Badenoch Ladies Shinty Club

Badenoch Ladies Shinty Club was started by Jane Nicol in 2008 and has made steady progress towards the top of the sport. The team began in North Division 2 and won the league and the Caledonian Canal Challenge Cup in their first season. The club remained in North Division 2 to enable the inexperienced team to consolidate their game. In 2009 we retained both trophies without losing a single league or cup match from starting in 2008 to the end of 2009.

**Pictured after winning the Caledonian Canal Challenge Cup in 2009 at Spean Bridge**

The next major success for the Club came in 2013 when the team won the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup, beating Glasgow Mid-Argyll 3-1 in a close final on the Eilan. Jane Nicol, who had started the Club in 2008, was playing in her last match and scored the third goal.

**Pictured at the Eilan after winning the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup, with sponsor Peter Gow and Coach Willie Dallas**.

The Club appointed coaches Scott Campbell and Iain Robinson and they took the Club to its next major success in 2018 when the team won the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup in a close final in the Dell which finished Badenoch 4 v Skye 2.

**2018 winners at the Dell with the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup, along with Coaches Scott Campbell and Iain Robinson**.

**Mairi Stewart lifts the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup in 2018**

One year later, the Club won the National Premier League for the first time in a Play-Off against Skye at Kiltarlity.

**Pictured at Kiltarlity after winning the MOWI Premier League for the first time in 2019**

The team has regularly produced players who have been selected for the International team, and the players and coaches have regularly won National awards. The girls are a friendly bunch and like to train as well as enjoying a bit of banter! They currently train once a week at the Dell in Kingussie. For season 2022 the Club is starting a Second Team which will be run by Coaches Douglas Coombes and Julie MacWhirter.

The Club has a close link to Kingussie Camanachd Club and the players also regularly contribute to community fundraising. To contact the Club send an email to: badenochshinty@outlook.com

The Club Committee in 2022 consists of :-

President – John Robertson, Vice President – Jane Nicol, Secretary – Sandra McIntyre, Treasurer – Lorna McGregor, Child Protection Officer – Ailith Stewart, Fixtures – Jeanette McGregor,

Committee Members- Elizabeth McGregor, Kirsty Deans, Pam Borthwick, Cathy Slimon, Rhona McIntyre, Megan Ralph, Sarah Caird.

Club Coaches – Julie MacWhirter, Scott Campbell, Iain Robinson, Douglas Coombes.

Sponsors – Reid Plant Hire, Badenoch Roofing.