- North Division One (shinty)
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The North Division One is a league for shinty teams. It is presently the in second tier of the Shinty league system. The winners of the league are promoted to the Premier Division.
As of 2009, the league is known for sponsorship reasons as the Marine Harvest North Division One.[1].
In 2011, the following teams will make up North Division One.
History
At various times in its history the North Division One has varied in regards to its status.
The North Division One was originally the Top Tier of shinty in the North of Scotland. From the early 1980s, there was a national league final with the winners of the South Division One, which could be considered a possible higher tier. However the advent of the Premier Division in 1996, saw the North Division One become the undoubted second tier.
Between 1996 and 1999, the winners of North Division One and South Division One would play off to gain promotion to the top tier.
Between 1999 and 2006, the North Division One became the third tier of the league system and with the advent of the National Division One the winners of North Division One and South Division One would play off to gain promotion to National Division One. In 2007, the National Division One was removed, and the Division once again was the second tier of league shinty. The winners of the North Division One were guaranteed promotion to the Premier Division.
In theory, the bottom team in the Division should be relegated to North Division Two, however because that league is often won by clubs' reserve teams, this has not been a feature in recent years. As of 2009, the bar on reserve teams gaining promotion was removed but North Two champions, Glenurquhart refused promotion and therefore Lochcarron was saved from relegation.
List of winners
- 2004 Strathglass
- 2005 Beauly
Reconstruction
- 2006 Beauly
- 2007 Lovat
- 2008 Glenurquhart
- 2009 Lovat
- 2010 Kilmallie
External links
Categories:- Shinty
- Shinty competitions
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