St Andrews University Shinty Club 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 ...

club from the town of

St Andrews St Andrews (; ; , pronounced ʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settleme ...

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. Representing the

St Andrews University The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, t ...

, the club now plays in the University Shinty league but had a long history of competition in the South Leagues.

History

Due to lacking a strong Highland community like the other three ancient University towns in Scotland, St. Andrews was the last university to enter the senior leagues.

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 ...

was reintroduced by

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in 1967, who were looking for an unusual activity to participate in. To this day, the vast majority of St Andrews players are entirely unfamiliar with the sport before they come to the university. The club enjoyed a more fruitful late 2000s, finishing above Edinburgh and equalled with Aberdeen in the 2007 Littlejohn, in the St Andrews Sixes the team lost in the final to

London Camanachd London Camanachd is a shinty club in England. They have historically been attached to the South District. They went into abeyance in 1992 but were reconstituted in 2005. They played the first officially recognised Shinty match outside Scotlan ...

. The club has also benefited from players playing for both the

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 ...

and

Shinty in the United States 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 ...

, gaining valuable experience. The club has achieved great success off the pitch, with a membership which far outstrips most shinty clubs in

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. The team has many secret traditions handed down from chieftain to chieftain. The club's women's team has also been successful in recent years. The club originally played in the

Women's Shinty Women's shinty is a sport, played almost entirely within Scotland, identical to the men's game of shinty, with the same rules, same sized pitch and same equipment. It is administered by the Women's Camanachd Association (Camanachd nam Ban). Histo ...

League setup but were often overmatched. However, in the 2010s, with a large intake every year of new students, the club has managed to achieve University league success. The club hosts the annual St. Andrew's Sixes for the

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External links

Club Website
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1967 establishments in Scotland Sport in Fife