Lochaber Camanachd
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| Full name | Lochaber Camanachd Club | ||
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Loch Abair | ||
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| Nickname | Dynamite | ||
| Founded | 1946/1958 | ||
| Ground | Spean Bridge Stadium, Spean Bridge | ||
| Manager | Michael Delaney[1] | ||
| League | North Division One | ||
| 2011 | 2nd | ||
| Reserve Manager | Alec MacNeil | ||
| League | North Division Two | ||
| 2011 | ND2 6th | ||
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Lochaber Camanachd is a shinty club based in Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Scotland. The club has a senior team in North Division One, relegated from the Premier Division in 2009 and a reserve team in North Division Three. There is also a ladies team.
[edit] History
The club was formed in 1946 from Brae Lochaber (formed 1887) and Spean Bridge (formed 1894). The constituent clubs then split between 1949 and 1958 before amalgamating again in 1958. These two clubs were very prominent in the first days of organised shinty.[2]
The club has become a force in shinty in recent years, knocking out Kingussie from the Camanachd Cup quarter finals in 2004 and gaining promotion to the Premier Division the same year. However, its stay was short-lived and they were relegated in 2005 to North Division One. However, the club made another quick return to the Premier in 2007 after winning Division One. The second team also won North Division Three in 2006. The club flirted with relegation in 2008 but the club survived under manager Michael Delaney. Ally Ferguson was appointed to the position of coach in December 2008.
Ferguson presided over the relegation of the club in December 2009 after the club was overhauled by both Inveraray and Bute.[3] Lochaber's record of success in the Premier Division meant that they were considered the most likely winners of the North Division One in 2010.
Ferguson resigned along with his assistant Jason Latto in May 2010, leaving Lochaber with a management crisis after a steady start to the season.[4] He was replaced by Michael Delaney, his immediate predecessor, in an attempt to stop Lochaber's season turning to crisis.[5]
Delaney's efforts ensured that Lochaber was always in the running for promotion but was pipped by Kilmallie for the league title on the last day of the season.[6]
Spean Bridge regularly plays host to the Marine Harvest Festival of Shinty with the showpiece game between North District and South District.
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