Kenny “Nostie” Macleod Memorial Shinty Match | |
20 September 2013 The second Kenny “Nostie” Macleod Memorial shinty match will take place at Viewfirth Park, Thurso on Saturday 28 September 2013. Caithness and Sutherland will again contest for the trophy inaugurated last year. BBC Alba should be in attendance and the throw up is at 3pm. Kenny “Nostie” Macleod, as he was affectionately known, played shinty for Kinlochshiel, Lochcarron and Aberdeen University. He established Thurso Junior Shinty Club in 2006 and he was a co-founder of Navar Athletic Shinty Club a couple of years later. This move brought senior shinty to Caithness for the first time since the Dounreay team of the 1960s. Many will recall the 2010 Mod Cup match when Kenny captained Caithness to victory over and Sutherland at Bignold Park, Wick. Kenny was presented with the famous trophy by his good friend, then MSP John Farquhar Munro. The memorial shinty match is a a re-run of that 2010 Mod Cup clash between Caithness and Sutherland and it is the second time the sides have met since the Mod Cup match with Caithness running out 6-5 winners in 2012 aided by a brace from Donald ‘Doe’ MacRae. Kenny was minister at Thurso Free Church and also took midweek sessions at Helmsdale. He passed away in April 2012, aged just 52. It is fitting that Kenny is remembered in this way as shinty was a great passion of his. Admission to the game is free but donations can be made to the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Care Centre |