Ballachulish Camanachd Club
Encyclopedia
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 plays in South Division One and has a reserve side in Division Two.
Final appearance to date was in 1948 when they lost to Newtonmore.
The club has never recovered the Camanachd Cup
, but has several Celtic, Sutherland and Dunn Cups to its name and enjoyed a great spell in the 1960s. The club's second team restarted in 2007 and competed in the Bullough Cup and the Sutherland Cup, did not enter competition in 2008 but be competed in 2009 in South Division Two. The second team was removed from all competition in March 2010.http://www.shinty.com/news/news-from-ballachulish-shinty-club/. It re-entered in 2011.http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2141904?UserKey=
The return of Dugald Rankin in 2011 has seen an upsurge in the team's fortunes.
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...
team from Ballachulish
Ballachulish
The village of Ballachulish in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred around former slate quarries. The name Ballachulish was more correctly applied to the area now called North Ballachulish, to the north of Loch Leven, but was usurped for the quarry villages at East Laroch and West Laroch,...
, Lochaber
Lochaber
District of Lochaber 1975 to 1996Highland council area shown as one of the council areas of ScotlandLochaber is one of the 16 ward management areas of the Highland Council of Scotland and one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region...
, 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...
. The club was founded in 1893 the same year as the Camanachd Association
Camanachd Association
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...
. One of the sport's most famous clubs, they won the Camanachd Cup
Camanachd Cup
The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup AKA the Camanachd Cup or Scottish Cup is the premier prize in the sport of shinty...
four times before World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. 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 plays in South Division One and has a reserve side in Division Two.
History
Founded in 1893, the club won the Scottish Cup in 1899, 1901, 1911 and 1912. The outbreak of war was to put an end to this run of success and the club has never quite achieved these heights again. The club regained some modicum of strength by winning the Mactavish Cup in 1938 before war intervened again. The last Camanachd CupCamanachd Cup
The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup AKA the Camanachd Cup or Scottish Cup is the premier prize in the sport of shinty...
Final appearance to date was in 1948 when they lost to Newtonmore.
The club has never recovered the Camanachd Cup
Camanachd Cup
The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup AKA the Camanachd Cup or Scottish Cup is the premier prize in the sport of shinty...
, but has several Celtic, Sutherland and Dunn Cups to its name and enjoyed a great spell in the 1960s. The club's second team restarted in 2007 and competed in the Bullough Cup and the Sutherland Cup, did not enter competition in 2008 but be competed in 2009 in South Division Two. The second team was removed from all competition in March 2010.http://www.shinty.com/news/news-from-ballachulish-shinty-club/. It re-entered in 2011.http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/2141904?UserKey=
The return of Dugald Rankin in 2011 has seen an upsurge in the team's fortunes.
In popular culture
- "The History of Ballachulish Shinty Club" has become a phrase used in connection with casting aspersions on any qualification seen as obscure or of low utility. http://www.thisiswirral.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1836045.mostcommented.taxi_drivers_reach_training_milestone.php
- In her article, When it's rational to hate a stranger, Scottish journalist Sylvia Patterson wrote that she hoped footballer Cristiano RonaldoCristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH, , commonly known as Cristiano Ronaldo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger or striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and is the captain of the Portuguese national team...
would be resurrectedResurrectionResurrection refers to the literal coming back to life of the biologically dead. It is used both with respect to particular individuals or the belief in a General Resurrection of the dead at the end of the world. The General Resurrection is featured prominently in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim...
as "as a 5ft 2in winger of a Ballachulish shinty team" in order to teach him a lesson about humility.http://www.sundayherald.com/oped/opinion/display.var.2482515.0.when_its_rational_to_hate_a_stranger.php