Cowal and Bute (shinty) explained

Clubname:Cowal and Bute
Fullname:Cowal and Bute Camanachd Club
Gaelicname:Comann Camanachd Bhòid agus Chomhghaill
Nickname:The Cowgirls/The Moos
Founded:2003
Ground:Castle Toward, Dunoon
Manager:Leon Braid
League:South League
Season:2008
Position:2
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Cowal and Bute Camanachd is a shinty club based in Dunoon, on the Cowal Peninsula, west of Scotland. The club fields a side in the Women's League and is the only shinty team at adult level operating in Dunoon.[1]

History

The club was founded in 2003 and plays in Dunoon, there has historically not been shinty played in the town of Dunoon but the hinterland of the Cowal peninsula plays host to several illustrious clubs with male sides Kyles Athletic, Strachur and Col-Glen.

The club produced a naked calendar in 2006.

The team's catchment area includes the Isle of Bute and the Cowal peninsula.

At present there is no male team representing Dunoon in national shinty although there is a youth system in the town.

External links

References

  1. http://www.shinty.com/uploads/pdfs/shinty%20teams%20and%20contacts%202009.pdf Club History