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Ever been to a Shinty game

  • 20-10-2016 09:15PM
    #1
    stereomatic
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    There are some Shinty-Hurling games coming up on Saturday with coverage of the Senior Shinty-Hurling game on BBC2 Scotland starting at 13:45 in Bught Park, Inverness

    The GAA calls it Hurling-Shinty and The Camanachd Association calls it Shinty-Hurling

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057661266

    Has anybody ever being to a Shinty game or participated in Shinty.

    What activities could one do when at a Shinty game (food & half-time entertainment, etc) and is there an awareness of the local team in your area

    For those that play(ed) hurling or play(ed) shinty how similar are the games


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  • #2
    LeinsterDub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,229 ✭✭✭LeinsterDub


    stereomatic wrote: »
    There are some Shinty-Hurling games coming up on Saturday with coverage of the Senior Shinty-Hurling game on BBC2 Scotland starting at 13:45 in Bught Park, Inverness

    The GAA calls it Hurling-Shinty and The Camanachd Association calls it Shinty-Hurling

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057661266

    Has anybody ever being to a Shinty game or participated in Shinty.

    What activities could one do when at a Shinty game (food & half-time entertainment, etc) and is there an awareness of the local team in your area

    For those that play(ed) hurling or play(ed) shinty how similar are the games

    Shinty is like hurling from the 40's. There was talk in the early part of the 20th century of unifying the codes they were so similar.


  • #3
    milehip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 735 ✭✭✭milehip


    I've never played either but having watched a game of Hinty/Shurling once the main difference that I could gauge is that in shinty the ball is played off the ground and the shinty stick is more like a hockey stick, shaped at an angle to facilite the flight of upwards.


  • #4
    stereomatic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,376 ✭✭✭stereomatic


    Is there a grassroots system similar to hurling and is there any team that you'd support


  • #5
    jimmii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    Watched on TV a couple of times. It's strangely interesting to watch! I would say it's more hockey than hurling too really. There's a whole league system with a couple of divisions but it's mostly based up in the Highlands.


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