Archie Robertson (born 1950 in Kiltarlity, Scotland) is an ex-shinty player and internationalist and current president of the Camanachd Association.
Robertson was born and brought up in Kiltarlity but his family connections were originally in Skye.http://www.obantimes.co.uk/news/view/archie_robertson_president_elect_of_camanachd_association/
Robertson started his playing career with Lovat but moved to Glasgow in 1973 and started playing for Glasgow Mid Argyll in the year GMA won the Camanachd Cup.http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/14037/New_supremo_aims_for_united_approach.html He was also capped by Scotland at Compromise rules shinty-hurling.
On retirement from the playing side of shinty, Robertson took on a management role at GMA. He also became a committee member of GMA and the Glasgow Celtic Society.http://www.skyecamanachd.com/default.aspx.locid-087new2d4.Lang-EN.htm
He became a co-opted member of the Camanachd Association board of directors in 2007 and capped his rise to the top of the sport's administration with his election to the post of President-elect in December 2010 and won by 21 votes to 11.http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/14037/New_supremo_aims_for_united_approach.html He will assume the Presidency in April 2011 at the Camanachd Association A.G.M..http://www.obantimes.co.uk/news/view/archie_robertson_president_elect_of_camanachd_association/
He may still be challenged under an obscure bye-law which allows the President-elect to be challenged on the night of the A.G.M. where he is to be confirmed. The man Robertson defeated comprehensively, Donald Stewart, did not make a bid to usurp Robertson at the 2011 A.G.M. and he was confirmed as President.https://web.archive.org/web/20120313152827/http://www.shinty.com/news/archie-robertson-confirmed-as-camanachd-association-president/