Oban Camanachd
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| Full name | Oban Camanachd | ||
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd an Obain | ||
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| Nickname | The Camancheroes | ||
| Founded | 1889 | ||
| Ground | Mossfield Park, Oban | ||
| Manager | Nigel Evans | ||
| League | Premier League | ||
| 2008 | 6th | ||
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Oban Camanachd is one of the oldest Camanachd clubs currently playing in the Shinty leagues of Scotland, they are currently competing in the Premier League. They have a reserve team called Lochside Rovers who play in South Division 1.
[edit] History
Established in Oban, Argyll in 1889, the club has always enjoyed competition against its great local rival, Oban Celtic.
The Club have enjoyed regular success in the regional and national leagues and cups. Possibly the best Camanachd team was the 1970-80's team with quality players such internationalists Bobby Galbraith, Dougie Macintyre, Neil MacDougal and Chukie Clark, and were widely expected to lift the Camanachd Cup but succumbed to a rampant Kyles Athletic on four occasions. Chukie Clark also has the unique distinction of being attacked and bitten by a dog during a game at Strachur. This Camanachd side failed to live up to their true potential and the club went through a lean patch until Chukie Clark restructured the second team, Lochside Rovers, producing quality players for the senior team like Nonnie MacInnes, Ally MacInnes, Andrew Inglis and Damian Laird.
Oban Camanachd won the Camanachd Cup most recently with victory over Kingussie in the 1997 final. Nonnie Macinnes was Captain on the day, but the game was most notable for the performance of Gordon MacIntyre who had made a miraculous recovery from the loss of an eye that year to score the winning goal.
The club, now under new management, is undergoing a rebuilding process. the club is proactive in trying to maintain shinty as the main sport in Oban. In 2008 the club made attempts to alter the structure of youth shinty to allow their youths to compete against 'North' teams. This was turned down at the Camanachd Association AGM but in late October 2008, secretary Daniel MacIntyre made his fears known to the press, stating that "If we get Camanachd Association support, in the next three to five years we could potentially grow into a club with three senior teams. If we don’t, in the next three to five years we will be a one-team club".[1]
In 2009, Lochside Rovers won South Division One, deafeating several first teams. Their reserve status meant that they cannot be promoted to the Premier Division, where Oban Camanachd firsts play. This has also caused confusion regarding the ramifications for promotion and relegation to and from the Premier League.
[edit] External links
- Oban Camanachd Home Page
- The Oban Times, Local Newspaper with Match Reports
- Oban Camanachd
- Gordon MacIntyre Profile
- Oban rebuild
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