Back in the Day – Lord of the Isles 2001
Duais Triath nan Eilean – The Lord of the Isles Tournament was revived in 2001. It had previously been played in Back in 1997, cancelled in 1998 due to the…
Back in the Day – Ullapool training session in 2000
In 2000, Back Shinty Club travelled over to face Lochcarron for an under-14 match and training session. It was stormy crossing but the then new astroturf park at Ullapool allowed…
Shinty in the Loch A Tuath News Archives – Stòras Prìseil!
As much of the Shinty Revivals of the 1990s in Lewis were focused in Back thanks to Boyd MacKenzie and the late Dr Barden, the Loch a Tuath News is…
Lewis finish home season with a flourish and bid farewell to “The Shinty Referee”
Saturday’s last home game of the season at Shawbost was a refereeing swansong for Henry MacInnes, who is retiring for shinty refereeing after a long career. Pictured here with his…
HebCelt Swings back for 15th Anniversary of Festival Shinty!
Hebridean Celtic Festival Shinty Challenge Cup Lewis V Uist Saturday 16th August Bayhead Park, Stornoway, 2pm Since 2007, the HebCelt Challenge Cup has been an unmissable highlight of Hebridean Celtic…
The Harrow Cup winning Lews Castle College team of 1959
Whilst shinty has been revived as a part of the sporting landscape in Lewis since the mid 1990s, there were several decades after the decline of the sport after the…
Club unveil new Away Strip to mark 15 years of senior shinty
Camanachd Leòdhais has unveiled its first ever away kit to mark 15 years as a senior club. The new strips are a tribute to the strips that were used by…
Feet and Away Caberfeidh! – Sgoil Shiaboist Saturday 7th May
Saturday 7th May sees the first home game of the 2022 season. Always a marker of the historical nature of playing shinty in Lewis since the first home game…
15 years of hurt never stopped us dreaming! Na Leòdhasaich break cup hoodoo!
On our nineteenth attempt, stretching back to our very first ever game on 5th May 2007, we have finally won our first ever national cup game! As is par for…
Cleas-bonaid! Lamont Hat-Trick and MacLeod first strike a great way to start Seachdain na Gàidhlig
Camanachd Leòdhais gained a first win since before the pandemic with a rousing 4-2 win over Inverness at the Bught on Saturday 19 March. A fantastic hat-trick from Donald Lamont…