Shinty

Principles of the play

This traditional sport Scottish is played in the open air on a large ground (128 × 155 m). It puts at the catches two trainings of twelve players. The parts dispute in two half-times of 45 minutes.

At each end of the ground, one finds two goals (3,66 m length for 3,05 height) kept by a goalkeeper who has the right to make use of his hands to stop the ball. The eleven other players of a team of shinty do not have the right to control the ball of the hand.

Ancestor of the Field hockey, the shinty is played with a net (shinty), a small round ball of 70 with 100 grams of a circumference of approximately 7 centimetres.

Historical reference marks

The history of the shinty plunges its roots in the past Gaelic of the Scotland. The first modern club sees the day in 1861 with Aberdeen. In 1896, the first championship national is set up in Scotland. Very near to the Hurling Irish, of the international matches Scottish place between players of shinty and Irish players of hurling have according to a common payment.

The First League Scottish

Kingussie
Fort William
Lochcarron
Newtownmore
Inveraray
Kilmallie
Oban Camanachd
Lochaber Camanachd
Butts
Lochaber

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