Kingussie Camanachd
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Kingussie Camanachd is a shinty team from Kingussie, Scotland and according to the Guinness Book of Records 2005, is World sport's most successful sporting team of all time, winning 20 consecutive league championships and going 4 years unbeaten at one stage in the early 1990s. Kingussie currently play in the Marine Harvest Premier League and their second team play in North Division 2.
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[edit] Colours
Playing Colours - Top: Red & Blue – Shorts: White – Socks: White
Alternative Playing Colours – Top: Red – Shorts: White – Socks: White
[edit] History
The club was founded in 1893. It won the first ever Camanachd Cup in 1896 and the club has won the cup more times than any other team, apart from Newtonmore.
The senior team once held a 63 game unbeaten record and the junior team achieved 100 games unbeaten in the early 90s.
The Club's world record of domination in sport was finally brought to an end on the 2nd of September 2006 when old rivals Newtonmore defeated Oban Camanachd. This meant that Kingussie could not catch the team at the top of the league.
Fort William won the league in 2006 but Kingussie gained a modicum of revenge by defeating Fort in the the 2006 Camanachd Cup Final.
In 2007, they signed Fraser Inglis from Oban Camanachd, who is expected to improve Kingussie's chances of regaining the league.
The most notable Kingussie player of recent times has been Ronald Ross who has achieved iconic status in the game.
[edit] Stadium
The Dell, Kingussie.
[edit] Nickname
"The Kings"
[edit] External Links
- Kingussie @ Shinty.com
- The Legendary Ronald Ross Scoring in Camanachd Cup Final
- Kingussue win the Camanachd 2006
- Ronald Ross Profile
