Niall MacPhee
Niall MacPhee (born 19 September 1985) is a shinty player from Fort William, Scotland. He plays for Fort William Shinty Club.[1]
Playing career
[edit]MacPhee appeared in his first Camanachd Cup final at the age of 16 against Kingussie. He has featured in 7 finals in a row. He will be captain of Fort William in the 2010 final. He also won the Premier Division in 2006 for Fort William.[1] He was also successful at University Shinty for Strathclyde University, winning the Littlejohn Vase on several occasions.
He is also a regular part of the Scotland national shinty team.[2]
He is known as Rhino by the fans.[1]
As shinty is an amateur sport, MacPhee works as a sports surface engineer based in Edinburgh and has carried out work for Uefa. MacPhee is a sports surface engineer based in Edinburgh and has carried out work for Sports Labs Ltd. He is an advocate of the use of synthetic surfaces in shinty.[3]
He also designed a prototype caman for First Shinty which won a design award.[4] MacPhee never heard back from the Camanachd Association and the project was never developed.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Rival captains eager for cup glory" The Press and Journal 12 October 2010 Retrieved 12 October 2010
- ^ "New shinty trio for Ireland clash" BBC News 28 September 2009 Retrieved 12 October 2010
- ^ "Association gives the green light to ‘shinty turf" The Press and Journal 12 October 2010 Retrieved 13 October 2010
- ^ "Students' designs of tomorrow, today" www.strath.ac.uk 24 May 2007 Retrieved 13 October 2010