Derek "Deek" Cameron is a
shinty
Shinty ( gd, camanachd, iomain) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread in Scotland, and ...
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 tit ...
and ex-shinty player from
Fort William, Scotland
Fort William ( gd, An Gearasdan ; "The Garrison") formerly ( gd, Baile Mairi) and ( gd, Gearasdan dubh Inbhir-Lochaidh) (Lit. "The Black Garrison of Inverlochy"), ( sco, The Fort), formerly ( sco, Maryburgh) is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish ...
. 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 f ...
, he 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 shint ...
final, an effort within 7 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 seven seconds. He continued playing for the second team after retiring from first team actio
In 2008, Cameron moved into refereein
He also won his first ever Sutherland Cup medal in 198
In 2011, Cameron refereed the
Macaulay Cup and 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 shint ...
final. 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 shint ...
final, his record was almost broken by
Danny MacRae
''Daniel Pirrie MacRae'' better known as Danny MacRae (born 19 August 198is a retiredScottish shinty player from Newtonmore, Scotland. He plays for Newtonmore Camanachd Club. He is affectionately known in the press as "Super Dan Playing career
Hi ...
of Newtonmore, who scored within 12 second
External links
Cameron named Referee for 2011 Camanachd Cup
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Shinty players
Living people
People from Fort William, Highland
Year of birth missing (living people)