John Barr | |
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| Born | 1982 (age 41–42) |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Shinty Player |
| Known for | Shinty |
John Barr (born 1982) is a Scottish international shinty player from Abriachan, Scotland. He has mainly played as a defender, for Glenurquhart Shinty Club where he has also been assistant manager. [1]
Barr attended Charleston Academy in Inverness.[ citation needed ] He attended Robert Gordon University and graduated in 2009. [2]
Barr has represented Scotland at all levels of shinty, most recently in 2009. [3] [4]
He is known for a physically dominant style of play. [5] The crowd at the 2009 Scotland-Ireland international enjoyed the good humoured chant "John Barr ate my car". [3]
In 2006, he was part of the Scottish University Shinty Men's squad and having performed so well as a hurler, he received a Universities Hurling All Star honour in recognition of this. [6]
His first senior cap was in 2005 and in October 2015 he gained his fourteenth cap as captain of Scotland against Ireland in the first leg of the cross-code Shinty-Hurling at Bight Park in Inverness. [7] Scotland won the tie. [8]
Barr has acted as a Trustee on the Board of RGU union since 2014. [2]
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