South Division One (shinty)

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Marine Harvest South Division One
Country Scotland
Confederation Camanachd Association
Number of teams 10
Level on pyramid 3
Promotion to National Division One
Relegation to South Division Two
Current champions Lochside Rovers
(2017)
Website www.shinty.com

The South Division One (currently known as the 'Marine Harvest South Division 1' for sponsorship reasons) is the third tier of the Shinty league system. League champions are awarded the Dunn Cup and play-off against the North Division One champions for promotion to the National Division.

The Shinty league system is a series of interconnected leagues for shinty in Scotland. It is administered by the Camanachd Association.

North Division One (shinty)

The North Division One is the third tier of the Shinty league system. League champions are awarded the MacGillivary Cup and play-off against the South Division One champions for promotion to the National Division.

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Current Teams [1]

The 2018 Marine Harvest South Division 1 will consist of the following teams:

*Denotes Reserve team
*Lochside Rovers are the 2nd team for Premiership side Oban Camanachd*

Aberdour Shinty Club

Aberdour Shinty Club is a shinty club which plays in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. It is the only senior Shinty Club in Fife and was founded in 2001. As of 2011 the club entered two teams into senior competition, its first team competing in Marine Harvest South Division One, and its second team in South Division Two.

Ballachulish Camanachd Club is a shinty team from Ballachulish, Lochaber, Scotland. The club was founded in 1893 the same year as the Camanachd Association. One of the sport's most famous clubs, they won the Camanachd Cup four times before World War I. The club is also the most northerly of teams playing in the South district, the kyle at Ballachulish being the traditional demarcation point between the two districts. The club has moved to one team playing South Division Two in 2013 but soon gained promotion and re-established two teams, and gained promotion to National Division One for 2015.

Bute Shinty Club

Bute Shinty Club is a shinty club from Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. It has a reserve team which is in South Division Two.

History

1980's: South Division One the top tier of Shinty. National final between winner of North Division One and South Division One.

1996 to 1999: Winners of North Division One and South Division One playing in National final with eventual winner gaining promotion to Premier Division.

The Premier Division is the premier division in shinty. Based in Scotland and formed in 1996, the league is the top tier of the Shinty league system. Set-up in order to create a Scotland-wide league for the first time, it constitutes as one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam of shinty.

1999 to 2006: National Division One becomes third tier of shinty with advent of National Division One. Winners of North Division One and South Division One playing in National final with eventual winner gaining promotion to National Division One (2nd tier).

The National Division One is the second tier of the Shinty league system

2007: South Division One once again becomes the second tier of Shinty with the folding of National Division One. Champions guaranteed promotion to the Premier Division.

2014: South Division One once again becomes the third tier of Shinty with the reinstatement of National Division One with South Division One champions being promoted through a play-off win.

List of winners (since 2014)

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Camanachd Association organization

The Camanachd Association is the world governing body of the Scottish sport of shinty. The body is based in Inverness, Highland, and is in charge of the rules of the game. Its main competitions are the Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup and the Mowi Premiership and the Mowi Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup.

Skye Camanachd is a shinty team from the Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland. It plays in the Premier Division and has a reserve team in North Division One, as well as a Ladies team in the WCA National Division One and a Ladies reserve team in the WCA Development League. The club is based at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree.u

Oban Camanachd

Oban Camanachd are a shinty team based in Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland who currently play in the Marine Harvest Premiership. One of the oldest Camanachd clubs they were founded in 1889.

Lochcarron Camanachd

Lochcarron Camanachd is a shinty club from Wester Ross, Scotland.

Macaulay Cup

The Macaulay Association Camanachd Cup is a trophy in the Scottish sport of shinty. It is competed for by the eight highest-placed league teams from the north and south areas of Scotland at the end of the previous season. The first winner of the cup, in 1947, was Newtonmore.

Mod Cup

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Womens shinty

Women's shinty is a sport, played almost entirely within Scotland, identical to the men's game – with the same rules, same sized pitch and same equipment. However, its history is significantly different. Social pressures – along with the broader game's self-image – resulted in a largely hidden history until comparatively recently.

Sir William Sutherland Cup

The Sir William Sutherland Cup, more commonly known simply as the Sutherland Cup, is a trophy in the sport of shinty. It is the national cup competition for junior sides, the equivalent of the Camanachd Cup for those sides in lower league competition. The current (2017) holders are Lochside Rovers.

Balliemore Cup

The Balliemore Cup is a knock-out cup in the sport of shinty. It is the Intermediate Championship run under the auspices of the Camanachd Association and only first teams competing in the National, North Division One and South Division One are eligible for entry.

The Bullough Cup is a knock-out competition in the sport of shinty.

The South Division Two is the fourth tier of the Shinty league system. League Champions are promoted to the South Division One.

The North Division Two is the fourth tier of the Shinty league system. League champions take home the MacGillivray Junior Cup and are promoted to the North Division One.

Dunoon Camanachd Shinty team in Scotland

Dunoon Camanachd is a shinty club, from Dunoon, Scotland. The team competed from 2016 to 2017 in South Division Two but its senior side went into abeyance in 2018.

References

  1. "Marine Harvest South Division 1 « Shinty". www.shinty.com. Retrieved 2017-03-17.