Shinty in the United States 2006 Gary Innes, Captain of Fort William Shinty Club and Man of the Match for the 2005 Camanachd Cup visited to California to play Shinty and to teach at a workshop hosted by the Northern California Camanachd Club open to all US Shinty Clubs. Gary Innes will be returning in June 2007 to teach another workshop open to all clubs and individuals. This workshop will help developing clubs as well as beginning level players. The club played its first twelve a-side fixture in Scotland against Skye Camanachd on 6 September 2007, they were defeated 9-0. The spring of 2008 marked
John Cattanach (shinty) John Cattanach (shinty) Dr. John Cattanach (1885–1915) was a shinty player for Newtonmore in the 1900s. He is the only shinty player inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame Cattanach is considered one the outstanding shinty players in history. He scored eight goals in an 11 - 3 victory for Newtonmore over Furnace in the Camanachd Cup Final of 1909, this record still stands. Cattanach was also capped for his country at hockey and athletics. He was also a qualified medic, graduating from the University of Edinburgh in 1912. Cattanach served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Warwickshire Regiment,