Oban Camanachd
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| Full name | Oban Camanachd Club |
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd an Obain |
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| Nickname | The Camancheroes |
| Founded | 1889 |
| Ground | Mossfield Park, Oban |
| Manager | Iain Hay (Haybo) |
| League | Premier Division |
| 2016 | 3rd |
| Reserve Manager | Gareth Evans |
| League | South Division One |
| 2016 | 3rd |
Oban Camanachd is one of the oldest Camanachd clubs playing in the Shinty leagues of Scotland. Oban compete in the Premier Division. They have a reserve team called Lochside Rovers who play in South Division One.
Established in Oban, Argyll in 1889, the club has always enjoyed competition against its great local rival, Oban Celtic.
Past successes included winning the Camanachd Cup (Scottish Cup) in 1933 – Oban Camanachd 3, Newtonmore 2, at Keppoch, Lochaber, after drawn game, 1–1, at Corpach, Fort William. This was followed my regaining the cup in 1938 – Oban Camanachd 4, Inverness 2. at Oban.
The Macauley Cup is always a competition close to the club members and supporters hearts as the final is played in Oban every year. The club has had a steady amount of success in this competition winning the cup and keeping it home in Oban a total of 5 times, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1993 and 1995
The Celtic Society Cup is where Oban Camanachd have enjoyed the most success. It is the oldest competition in the sport, first being played for in 1879. It is one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam in the sport of shinty. The most recent success being in 2005 beating cup holders Inverary 2–1 in the semi final at Ballachullish. Meeting Bute in the final Oban Camanachd ran out 7–4 winners. The Club other successes in the competition were in 1889, 1900, 1904, 1911, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1973, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1997.
The Club have enjoyed regular success in the regional and national leagues and cups. Possibly the best Camanachd team was the 1970–80's team with quality players such internationalists Bobby Galbraith, Dougie Macintyre, Neil MacDougal and Chukie Clark, and were widely expected to lift the Camanachd Cup but succumbed to a rampant Kyles Athletic on four occasions. Chukie Clark also has the unique distinction of being attacked and bitten by a dog during a game at Strachur. This Camanachd side failed to live up to their true potential and the club went through a lean patch until Chukie Clark restructured the second team, Lochside Rovers, producing quality players for the senior team like Nonnie MacInnes, Ally MacInnes, Andrew Inglis and Damian Laird.
Oban Camanachd have won the Camanachd Cup on several occasions, most recently with victory over Kingussie in the 1996 final. Nonnie Macinnes was Captain on the day, but the game was most notable for the performance of Gordon MacIntyre who had made a miraculous recovery from the loss of an eye that year to score the winning goal.
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