Strathglass Shinty Club in the fixture considered to be the origin of the rules that apply today in modern shinty against Glenurquhart Shinty Club at Bught Park, Inverness on 12 February 1887. Glen Urquhart won the game, played with 22 players on each side 2–0. This fixture was to be repeated on 12 January 2007 in Inverness as the opening centrepiece of the Highland 2007 celebrations in Scotland. However, despite two attempts to play the fixture, one in 2007 (as an opener to the celebrations) and the next in 2008 (as a closer) both were cancelled due to inclement weather. The trophy from
Oxford Shinty Club Club. The club is currently captained by founder Jolyon Claridge, originally a St Andrews University shinty player. Oxford is one of four main shinty clubs within England, the others being Cornwall, London and The North. Oxford train at Meadow Lane Park in Oxford and play home games at the GAA pitch on Horspath Road. Their social media presence includes an Oxford Shinty Club page, Facebook and Twitter sites. Oxford Shinty Club Oxford Shinty Club was founded in 2013. Shinty is a traditionally Scottish team game played with sticks and a ball, similar but not equivalent to American field hockey. The