Shinty or Camanachd in North America
- From: norcalshinty@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 23 Aug 2006 09:06:00 -0700
The Scottish team sport known Shinty or Camanachd is alive and growing
in North America, it has been played informally for over 20 years and
the oldest formalized club is the Northern California Camanachd Club
founded in 2001. Our web site with lots of information on the sport is
http://www.norcalshinty.com
also check out the http://www.uscamanachd.org web site
The Official Governing Body of Shinty in Scotland is known as the
Camanachd Association - http://www.shinty.com
Other clubs which have formed since are:
Morro Bay Shinty Club (Formerly known as the San Luis Obispo Shinty
Club) http://www.geocities.com/morrobay.shintyclub/
Huston Camanachd Club
http://www.houstonshinty.com
Washington Camanachd Club (Washington State and Northern Oregon)
http://www.ShintyWA.com
Dunedin Camanachd (Dunedin, Florida - Tampa Bay area)
http://www.geocities.com/dunedinshinty/temp.html
There is interest in forming clubs in Utah and Southern California as
well.
All of the clubs are interested in getting used camans from Scottish
teams.
Regards,
Elheran
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