shinty	Aberdour Ardnamurchan Badenoch & Strathspey Cowal and Bute Inverness Dunadd Glasgow Mid Argyll Glengarry Lewis Lochaber Lovat Oban Lorn Strathglass Strathspey Skye Tir Conaill Harps
Competitions	Camanachd Cup Premier Division League System Grand Slam Macaulay Cup Sutherland Cup Balliemore Cup MacTavish Cup Glasgow Celtic Society Cup Strathdearn Cup Bullough Cup Mod Cup Valerie Fraser Trophy Women's League System Lovat Cup London Shield Littlejohn Vase Fingal Memorial Shield Albert Smith Medal
See also	Camanachd Association Composite rules shinty–hurling Shinty/Hurling International Series Shinty in the United States English Shinty Association Shinty in Russia Scotland national shinty team English Shinty Team Alba Schools Camanachd Association Women's shinty Clash of the Ash Iomain SWAGs University shinty

References

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