Tayforth Camanachd
| Tayforth | |||
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| Full name | Tayforth Camanachd | ||
| Founded | 1973 | ||
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| Ground | Levenhall Links | ||
| Manager | Derry Barton | ||
| League | South Division 2 | ||
| 2016 | 1st (SD2) | ||
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Tayforth Camanachd is a shinty team originally from Perth, Scotland, but now playing at Levenhall Links, Musselburgh. The club are currently champions of South Division 2.
History
Formed in Perth in 1973 by Barry Nesbitt and Father Eugene O'Sullivan, the club drew upon the number of Highlanders living in the Central Belt as well as the Irish community in Perth.[1][2] Willie Dowds.was another player associated with the club that had helped expand the game locally.[2]
Fr. Eugene O'Sullivan, who was nicknamed the shinty priest, appeared on the front page of the Daily Record in 1970, having been sent-off for punching his opponent, a Kyles Athletic player.[1] At times during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hugh O'Kane was also part of the team.[3]
The club reached the Camanachd Cup semi-final in 1988 and won the national Aviemore sixes in 1990.[2]
The club narrowly missed out on promotion to South Division One in 2011 after a winner-takes-all game with Strachur. Due to the poor state of the pitch at the North Inch during season 2011, many games were played at Edinburgh East Lothian's old park, Levenhall Links.[2] Tayforth made a move to Levenhall on a more continuous basis for season 2012.
In 2013, the club marked their 40th year with a series of events, culminating in a dinner at The Caves, in Edinburgh’s Cowgate, with guest speaker Hugh Dan MacLennan and music from The Occasionals. Prior to the dinner Tayforth players past and present turned out for a match in celebration of the Club’s 40th Anniversary.
In 2015, the club won the Bullough Cup for the first time. They retained the trophy in 2016, then making it a famous double as they went on to win South Division Two the same year.
References
- 1 2 "Tayforth look to the strath for new blood". Strathspey & Badenoch Herald. 14 February 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Ross, David (8 November 2013). "Marking four decades of one of Scotland's most colourful shinty clubs". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Hugh O'Kane, London Camanachd". www.shinty.com (Press release). 11 January 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
