Derek "Deek" Cameron 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...

 referee

Referee

A referee is the person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view and making on the fly decisions that enforce the rules of the sport...

 and ex-shinty player from Fort William, Scotland

Fort William, Scotland

Fort William is the second largest settlement in the highlands of Scotland and the largest town: only the city of Inverness is larger.Fort William is a major tourist centre with Glen Coe just to the south, Aonach Mòr to the north and Glenfinnan to the west, on the Road to the Isles...

. As a player for Fort William Shinty Club

Fort William Shinty Club

Fort William Shinty Club is a shinty club from Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The first team were Camanachd Cup holders four times in succession, between 2007 and 2010 but were knocked out in the second round in 2011...

, he holds the record for the fastest goal scored in 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...

 final, an effort within 7 seconds in Fort's 1992 victory.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/9593633.stm

Shinty career

Cameron, playing for Fort William Shinty Club, was a part of the successful Camanachd Cup winning team of 1992, scoring after only seven seconds. He continued playing for the second team after retiring from first team action.http://www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/sport/light_shed_on_shinty_cup_challenge_2009_1_120709
In 2008, Cameron moved into refereeing.http://www.shinty.com/news/scottish-hydro-camanachd-cup-final-referee-announced-3/ He also won his first ever Sutherland Cup medal in 2009.http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1335167
In 2011, Cameron refereed the Macaulay Cup

Macaulay Cup

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

 and 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...

 final. In 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...

 final, his record was almost broken by Danny MacRae

Danny MacRae

Daniel Pirrie MacRae better known as Danny MacRae is a Scottish shinty player from Newtonmore, Scotland. He plays for Newtonmore Camanachd Club...

of Newtonmore, who scored within 12 seconds.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/scotland/9593633.stm

External Links

• Cameron named Referee for 2011 Camanachd Cup