Not to be confused with the men's shinty team, Strathspey Camanachd

Strathspey Camanachd

Not to be confused with the women's shinty team, Badenoch & Strathspey Ladies Shinty ClubStrathspey Camanachd is a shinty club based in the area around Grantown-on-Spey, Strathspey, Scotland.-History:...

Badenoch & Strathspey Ladies Shinty Club is a shinty

Shinty

Shinty is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas in the...

 club based in the area of Badenoch

Badenoch

Badenoch is a traditional district which today forms part of Badenoch and Strathspey, an area of Highland Council, in Scotland, bounded on the north by the Monadhliath Mountains, on the east by the Cairngorms and Braemar, on the south by Atholl and the Grampians, and on the west by Lochaber...

 and Strathspey

Strathspey

Strathspey may refer to one of the following:* Strathspey, Scotland, an area in the Highlands of Scotland;* Strathspey ....

, Highland, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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The club fields two sides, the first team in the National Division and a second team in North Division Two.

History

Badenoch is a traditionallty strong area of shinty with Kingussie Camanachd

Kingussie Camanachd

Kingussie Camanachd is a shinty team from Kingussie, Scotland and according to the Guinness Book of Records 2005, is World sport's most successful sporting team of all time, winning 20 consecutive leagues and going 4 years unbeaten at one stage in the early 1990s. The second team plays in North...

 and Newtonmore Camanachd Club

Newtonmore Camanachd Club

Newtonmore Camanachd Club is a shinty club from Newtonmore, Badenoch, Scotland and current holders of the Camanachd Cup. It is historically one of the game's most successful sides, having won the Camanachd Cup a record 29 times, most recently in 2011 and won the Marine Harvest Premier Division in...

s being strong forces in the men's game. However, there was no direct presence for women's shinty

Women's shinty

Women's shinty is a sport 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...

in the area until the club was set up in 2008http://www.spanglefish.com/womensshinty/index.asp?pageid=66016. The club uses both of the male team's grounds and is therefore not affiliated with one club in particular.

The club has swiftly developed and has provided internationalists to the Scottish Women's Team. The club has won a lot of trophies and plaudits in a short time.http://www.spanglefish.com/womensshinty/index.asp?pageid=66016 The club stepped up to the National Division in 2010 and performed admirably despite finishing fourth out of four teams.http://www.spanglefish.com/womensshinty/index.asp?pageid=66074

External links

• Badenoch & Strathspey @ the WCA