Kenneth "Kenny" Ross 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...

 player from Achnasheen

Achnasheen

Achnasheen is a small village in Ross-shire in the Highland council area of Scotland. Despite the size of the village, Achnasheen is also the name of a postal district which covers several much larger communities. This dates from the time when the village railway station was an important stop on...

, 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...

.http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/ruaridh-nicoll-my-year--in-the-wild-west-629842.html He plays for Lochcarron Camanachd

Lochcarron Camanachd

Lochcarron Camanachd is a shinty club from Wester Ross, Scotland. It has two teams, a senior team which was relegated from the Marine Harvest Premier Division in 2007 and a reserve team which plays in the North Division Three.-History:...

 and is that club's most capped player.http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1689314 He is presently assistant manager of the Scotland national shinty team

Scotland national shinty team

The Scotland national shinty team is the team selected to represent Scotland and the sport of shinty in the annual composite rules international with the Ireland national hurling team. The team represents the Camanachd Association....

.http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1689314

Playing Career

Ross' father, Ronnie, also played for Lochcarron and Ross had an immediate impact as Lochcarron rose through the leagues in the 1990s. He was voted North Player of the Year two years in succession in 2001 and 2002 as Lochcarron entered the Premier Division.http://www.sisis.co.uk/2006/07/29/shinty-%E2%80%93-not-a-sport-for-the-faint-hearted/ He captained the side as they won the Balliemore Cup

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 North Division One and South Division One are eligible for entry.-History:...

 in 2006.http://lochcarronshintyclub.blogspot.com/

Although he only gained his first cap at the age of 30 in 2000http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/breakthrough-for-ross-at-30-1.215966, he became a stalwart of the national Shinty/Hurling team and gained nine caps before retiring from outfield play. He is now a goalkeeper for Lochcarron.http://www.whfp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=714&Itemid=1

Ross has employment outside of the game as a gamekeeper.http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/ruaridh-nicoll-my-year--in-the-wild-west-629842.html

External Links

• Kenny Ross Profile in Independent
• Lochcarron Blogspot, Photo of Ross lifting Balliemore Cup