Shiel come to Shawbost for Strathdearn
After what seems like an age due to postponements, the Dubh is Gorm will hopefully return to the pitch tomorrow, and this time on home soil. The first game of…
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After what seems like an age due to postponements, the Dubh is Gorm will hopefully return to the pitch tomorrow, and this time on home soil. The first game of…
They say the best way to create a tradition is to repeat something, and indeed that’s what happened on New Year’s Day 1996. The Stornoway Gazette (11/1/96) carried a report…
Recent research into the archives of the Stornoway Gazette has thrown up a wealth of material that gives a better picture of the early days of the revivals of shinty…
Saturday 2nd September 2023 will hopefully see a healthy crowd take in our final game of a successful season at Shawbost against a visiting Strathglass team. It will also be…
Camanachd Leòdhais brought the away season to a close with a historic, complete performance at traditional happy hunting grounds, Cannich Park, against Strathglass. The result a resounding 12-nil, with all…
The following is an article from the Glasgow Herald October 12th 1989. It previews the Mod Cup game played at Bayhead in 1989 between Skye Camanachd and Beauly Shinty Club…
The picture above shows when the originally constituted Comunn Camanachd Leòdhais was awarded a Shinty Yearbook Trophy in 1996. This was the Silver Jubilee of the Shinty Yearbook and was…
Duais Triath nan Eilean – The Lord of the Isles Tournament was revived in 2001. It had previously been played in Back in 1997, cancelled in 1998 due to the…
In 2000, Back Shinty Club travelled over to face Lochcarron for an under-14 match and training session. It was stormy crossing but the then new astroturf park at Ullapool allowed…
As much of the Shinty Revivals of the 1990s in Lewis were focused in Back thanks to Boyd MacKenzie and the late Dr Barden, the Loch a Tuath News is…