Inveraray Shinty Club
| Inveraray | |
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| Full name | Inveraray Shinty Cub
Camanachd Inbhir Aora |
| Nickname | The Aray Boys, The Royal Burgh Side |
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| Founded | 1877 |
| Ground | Winterton Park, Inveraray |
| League | National Division One |
| 2016 | 3rd |
| Reserve Manager | N/A |
| League | South Division One |
| 2016 | 8th |
Camanachd Inbhir Aora
Inveraray Shinty Club (Camanachd Inbhir Aora) is a shinty club from Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland. After relegation from the Premier Division in 2015, they will play in the National Division One in 2016. There is also a reserve team.
The club was formed after a public meeting in 1877. The club's first fixture was a 4–1 defeat by Vale of Leven in Govan.
The club reached the Camanachd Cup final in the first season in which they competed in the tournament in 1898 but were beaten 2–0 by Beauly.The final was reached again in 1903 but Inveraray refused to travel to Inverness to face Kingussie after the first match at Perth was drawn, and the cup was awarded to Kingussie.
The Camanachd Cup was finally won in 1925 however and Inveraray made a successful defence of the tournament the following year. In 1930 the Camanachd Cup was won for a third time.
After the Second World War the number of players in the district was greatly reduced and the club joined with rivals Furnace Shinty Club to become Loch Fyne-side. The combined side twice reached the Camanachd Cup Final but were beaten on both occasions. In 1957, Inveraray was reformed but fell into abeyance in 1979. It was then restarted in 1982 and has continued to this day.
The club worked its way back to the top of the game and were founder members of the new National Premier League in 1994. The Glasgow Celtic Society Cup was won three times in this decade, in 1995, 1996 and 1999.
Although Inveraray were relegated from the Premier League in 2000 they bounced back immediately the following year and with perhaps their greatest generation of players went on to enjoy their most successful era.
The team reached the Camanachd Cup Final in 2002 after a 35-year gap but were beaten 3–2 by Kingussie. Two years later in 2004 however the team won the Camanachd Cup Final with a 1–0 win over Fort William, the greatest day in Inveraray's recent history. This bridged a 74-year gap since the club's previous Camanachd Cup success. Inveraray went on to lose 3–1 to Fort William in the centenary Camanachd Cup Final in 2007.
Their ground was severely damaged in summer 2007 by the Connect Festival held on their pitch of Winterton Park. The Club plays here with the patronage of the Duke of Argyll.
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