Forth Camanachd was a women's

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 ...

club based in

Musselburgh Musselburgh (; ; ) is the largest settlement in East Lothian, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth, east of Edinburgh city centre. It had a population of as of . History The name Musselburgh is Old English language, Old English in ...

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. The club was established in 2006 and won both the Valerie Fraser Cup (the female equivalent of 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 ...

) and the Caledonian Canal Challenge Cup in its time in existence. The club has now merged with

Aberdour Shinty Club Aberdour Shinty Club is a shinty club which plays in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. It is the only senior Shinty Club in Fife and was founded in 2001. In 2011, the club entered two teams into senior competition. Its first team competing in Marine Ha ...

as of the 2011 season.

History

The club grew out of the successful the

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sides of the early 2000s and was founded in 2006. The club did not have long to wait to garner serious success and won the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup, (the female equivalent of the

) in 2007. In 2010 the club voluntarily moved into South Division 2 from National Division 1 in order to develop new players. This move resulted in a successful season for the club, winning the Caledonian Canal Challenge Cup http://www.spanglefish.com/womensshinty/index.asp?pageid=66346 and a second-place finish in the league. Forth also fielded a

camogie Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities. A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...

and regularly play friendly matches against

Tír Conaill Harps Tír Conaill Harps Gaelic Athletics Club (GAC), (Irish language, Irish: ''Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Cláirsigh Thír Conaill'') is a Gaelic football club based in Glasgow, Scotland. The club plays Gaelic football at both senior and underage levels. ...

and compete in 7-a-side tournaments. They won Tara Camogie 7s tournament in 2008. The team's catchment area included Fife and Tayside as well, although there is also a women's team in Linlithgow. Forth's merger with Aberdour in 2011, along with the collapse of

Edinburgh East Lothian Edinburgh East Lothian Shinty Club was a sports club, a shinty club which played in the South Division Shinty League, based in Musselburgh, East Lothian East Lothian (; ; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a Counties o ...

in 2007 means that the only team actually playing shinty in Edinburgh at adult level is

Edinburgh University The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and offi ...

. Forth played at Edinburgh East Lothian's old ground in Musselburgh. The club should not be confused with

Tayforth Camanachd Tayforth Camanachd is Edinburgh's amateur shinty team, based at the University of Edinburgh grounds at Peffermill Playing Fields. History Formed in Perth in 1973 by Barry Nesbitt and Father Eugene O'Sullivan, the club drew upon the number of Hi ...

, the men's team that plays its games in

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References

External links

Women's Camanchd Association league tables
{{Shinty teams Shinty teams Musselburgh Sport in East Lothian 2006 establishments in Scotland Sports clubs and teams established in 2006 Defunct shinty teams in Scotland