Kingussie Camanachd
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| Full name | Kingussie Camanachd | ||
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Chinn a' Ghiuthsaich | ||
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| Nickname | The Kings | ||
| Founded | 1893 | ||
| Ground | The Dell, Kingussie | ||
| Manager | Jimmy Gow | ||
| League | Premier League | ||
| 2008 | 1st | ||
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Kingussie Camanachd is a shinty team from Kingussie, Scotland and according to the Guinness Book of Records 2005, is World sport's most successful sporting team of all time,[1] [2] winning 20 consecutive leagues and going 4 years unbeaten at one stage in the early 1990s. Kingussie are currently champions of the Marine Harvest Premier Division and their second team play in North Division 2.
[edit] History
The club was founded in 1893. It won the first ever Camanachd Cup in 1896 and the club has won the cup more times than any other team, apart from Newtonmore.
The senior team once held a 63 game unbeaten record and the junior team achieved 100 games unbeaten in the early 90s. This unprecedented domination of the sport has led to them becoming the World's most successful sporting team.[3]
The Club's world record of domination in sport was finally brought to an end on the 2nd of September 2006 when old rivals Newtonmore defeated Oban Camanachd. This meant that Kingussie could not catch the team at the top of the league.
Fort William won the league in 2006 but Kingussie gained a modicum of revenge by defeating Fort in the 2006 Camanachd Cup Final.
In 2007, they signed Fraser Inglis from Oban Camanachd who helped Kingussie regain the league again, the club also won the MacAulay Cup in 2007 against Inveraray.
The most notable Kingussie player of recent times has been Ronald Ross who has achieved iconic status in the game.
The club are now working closely with Newtonmore to help revitalise the grassroots game in the area, whose poor state has been masked by the continued success of the Kingussie senior side. [4]
Jimmy Gow returned as manager for the third time in 2008. Although the club lost in the Camanchd Cup Final to Fort William , they had a 100% record in the league.[5]
The 2009 season has been a tumultuous season for Kingussie, they were defeated in the finals of the MacTavish Cup and Macaulay Cup by last minute goals and were knocked out of the Camanachd Cup at the semi-final stage after a replay of a game which was abandoned with Kingussie leading 4-1 against Kyles Athletic. [6] They also lost to Glenurquhart in the Clash of the Camans final. They still have a chance of retaining the league if they win every game left to them in the season.
[edit] External links
- Kingussie Shinty Club
- The Legendary Ronald Ross Scoring in Camanachd Cup Final
- Kingussue win the Camanachd 2006
- Kingussie Confirmed as Greatest Side in World Sport
- Ronald Ross Profile
- Gow returns to the Helm
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