John McGlip from Ballachulish won the 2008 Marine Harvest Award for Youth and Schools at the Marine Harvest Awards ceremony at An Aird on Saturday 20 June 2009.
McGlip had no real shinty background when he moved to the area as Head Teacher but he is one of the main reasons that shinty has taken off in Kinlochleven.
The outcome from years of work at youth level is that Ballachulish Shinty Club are now able to field two shinty sides each Saturday with their new second team joining Marine Harvest South Division 2.