Derek "Deek" Cameron is a

shinty Shinty () is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. It is played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland. The sport was formerly more widespread in Scotland and even played in Northern ...

referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other title ...

and ex-shinty player from

Fort William, Scotland Fort William is a town in the Lochaber region of the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe in the Highland (council area), Highland Council of Scotland. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census, Fort William had ...

. As a player for

Fort William Shinty Club Fort William Shinty Club is a shinty club from Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The club has two sides in the Shinty league system, a first team which was relegated from the Premiership in 2013 and a reserve side in North Division Two. The ...

, he is the clubs all time top goal scorer and also holds the record for the fastest goal scored in the

Camanachd Cup The Camanachd Association Challenge Cup known as the Camanachd Cup (or less commonly the Scottish Cup) is the premier competition in the sport of shinty. It is one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam in the sport of shi ...

final, an effort within 9 seconds in Fort's 1992 victor

Shinty career

Cameron, playing for Fort William Shinty Club, was a part of the successful Camanachd Cup winning team of 1992, scoring after only nine seconds. He continued playing for the second team after retiring from first team actio

In 2008, Cameron moved into refereein

In 2011, Cameron refereed the

Macaulay Cup The Macaulay Association Camanachd Cup (known as the Artemis Macaulay Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a trophy in the Scottish sport of shinty. It is competed for by the eight highest-placed league teams from the north and south areas of Scotl ...

and the

final. In the

final, his record was almost broken by Danny MacRae of Newtonmore, who scored within 12 seconds. Cameron was the referee in four camanachd cup finals equaling a record held by john henderso

External links

Cameron named Referee for 2011 Camanachd Cup
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cameron, Deek Shinty players Living people People from Fort William, Highland Year of birth missing (living people)