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Newtonmore
Camanachd Club
Newsletter 9 2008
1] Results It's been a very disappointing
month on the field with a series of poor results for the 1sts
and inconsistent results for the 2nds. The best performances were
undoubtedly the 4-3 victory over Kingussie by the Primary school
team in the Mackintosh Cup and the under 17 victory over Kingussie
2-0.
Four of our under 16 players were part of the Kingussie High
School team that won the Great Glen shinty 6s competition, the
first time the school has won it since it started in 1995.
We also had a couple of Newtonmore players in the B&S Ladies
team that beat Strathglass 11-0 in the Cup final! The ladies team
have gone through their first season undefeated so far.
2] Coaching project Many thanks to Rob Ritchie for helping
Tony Mullender and I put grips on the clubs which have now started
arriving from the various suppliers. Aviemore Primary will be
able to start playing shinty after the mid term break. The Grantown
cluster has already started playing 1st shinty under Jane Nicol
and will start playing the real thing shortly.
I am still looking for coaches: you do not need any coaching
qualification to start with as I will be able to pair you up with
a teacher or qualified coach and help you gain access to a coaching
qualification with the help of the Area Shinty Coaching Committee.
We are delighted to report that the Aviemore and Cairngorms Destination
Marketing Organisation are supporting our initiative to the tune
of £7500 over the next three years. Amongst the items they
have agreed to purchase is portable goals. This brings the total
raised for this project to over £30000.
3] Generous donation A number of years ago Jean Noble
produced a black and white picture of what a historic shinty match
might have looked like and this resulted in a limited edition
print. On the occasion of her recent art exhibition in Kingussie
Jean kindly offered to sell the prints for £7 with all the
proceeds going to the B&S Youth Shinty Coaching Project. We
have just received a cheque for £56 from Jean. She has also
said that she is happy to continue selling the remaining prints
in aid of this project and hopes to send us an image to put on
the website too.
If you are interested in buying a print [which would be an excellent
alternative to sending a calendar to a relative abroad!] please
let me know. We are very grateful to Jean for this generous gesture,
particularly as she has little interest in shinty!
4] Newtonmore Slug Traps Difficult to understand I know, but
the club is the owner of bottled beer that is past its sell by
date! Old beer is an excellent, environmentally friendly way of
killing slugs …they cannot resist the aroma and drown in a drunken
stupor. Slug numbers are at record levels this year so why not
help reduce the number. You can get this beer in exchange for
a small donation to the shinty club.
5] Dinner dance and annual sale This is advanced notice
for your diary. The two events will both take place on Saturday
6th December. The sale will, as usual, be in the Newtonmore Village
Hall at 2pm and nearer the time we will be asking for your usual
generosity in donations of home-baking, books, bottles, venison
etc.
The dinner dance this year will be in the Balavil Hotel which
will allow us to increase the numbers attending.
6] Miscellaneous games at the Eilan One of the leagues
of the Wade Cup, a schools event involving 4 teams playing 3 games
each will take place on Tuesday 7th October.
Saturday 29th November sees two matches as Newtonmore hosts the
mens and ladies universities north v south competitions. Posters
advertising this event will be displayed nearer the time. The
teams involve some Newtonmore players.
7] Old/used sticks and helmets I'm still looking for donations!!!
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