Naver Athletic Camanachd Club

Naver Athletic

Full name

Gaelic name

Comann Camanachd Nabhair

Nickname

The Cattachs

Founded

2008

Ground

Shinty Pitch, Bettyhill

2009

Defunct

Home colours

Away colours

Naver Athletic was a shinty club based in Bettyhill, Sutherland, Scotland established in 2008. It was a select team drawing players from both Sutherland and Caithness. Naver competed in the Strathdearn and Sutherland Cups in 2008.

History

The club was founded after three years of youth development in the region and the success of the Far North League in 2007, contested between Kinlochbervie (Black & Red Strips), Farr/Bettyhill (Maroon) and Thurso (Dark Blue). The League welcomed Wick in 2008, bringing the league up to 4 teams competing.

Shinty was traditionally strong in the area up until the 20th Century, and the Farr side have been instrumental in resurrecting the New Year Shinty tradition in North Sutherland.

The club's first senior fixture was against Lochside Rovers in the Sutherland Cup. Lochside won this game 18-0. The club then suffered the same scoreline in their Strathdearn Cup match, losing 18-0 to Boleskine. The club did not enter cup competition in 2009 or 2010 and may be assumed to be defunct. Kinlochbervie and Farr both continue to play at junior level and may rise to senior level in future.

The success of the Mod Cup at the Caithness Mod in 2010, where Caithness defeated Sutherland 3-1 has sparked hopes that Naver will be resurrected. A instrumental founder of the Naver side, Kenny "Nostie" Macleod, who was also a minister in the Free Church of Scotland, died in April 2012.

Farr Camanachd continue to play but there is no impetus to develop the club into a senior side. However, there was a replay of the Caithness V Sutherland match in 2012 in memorial of Kenny "Nostie".

Naver can now be considered totally defunct. However, Caithness Shinty Club and Kinlochbervie Camanachd continue to fly the flag for the Far North of Scotland.

Knotty

A shinty-like game known as Knotty was resurrected in Lybster in the 2000s, where the World Championships are held each year.

External links

Shinty

Senior teams	Aberdeen University Aberdour Ballachulish Beauly Boleskine Bute Caberfeidh Col-Glen Dunoon Fort William Glasgow Mid Argyll Glengarry Glenorchy Glenurquhart Inveraray Inverness Kilmallie Kilmory Kingussie Kinlochshiel Kyles Athletic Lewis Lochaber Lochcarron Lochside Rovers Lovat Newtonmore Oban Oban Celtic Oban Lorn Skye Strathglass Strathspey Tayforth Taynuilt

Former Teams	Edinburgh East Lothian Forth Furnace Glasgow Cowal Nairnshire Naver Athletic Strathclyde Police Northallerton

Non-league and University teams	Ardnamurchan Caithness Cornwall Dundee University Edinburgh University Glasgow University Kincraig Kinlochbervie Kintyre Lochbroom London Milngavie & Bearsden Robert Gordon University Scots St Andrews University Strachur & District Uist

Women's shinty	Aberdour Ardnamurchan Badenoch & Strathspey Cowal and Bute Inverness Dunadd Glasgow Mid Argyll Glengarry Lewis Lochaber Lovat Oban Lorn Strathglass Strathspey Skye Tir Conaill Harps

Competitions	Camanachd Cup Premier Division League System Grand Slam Macaulay Cup Sutherland Cup Balliemore Cup MacTavish Cup Glasgow Celtic Society Cup Strathdearn Cup Bullough Cup Mod Cup Valerie Fraser Trophy Women's League System Lovat Cup London Shield Littlejohn Vase Fingal Memorial Shield Albert Smith Medal

See also	Camanachd Association Composite rules shinty–hurling Shinty/Hurling International Series Shinty in the United States English Shinty Association Shinty in Russia Scotland national shinty team English Shinty Team Alba Schools Camanachd Association Women's shinty Clash of the Ash Iomain SWAGs University shinty

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