University Shinty
| Aberdeen University | |
| Full name | Aberdeen University Shinty Club |
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Oilthigh Obar Dheathain |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Blues, The Deen |
| Founded | 1861 |
| Ground | Balgownie, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen |
| Strathclyde University | |
| Full name | Strathclyde University Shinty Club |
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Tech |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Ground | Peterson Park, Yoker |
| Robert Gordon University | |
| Full name | Robert Gordon University Shinty Club |
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Oilthigh Raibeirt Ghortain |
|---|---|
| Nickname | RGU |
| Founded | 1990s |
| Ground | Balgownie |
| Dundee University | |
| Full name | Dundee University Shinty Club |
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Oilthigh Dhun Deagh |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The Dee |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Ground | Riverside Sports Ground, Dundee |
| League | Scottish Student Sport (SSS) University League |
In the sport of shinty, there are several clubs which play under the banner of one of the Scottish universities. However, these clubs are not always student teams in the strictest sense of the word and have a long history of participation at national senior level. Since the introduction of a summer season, only Aberdeen University continue to play in the senior leagues, although Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews have all done so in the past.
Scottish Universities have played a major role in shinty since the early days of the sport. Aberdeen University were founded in 1861 and clubs were founded at Edinburgh University and Glasgow University in the late Victorian Era. Aberdeen played in North competitions and Edinburgh & Glasgow competed in South competitions. Often these teams would compete in "Junior" competitions but would also from time to time restrict themselves to the University Littlejohn competition.
St Andrews University became the fourth and final team to enter league shinty in the late 1960s. This meant that all four of Scotland's ancient universities had a shinty team representing them. The original three had varying degrees of success but won, or appeared in the finals of several cup competitions as well as garnering league success throughout their league existence.
The Littlejohn of Invercharron Vase is the trophy played for by the Universities. It was presented in 1905 and has been played for ever since. More information can be found at its page, Littlejohn Vase.
The move to the summer season in the sport meant that of the four teams playing in the north and south leagues only the University of Aberdeen continued to play on a full-time basis.
However, the change in status means that players from clubs playing in the National Leagues such as Kingussie and Fort William can now play for their university outwith the senior season. Previously these players could only compete in the annual one-day Littlejohn Vase tournament. They may now play in the winter University League.
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