The Scots Shinty Club
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| The SCOTS | |||
| Full name | The SCOTS Shinty Club | ||
| Gaelic name | Comann Camanachd an Airm | ||
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| Nickname | The Tablets | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Ground | The Battlefield | ||
| Manager | Robert Stoddart | ||
| League | Cups Only | ||
| 2006 | Bullough Cup Winners | ||
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The SCOTS is the only shinty team in the British Armed Forces. It was established in 1994 and the club originally played under the name of the Queen's Own Highlanders. They continued as the Highlanders Shinty Club representing the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) regiment which in 2006 was amalgamated in to the Royal Regiment of Scotland as the 4th Battalion is an infantry battalion of the British Army. The club did not enter competition in 2007 or 2008 due to operational reasons [1] and re-emerged under its present name in 2009. The SCOTS is an abbreviation of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
[edit] History
The club narrowly lost out in 2003 in South Division 2 to Glasgow University Shinty Club.
Due to the 4th Battalion's regular placements abroad, the team at present only plays in cup matches and friendlies. In 2006, the club played the first competitive Shinty game outside of Scotland for 80 years, losing to London Camanachd 1-0 in the Bullough Cup, although they won the tie 9-1 on aggregate. They then progressed to the final where they defeated Lochside Rovers 3-1 to win their first ever national trophy of the competition on 23 September 2006, two months after returning from Basra.
Whilst the club draws many of its players from Shinty playing parts of the Highlands, in particular the 4th Battalion (The Highlanders) but also the 5th Battalion (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), the club also look to encourage the sport throughout the British armed forces.
The club re-entered competition in 2009 under its new name and competed in the Sutherland and Bullough Cups once again. The team lost 2-1 to Kinlochshiel in the Sutherland Cup in 2009.[2] The club was hit by tragedy when player Scott Bain passed away in a tragic accident whilst on leave on 20 July 2009.[3]
The club undertook a tour of the Hebrides in 2009.[4]
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