FINALS COUNTDOWN AS SHINTY DRAW POISED

An action-packed 2014 Bullough Cup Final

 
THE DRAW for some of shinty's most prestigious cup competitions will be made this coming Monday (February 9), the sport's ruling body has announced.



The Camanachd Association headquarters in Inverness will be the venue as the draw is made for the north senior shinty competition, the RBS MacTavish Cup, and national intermediate trophy, the Balliemore Cup.

Also to be drawn are the ties for the Aberdein Considine Sutherland Cup - national junior championship of Scotland; and regional junior competitions the Strathdearn (north) and Bullough (south) cups.

Making the draws will be Camanachd Association president Jim Barr and Alan Clark of sportscotland.


Missing from the event are two historic blue riband cups from the world of shinty.

The first round draw of the Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup - shinty's most coveted prize - will be announced shortly by the Camanachd Association.

The oldest competition in the sport, the AJG Parcels Celtic Cup - the senior championship for south teams - is governed by the Glasgow Celtic Society. The society will make a separate draw announcement in due course.

The MacAulay Association runs the MacAulay Cup, a national competition arguably second only to the Camanachd in shinty players dreams as far as cup silverware is concerned. The draw for the 2015 competition was made in December, and can be found here.