The Bullough Cup is a knock-out competition in the sport of shinty .
14-571: It is played for by reserve-level teams from the South District of Shinty, which includes all of Scotland South of Ballachulish as well as England. All teams playing in South Division Two, Kyles Athletic Seconds, Lochside Rovers , Inveraray Second Team, Glasgow Mid-Argyll Second Team, as well as non-league teams such as London Camanachd are eligible. Lochside Rovers are the current holders, having won it in 2024. The trophy
28-588: A close game at The Eilan, Newtonmore, consigning the club to another year outside the top flight. On 7 September 2007, Kyles defeated Ballachulish 2–0 away from home to gain promotion back to the top flight. In 2008, the club played well and stayed in the Premier Division. In 2009, the club came to international attention when two of their players were diagnosed with swine flu . This resulted in Kyles' fixtures being postponed. The club also made it to
42-585: A last minute goal from Danny MacRae . 2012 would see Kyle beaten to the league again by Newtomnmore but this disappointment paled into insignificance with the victory of the team in the Camanachd Cup final in Oban, defeating Inveraray 6–5, in a classic final. In 2013, Kyle relinquished the Camanachd Cup to Newtonmore 3–0. Kyles had beaten 'More previously in the MacAulay Cup Final and also won
56-479: A title decider for opponents Kingussie. This refusal led to Kyles being docked 2 points, this was appealed and led to Kyles leapfrogging Glenurquhart into 4th place in the 2009 standings. Kyles started the 2011 season with 5 straight wins, including two important victories away to Inveraray and Fort William. This has raised hopes in Tighnabruaich of a maiden Premier Division title. Kyles went unbeaten for
70-650: Is playing in South Division one. In 2012 they won the Camanachd Cup for the first time since 1994, defeating local rivals Inveraray in the final. The club was founded in 1896 as Kyles Athletic Football and Shinty Club , the same year as the first Camanachd Cup , which Kyles have gone on to win more times than any other club apart from the Badenoch giants, Newtonmore , sharing the second place spot with Kingussie , 21 times in all. They have also won
84-550: The Bullough Plate was created for first round losers to compete for and this was won by Glenorchy. The Bullough Plate was discontinued in 2015. Wins By Clubs Kyles Athletic Kyles Athletic Shinty Club is a shinty team from Tighnabruaich , Argyll , Scotland . It is one of the sport's most illustrious names, presently playing in the Marine Harvest Premiership with their second team
98-718: The Celtic Society Cup 29 times and the MacAulay Cup a further 10 times. They won the Grand Slam in 1966. (At that point consisting of the Camanachd, MacAulay, Celtic Society and Dunn Senior League.) Kyles play in royal blue shirts with white shorts and red stockings as their first set of jerseys were presented by Rangers FC . Kyles won the Grand Slam in 1966, the only time the club has done so, winning
112-682: The Dunn League. Until the formation of the National Premier League, Kyles were the dominant side in South shinty, having won the inaugural amalgamated South league in 1974–75 and then winning every league from 1977 to 1988. A great constant since the late 1970s has been Kenny MacDonald who is still who is still helping manage the first team today. He has played for Scotland and also won the Albert Smith Medal . He
126-581: The final of the Camanachd Cup after an extra-time replay of a match against Kingussie which they won 4–3. The original game was called off with Kingussie leading 4–1 with 30 minutes left. Kyles went on to lose the final 4–3 in Oban to Fort William despite coming back from 3–0 down to draw 3–3 before the decisive Fort William goal. Kyles controversially refused to travel to Beauly on 28 November 2009, when bad weather had rendered their park unplayable and no alternative ground could be found for what would have been
140-573: The first senior fixtures of Aberdour Shinty Club . It has also seen the first Camanachd Association fixture in England for 80 years and the victory by the Highlanders in 2006. As of 2010, the opening rounds of the cup will be played midweek, in order to reduce the backlog of fixtures that has regularly afflicted shinty. Glasgow Mid-Argyll won the 2010 cup defeating Kyles Athletic 3–1, and again in 2022 winning 2–0 against Kilmory . In 2014,
154-588: The lead up to the Second World War, and the other in the mid-Sixties. There was also a shorter period in the 1990s. Lochside Rovers were champions in 2009 defeating Kyles Athletic in a rearranged final in Tighnabruaich after the original final was called off. The Bullough Cup has seen several interesting developments in recent years, in 2005 it was run as a league cup, which marked the re-entry of Col-Glen and London to competition as well as
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#1732772522631168-511: The whole season, winning the MacAulay Cup and the Glasgow Celtic Society Cups. Their only defeats were to Inveraray in the Camanachd Cup and heartbreakingly to Newtonmore in a winner takes all game for the Premier Division at Dunoon Stadium, due to Tighnabruaich being unsuitable. Even more heartbreaking was the manner in which they lost, requiring only a point to make realistically sure of a maiden title, they succumbed to
182-602: Was also part of the Kyles team which won the Macaulay Cup alongside his son Roddy. In the early 2000s they enjoyed a yo-yo existence in the National Leagues and whilst still a match for anyone in remote Tighnabruaich, they struggled to regain their prime position in South shinty until the next decade. They faced Lochcarron in the play-off for entry into the Premier League in 2006. They lost 2–1 in
196-552: Was presented by Sir George Bullough , Victorian playboy and raconteur , who owned the hunting estate on the island of Rùm . [1] The trophy was first played for in 1906 with an abeyance for the Great War. Its early years saw the competition dominated by teams from North Argyll, then Oban. With the amalgamation of the Dunn and Southern Leagues, the trophy become more open. The trophy has had two significant periods of abeyance, one in
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