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Fancy being a shinty referee?

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First question is – is it any safer than playing? Joking apart, the Camanachd Association is on the hunt to develop its referees list. The new season is only a couple of months away so if you’re interested, the sooner you make contact with the Association the sooner you can be in charge of a game on the pitch.

The problem is that while the list is quite respectable it’s not long enough to cover all the games that will sometimes have to be played on the same day across the various leagues and competitions. And if there’s no official available, matches have to be postponed. And this can make a mess of a season.

Everyone interested in becoming a referees will complete a foundation course and once they’ve done that satisfactorily they would ne able to officiate at matches from junior through to reserve level.

There is a Foundation Course coming up this month at Inveraray and if budding Argyll referees can’t make that, there are others at Inverness (also in January) and at Fort William and Central in February.

Refereeing is open to all over-16 year-olds and referees in charge of a senior level match get a match fee of £30, plus 40p per mile travelling expenses.

As well as the courses for new referees, the Camanachd Association is also holding a national Level-One coaching course to be held on February 7th and 8th at Lochaber High School in Fort william, with area induction sessions to befporehand in the evening of Thursday 29th January.

Everyone interested in refereeing and in coaching  is asked to apply to the Association as soon as possible, in order to be qualified to referee or coach for the start of the new season in March.

As Graham Cormack, the Camanachd’ Association’s Coaching and Performance Development Manager, says: ‘The higher the performance levels of the referees and coaches, the better opportunity for players to improve and enjoy the game fully’.

With Argyll hosting the final of the national competition, the Camanachd Cup, in Oban in this Homecoming Scotland year, it would be good to see referees and coaches taking Argyll’s celebrated shinty profile forwards.

Oban Gets the Camanchd Cup as Well as the Mod

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The Year of Homecoming (2009) looks like being a good one for Oban, not only is the National Mod coming to town, but the Camanachd Cup as well. After northern neighbour, Fort William won this year’s Cup with a 2-1 win over Kingussie, Mossfield Park, home of Oban Camanachd, will host the Shinty Year’s most prestigious match. Thanks to the unstinting efforts of club secretary Daniel MacIntyre and the rest of the management committee, the club’s 120th Anniversary will be celebrated in the best possible style. As Argyll & Bute MSP, Jim Mather, says, “I am delighted to learn of the successful bid by Oban Camanachd in securing the location for this hugely important date in the Highland sports calendar…. They have emphasised in a very positive way the considerable benefits offered by the Oban location with a superb playing surface at Mossfield and all the supporting facilities required by spectators and the media for properly hosting such a premier event.”

Last reminder: Islay Jazz Festival, Gigha Music Festival, Cove and Kilcreggan Free Film Festival

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Look at the next few days in our Event Calendar – moving the cursor over a date will immediately list the events of the day. This is a pretty action-packed period across Argyll and its islands. How many of these fun experiences in Argyll’s less travelled places can you get to?

Bute lose semi-final of Camanachd Cup to Fort William

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The Isle of Bute almost brought off the defeat of the favourites, seeing Fort William’s shinty team defeat them by a single goal, 2-1, in the semi-final of this year’s Camanachd Cup. Fort William will now play Kingussie (who beat Badenoch in the second semi-final) at An Aird on 13th September.