Glenurquhart, part of the Great Glen which encompasses Drumnadrochit, Lewiston and various other areas, has had a shinty team since 1885. Shinty is a hard and fast game played with a club called a 'caman' and a small ball, the objective being to score as many goals with the caman as possible.
When the 'Glen' first started playing shinty last century the team comprised of fifteen players, today a team normally has twelve players.
Glenurquhart Shinty team at a match against Strathglass, dated 12th of February 1887, at the Bught Park, Inverness
and is generally considered to be a landmark in the establishment of the Camanachd rules of which some are still in use today.
The 'Glen' won two nil. As you may notice the team in this photograph has 22 players.
This is a photograph of Glenurquhart Secondary School Shinty Team taken in 1926.The school colours are the same as the Shinty Club colours, red and black hoops.
Glenurquhart Shinty Club 1959-1960. The honors in these two years and following years were numerous :
Winners of Macgillivary Junior League (North of Scotland Championship) 1960 and 1963.
Strathdearn Cup (North of Scotland Junior Cup) 1960 and 1962.
Sutherland Cup (Scottish Junior Cup) 1963.
Pictured right is the 1990-1991 Glenurquart Shinty Club. This team accumulated a vast number of honours including :
The Macgillivray League Cup,
Valerie Fraser Cup,
Glenmorangie Balliemore Cup,
Glenmorangie Qualifying Cup,
MacDonald Cup at first team level,
The London Shield,
and Mactavish Cups at junior level.
Most of these players are still with the team today.