Tayforth Camanachd
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| Full name | Tayforth Camanachd | ||
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd Tatha For | ||
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| Nickname | The Sweeney | ||
| Founded | 1973 | ||
| Ground | North Inch, Perth | ||
| Manager | Derry Barton | ||
| League | South Division 2 | ||
| 2011 | 2nd | ||
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Tayforth Camanachd is a shinty team from Perth, Scotland. Whilst being based in Perth, the team draws players from all over the Tayside and Lothian area. The club currently plays in South Division 2.
[edit] History
Formed in Perth in 1973 by Barry Nesbitt, Tim Neville and John-Joe Moran the club drew upon the number of Highlanders living in the Central Belt as well as the Irish community in Perth.
Over the years the team has had a second team, consisting mainly of veterans, newcomers and veteran newcomers. The club reached the Camanachd Cup semi-final in 1988 and won the national Aviemore sixes in 1990.
However, following the retirement of stalwarts Hugh Macmaster, Terry "Butcher" Wade and John-Joe Moran a period of decline began. Fr. Eugene aka the shinty priest famously appeared on the front page of the Daily Star in 1982, having been sent-off for punching his opponent (it was only a Kyles athletic player, and the Kyles player was lucky that John-Joe Moran was restrained by Sam "the vet" Mansley from doing further damage. Without doubt, that team of the late 1970s and early 1980s was littered with characters, none more so than Hugh O'Kane who along with Fr. Eugene would lead the team over to Kilkenny, Ireland to participate in "The Faire Cities Cup". Stories of missed ferries, flights and lost players would make that era legendary. Hugh O'Kane famously landed a helicopter on the south inch, Perth, 10 minutes from the end of a Frews Cup match. Last known sightings of Hugh were in Helmand province, Afghanistan, where he is stationed with UN.
A great figure in the history of the club was the late Willie Dowds, (whose son Cahal would play for Tayforth) who helped found teams in Perth, Dundee and Glenrothes.
There was previously a team in the Angus Glens called Strathtay Camanachd and a team in Livingston.
The club now runs the annual shinty competition at the Blairgowrie Highland Games. The club has links with Linlithgow Shinty Club at Junior level.
The club narrowly missed out on promotion to South Division One in 2011 after a winner-takes-all game with Strachur.
[edit] External links
- Tayforth Camanachd Homepage
- Tayforth search for New Blood
- Sgioba Iomain Oifigeil Rapal - Official Shinty Team of BBC RnaG's RAPAL
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