Highland Council & Camanachd Association | |
26 October 2018 Highland Councillor John Finlayson, who is also a Camanachd Association Director, spoke at the recent Highland Council committee. He said: “On behalf of the Camanachd Association, I would like to thank The Highland Council and members for the on-going support you show to shinty as was demonstrated at Saturday’s exciting Shinty / Hurling International, and at the reception in the Town House, afterwards. “As many of you will know, 2018 is the 125th anniversary of shinty’s ruling body the Camanachd Association, and I would like to ask that this chamber congratulates the Camanachd Association, the governing body of shinty, or Iomain in Gaelic, on reaching its 125th anniversary, having been constituted in the Victoria Hall, Kingussie, on the 10th of October 1893. “I would also ask that Highland Council members wish the Camanachd Association well in meeting its strategic objectives going forward - namely those of fostering, encouraging, promoting and developing Scotland's most iconic team sport; including its primary objective of growing the game at primary, youth, women and senior men’s levels, while at the same time supporting the national agenda of getting folk of all ages more active. “I would also ask that as a council we endorse the objective of continuing to support shinty in our rural communities and also expanding the game in urban areas whilst at the same time strengthening the game’s already strong links with the language and culture of the Highlands. “Shinty is of cultural and sporting significance to the Highlands and I would ask that this chamber congratulates the players, clubs, volunteers, administrators, supporters and sponsors who continue to develop shinty across the Highlands and across Scotland as a whole.” |