2017 Marine Harvest Premiership

Marine Harvest Premiership

Founded	1996;29 years ago (1996)
Country	Scotland
Confederation	Camanachd Association
Number of clubs	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	National Division
Domestic cup(s)	Camanachd Cup Macaulay Cup MacTavish Cup Glasgow Celtic Society Cup
Current champions	Newtonmore Camanachd Club (2016)
Most championships	Kingussie Camanachd (12)
TV partners	BBC Alba BBC Scotland
Website	www.shinty.com

The 2017 Marine Harvest Premiership ^[1] was the 21st season of the Premier Division, the highest division in Shinty. The season began on 4 March 2017 consisting of 10 teams from across Scotland. The 3rd season with Marine Harvest as title sponsors saw reigning champions Newtonmore challenging for their 8th Premiership title in a row.

The 2017 Cup competitions competed will be the Camanachd Cup, Macaulay Cup, MacTavish Cup (North District teams only) and the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup (South District teams only).

Any team winning all 4 major trophies for which they are eligible to take part in will achieve the coveted Shinty Grand Slam.

The 2017 Marine Harvest Premiership champions were Kinlochshiel Shinty Club. This was their first Premiership title.

Teams

Team	Formed	Ground	Located
Glasgow Mid Argyll Shinty Club	1928	Peterson Park	Yoker, Glasgow
Glenurquhart Shinty Club	1885	Blairbeg Park	Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire, Highland
Kilmallie Shinty Club	1929	Canal Park	Caol, Fort William, Highland
Kingussie Camanachd	1893	The Dell	Kingussie, Badenoch, Highland
Kinlochshiel Shinty Club	1958	Kirkton	Balmacara, Inverness-shire, Highland
Kyles Athletic Shinty Club	1896	The Playing Field	Tighnabruaich, Argyll and Bute
Lochaber Camanachd	1958	Spean Bridge Stadium	Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Highland
Lovat Shinty Club	1888	Balgate	Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, Highland
Newtonmore Camanachd Club	1895	The Eilan (Eilean Bheannchair)	Newtonmore, Badenoch, Highland
Oban Camanachd	1889	Mossfield Park	Oban, Argyll and Bute

Glasgow Mid Argyll

Glenurquhart

Kilmallie

Kingussie

Kinlochshiel

Kyles Athletic

Lochaber

Lovat

Newtonmore

Oban Camanachd

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Locations of 2017 Premiership teams

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League summary

League table

Updated 28 July 2018
*League points adjustment

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-	Pts
1	Kinlochshiel	18	13	4	1	49	17	32	30
2	Kyles Athletic	18	13	2	3	56	28	28	28
3	Lovat	18	12	1	5	37	31	6	25
4	Newtonmore	18	10	4	4	43	20	23	24
5	Kingussie	18	9	3	6	32	27	5	27
6	Oban Camanachd	18	8	1	8	44	30	14	18*
7	Glenurquhart	18	3	4	11	28	49	-21	10
8	Lochaber	18	4	2	12	22	52	-30	10
9	Kilmallie	18	3	1	13	19	48	-29	8*
10	Glasgow Mid Argyll	18	2	2	14	21	49	-28	6

Form

Updated 28 July 2018

Team	Form
Glasgow Mid Argyll	L3
Glenurquhart	D2
Kilmallie	L3
Kingussie	L1
Kinlochshiel	W2
Kyles Athletic	W1
Lochaber	D1
Lovat	W5
Newtonmore	W1
Oban Camanachd	L3

Top Scorer(s)

Top Scorer or Scorers only
Updated 28 July 2018

Pos	Player	Team	Games	Goals
1	Keith Macrae	Kinlochshiel	12	18

References

1. "Marine Harvest Premiership « Shinty". www.shinty.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
2. "Marine Harvest Premiership « Shinty". www.shinty.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.