The 2016 Annual Marine Harvest Shinty Award winners were announced at a ceremony and dinner at the Drumossie Hotel, Inverness on Friday 21 October 2016.
Marine Harvest’s Business Support Manager Steve Bracken was on hand to make the following presentations:
Marine Harvest Coach of the Year – PJ MacKintosh, Newtonmore
Marine Harvest Player of the Year – Finlay MacRae, Kinlochshiel
Marine Harvest Club of the Year – Newtonmore Camanachd
League Coach Awards
Marine Harvest Premiership Coach of the Year – Iain Hay, Oban Camanachd
Marine Harvest National Division Coach of the Year – Mark MacPherson, Kilmallie
Marine Harvest South Division 1 Coach of the Year – Kenny Wotherspoon, Oban Celtic
Marine Harvest North Division 1 Coach of the Year – Cammy MacDonald, Newtonmore
Marine Harvest South Division 2 Coach of the Year – Ewan Menzies, Tayforth
Marine Harvest North Division 2 Coach of the Year – Jamie Beaton, Aberdeen University
League Player Awards
Marine Harvest Premiership Player of the Year – Steven MacDonald, Newtonmore
Marine Harvest National Division Player of the Year – Jack MacDonald, Beauly
Marine Harvest South Division 1 Player of the Year – Neil Carmichael, Oban Celtic
Marine Harvest North Division 1 Player of the Year – Iain Robinson, Newtonmore
Marine Harvest South Division 2 Player of the Year – Hal Jones, Kilmory
Marine Harvest North Division 2 Player of the Year – Rob Urquhart, Aberdeen University
Women’s Camanachd Association Awards
WCA Marine Harvest Development Coach of the Year – Lyndsay Bradley, Ardnamurchan
WCA Marine Harvest South Division 2 Coach of the Year – Elaine Wink, Fort William
WCA Marine Harvest North Division 2 Coach of the Year – Charlie Mainland, Lovat
WCA Marine Harvest National Division 1 Coach of the Year – Michael Delaney, Lochaber
WCA Marine Harvest Development League Player of the Year – Katherine Dibble, Skye Camanachd
WCA Marine Harvest South Division 2 Player of the Year – Eilidh Ross, Ardnamurchan
WCA Marine Harvest North Division 2 Player of the Year – Carolann Innes, Inverness
WCA Marine Harvest National Division 1 Player of the Year – Rhianna Kirk, Skye Camanachd
WCA Marine Harvest Volunteer of the Year – Lyndsay Bradley, Ardnamurchan
Youth Awards
Marine Harvest Youth Coach of the Year – Davie Pringle, Skye Camanachd
U14 Player of the Year – Lachie Shaw, Fort William
U17 Player of the Year – John Gillies, Skye Camanachd
U21 Player of the Year – Oliver MacRae, Kinlochshiel.
Donella Crawford Award for Youth & Schools – Ian McDonald, Bute
Referee Awards
Johnny “Ach” MacRae Quaich for Referee of the Year – John Angus Gillies, Portree
Emerging Referee of the Year – Ross Brown, East Kilbride
Volunteer Award
William Paterson Salver Volunteer of the Year – Albert & Alison Loades, Kinlochshiel
Fair-play Awards
Fair Play Award - One Team Club – Lewis Camanachd
Fair Play Award - Two Team Club – Kyles Athletic
Media Award
Media Award – The Oban Times
There was also a special award for Seamus Curtis who has organised the Ireland side of the Scotland U17 squad’s annual Shinty / Hurling trip for the last 16 years. The award was made by Garry Reid who organised the very first Scotland U17 trip 20 years ago and who took a number of squads to Ireland thereafter.