The Premier Division (known as the Mowi Premiership) is the premier division in

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 ...

. Based in

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and formed in 1996, the league is the top tier of the Shinty league system. Set-up in order to create a Scotland-wide league for the first time, it constitutes as one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam of shinty. The 2024 Mowi Premiership was won by Kingussie Camanachd, who won it for the 3rd successive season.

Sponsorship

From 2009 until 2011, the league was sponsored by

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before the Orion Group took over for the 2012 season. That same year the league was rebranded under the current 'Premiership' branding with current sponsors

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taking the helm at the beginning of the 2015 season. In 2019, Marine Harvest rebranded as Mowi ASA, with the league being known as the Mowi Premiership.

Teams

The 2025 Mowi Premiership consists of the following teams: * Beauly Shinty Club * Caberfeidh Camanachd Club * Kingussie Camanachd * Kinlochshiel Shinty Club * Kyles Athletic Shinty Club * Fort William Shiny Club * Lovat Shinty Club * Newtonmore Camanachd Club *

Oban Camanachd Oban Camanachd is a shinty team based in Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland who currently play in the MOWI Premiership. Founded in 1889, they are one of the oldest Camanachd clubs. The reserve team currently plays in South Division One under ...

Skye Camanachd Skye Camanachd is a shinty team from the Isle of Skye, Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. It plays in the Premier Division and has a reserve team in North Division One, as well as a Ladies team in the WCA National Division One and a ...

History

1996: The then Premier Division had its inaugural season. Prior to its founding the winners of North Division One and South Division One played in a National Final. 1999: Promotion and Relegation between Premier Division and

National Division One The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when Eng ...

adopted 2003: An interim league system contested while the Shinty League system transitioned from being played during winter months to summer months. 2004: The Premier Division becomes a summer season league. 2006:

folded at end of season ending Promotion and Relegation. Fort William break Kingussie's dominance dated back to 1986 by taking home the Premier Division title. 2007:

Kingussie Kingussie ( ; ) is a small town in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland. Counties of Scotland, Historically in Inverness-shire, it lies beside the A9 road (Great Britain), A9 road, although the old route of ...

recapture the Premier Division. 2009: Title won on final weekend by

on goal difference.

Newtonmore Newtonmore ( ) is a village of approximately 1100 inhabitants in Badenoch, within the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre ...

finishing second. 2010: For the second consecutive year league decided on final weekend through goal difference. A dramatic final round game between Fort William and

saw Newtonmore victors and champions after an 80th-minute goal by Danny MacRae. 2011:

become first team other than

to retain the Premier Division.

Kyles Athletic Kyles Athletic Shinty Club is a shinty team from Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland. It is one of the sport's most illustrious names, presently playing in the Marine Harvest Premiership with their second team is playing in South Division one. In 20 ...

title dreams dashed with final minute goal along with hopes of being first South team to win the league. 2014:

reinstated along with the pyramid system (Promotion and Relegation). 2016:

make it seven in a row having also won 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 MacTavish Cup. 2017: Newtonmore lost their first league match in two years. Kinlochshiel won their inaugural championship to become only the second club from outside Badenoch to win the title. 2018: Newtonmore Camanachd recapture the Premier Division title. 2019:

win their first title for ten years. 2024: Kingussie win the league undefeated, making it three in a row

List of Champions

*1996 - Kingussie Camanachd *1997 - Kingussie Camanachd *1998 - Kingussie Camanachd *1999 - Kingussie Camanachd *2000 - Kingussie Camanachd *2001 - Kingussie Camanachd *2002 - Kingussie Camanachd *2003 - ''(Interim Leagues while transitioning from winter to summer season)'' *2004 - Kingussie Camanachd *2005 - Kingussie Camanachd *2006 -

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 ...

*2007 - Kingussie Camanachd *2008 - Kingussie Camanachd *2009 - Kingussie Camanachd *2010 - Newtonmore Camanachd Club *2011 - Newtonmore Camanachd Club *2012 - Newtonmore Camanachd Club *2013 - Newtonmore Camanachd Club *2014 - Newtonmore Camanachd Club *2015 - Newtonmore Camanachd Club *2016 - Newtonmore Camanachd Club *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

- Kinlochshiel Shinty Club *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

- Newtonmore Camanachd Club *2019 - Kingussie Camanachd *2020 - No season due to

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

*2021 - N/A *2022 - Kingussie Camanachd *2023 - Kingussie Camanachd *2024 - Kingussie Camanachd

References

External links

2024 Mowi Premiership
on shinty.com {{Shinty teams Shinty competitions