Lovat Shinty Club
| Lovat | |
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| Full name | Lovat Shinty Club |
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Lobhait |
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| Nickname | Lilywhites |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Ground | Balgate, Kiltarlity |
| Manager | Fraser Gallacher |
| League | Premier Division |
| 2016 | 7th |
| Reserve Manager | Darren Urquhart |
| League | North Division Two |
| 2016 | 9th (ND1) |
| Lovat Ladies | |
| Full name | Lovat Ladies |
| Gaelic name | Boireannaich Lobhait |
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| Nickname | Lovat Lassies |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Ground | Balgate |
| Manager | Charlie Mainland |
| League | National Division Two |
| 2014 | |
Lovat Shinty Club is a shinty club from Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, Scotland.[1] The club was formed in 1888[2] and has a healthy rivalry with near neighbours Beauly. The club takes its name from the area within which it plays in and shared this name with the late Second World War hero, Lord Lovat. The club are current holders of the Camanachd Cup, winning it in 2015.
Founded in 1888, the club has never folded but did merge with Beauly early in the 20th Century and won the Camanachd Cup in 1912/13 as the combined team. After the first war, the team also reached the final in 1925.
In 1953 was Lovat's finest hour, achieving the Grand Slam, winning every single competition[3] they entered at Senior and Junior level, they were the first club to ever achieve this feat. The same set of players had previously won the Celtic Society Cup which was a South District Competition in 1950 and 1951.
Despite being close to Inverness, Lovat still maintain two strong teams due to a strong youth policy and the support of the local primary school. The club is always well represented at youth international level.
The club hosts the traditional Lovat V Beauly New Year's Day match AKA the Lovat Cup every year. This game attracts the largest crowd for a shinty match outside of the Camanachd Cup final.
In November 2007, following Kinlochshiels' draw with Caberfeidh, Lovat became a Marine Harvest Premier Division Team. This was a massive achievement for the Kiltarlity side and was somewhat ahead of schedule given the very young age of the team.
However, Lovat's 2008 season in the Premier Division was a hard campaign and the club was eventually relegated having been marooned at the bottom of the league for almost the whole season. The club's first team won North Division One again in 2009, this marked a successful season for the club where its second team had also reached the Sutherland and Strathdearn Cup finals, losing to Fort William on both occasions.
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