Tayforth Camanachd Explained

Clubname:Tayforth
Fullname:Tayforth Camanachd
Founded:1973
Ground:Peffermill, Edinburgh
Manager:Donald MacInnes
League:South Division 2
Season:2016
Position:1st (SD2)
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Tayforth Camanachd is a shinty team originally from Perth, Scotland, but now playing at Edinburgh University grounds in Peffermill, Edinburgh. In 2016, the club finished at the top of South Division 2.

History

Formed in Perth in 1973 by Barry Nesbitt and Father Eugene O'Sullivan, the club drew upon the number of Highlanders living in the Central Belt as well as the Irish community in Perth.[1] [2] Willie Dowds was another player associated with the club that had helped to expand the game locally.[2]

Fr. Eugene O'Sullivan, who was nicknamed the shinty priest, appeared on the front page of the Daily Record in 1970, having been sent-off for punching his opponent, a Kyles Athletic player.[1] At times during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Hugh O'Kane was also part of the team.[3]

The club reached the Camanachd Cup semi-final in 1988 and won the national Aviemore sixes in 1990.[2]

The club narrowly missed out on promotion to South Division One in 2011 after a winner-takes-all game with Strachur. Due to the poor state of the pitch at the North Inch during season 2011, many games were played at Edinburgh East Lothian's old park, Levenhall Links.[2] Tayforth made a move to Levenhall on a more continuous basis for season 2012.

In September 2015, the club won the Bullough Cup, a competition for reserves in the South Division 2.[4] They retained the trophy in 2016. Later in the year the club finished at the top of South Division Two.

In 2019 the club relocated to Peffermill, Edinburgh.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tayforth look to the strath for new blood . Strathspey & Badenoch Herald . 14 February 2007 . 16 July 2016.
  2. News: Marking four decades of one of Scotland's most colourful shinty clubs . David . Ross . . Glasgow . 8 November 2013. 16 July 2016.
  3. Hugh O’Kane, London Camanachd . www.shinty.com . 11 January 2016 . 16 July 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806141534/http://www.shinty.com/news/hugh-okane-london-camanachd/ . 6 August 2016 .
  4. News: The Pick Of The Sticks: Newtonmore move closer to title after derby victory . . 28 September 2015 . 23 December 2016.
  5. News: Celebrations afoot this year for shinty club with northern roots . Paul . Chalk . . 13 March 2023 . 14 July 2024.