Newtonmore (Shinty)
| Newtonmore | |
| Full name | Newtonmore Camanachd Club |
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Bhaile Ur an t-Sleibh |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The 'More |
| Founded | 1895 |
| Ground | Eilean Bheannchair AKA The Eilan, Newtonmore |
| Manager | John Paul MacKintosh |
| League | Premier Division |
| 2016 | 1st |
| Reserve Manager | Cameron MacDonald and Glen Tonkin |
| League | North Division One |
| 2016 | 1st |
Newtonmore Camanachd Club is a shinty club from Newtonmore, Badenoch, Scotland and current holders of the Premier Division. It is historically one of the game's most successful sides, having won the Camanachd Cup a record 31 times and are present holders. They have won the Marine Harvest Premier Division six years in a row since 2010. There is also a reserve team who play in North Division One.
Shinty has been played in the Newtonmore area for centuries, but more recently, there are records of shinty being played at the Eilan since 1877, and the club was formally re-constituted in 1890 and was a founding member of the Camanachd Associationin 1895. One of their greatest early players was Dr. John Cattanach, the sole shinty player in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame.
Since then, the club have won the Camanachd Cup 30 times – a record unmatched by any other team in the game. The club's last victory was in 2016. A defining moment in their history was winning a pulsating match 4-3 after extra time against Kingussie in 2011. This was their first win since 1985, signalled the end of Kingussie's dominance of the sport and helped lay the ghosts of their record loss to Kingussie in 1991.
Two of the greatest names in shinty history, goalkeeper Hugh Chisholm and David "Tarzan" Ritchie jointly hold the Newtonmore club record of twelve Camanachd Cup winners medals each. The club has also won the MacTavish Cup a record forty times, together with a string of other honours. The club won the MacTavish Cup in 2009 5–4 against Kingussie at the Bught Park, Inverness on 13 June 2009. The game was broadcast live on BBC Alba. Players such as Paul MacArthur, Danny MacRae and Michael Ritchie are the sons and nephews of famous Newtonmore players and the club has a long dynastic tradition.
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