Inveraray Shinty Club

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clubname = Inveraray


fullname = Inveraray Shinty Cub
gaelicname = Buidhean Camanachd Inbhir Aora
nickname = The Aray Boys, The Royal Burgh Side
founded = 1877
ground = Winterton Park, Inveraray
manager = Davie MacPherson
league = Premier League
season = 2006
position = 4th
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Inveraray Shinty Club (Camanachd Inbhir Aora) is a shinty club from Inveraray, Argyll, Scotland. It plays in the Marine Harvest Premier Division. There is also a reserve team who plays in the South Division 2 as well as a Ladies team.

History

The club was formed after a public meeting in 1877. The club's first fixture was a 4-1 defeat by Vale of Leven in Govan.

The club played from its formation until 1935 when the club was banned from competition for 8 years. After the Second World War the club joined with Furnace Shinty Club to become Loch Fyne-side. In 1957, Inveraray was reformed but fell into abeyance in 1979. It was then restarted in 1982 and has continued to this day.

Despite this history of abeyance, Inveraray have been highly successful, winning the Camanachd Cup FInal for the fourth time in 2004. Their most recent success was winning the Glasgow Celtic Cup in 2007 and they lost 3-1 to Fort William in the centenary Camanachd Cup Final

Their ground was severely damaged in summer 2007 by the Connect Festival held on their pitch of Winterton Park. The Club plays here with the patronage of the Duke of Argyll.

enior Honours

Camanachd Cup Winners 1925, 1926, 1930, 2004.

Celtic Society Cup Winners 1887, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1934, 1935, 1949*, 1953* (*as Lochfyneside), 1968, 1974, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008.

MacAulay Cup Winners 2001, 2008.

External links

* [http://www.skwebpages.com/inveraray/shinty/index.html Inveraray Shinty Club Website]
* [http://www.shinty.com/inveraray/Default.htm Inveraray @ Shinty.com]
* [http://www.theherald.co.uk/sport/headlines/display.var.1674548.0.0.php Article in Herald]