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81-540: The English Shinty Association ( ESA ) is the main body for promoting and encouraging the sport of shinty in England and Wales. Shinty was previously played widely in England in the 19th century and early 20th century, with teams such as London Scots, Bolton Caledonian, Cottonopolis and evidence to suggest it was played in some form in Cumberland, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Cheshire, Nottingham, and Lincoln. Nottingham Forest F.C.

162-471: A patented anti-aircraft turret during this period. In the aftermath of the conflict, the firm expanded rapidly to support the postwar reconstruction effort, supplying specialist services in town planning , engineering sciences, architecture and project management . During 1945, Atkins was invited to consult on the planned expansion of the Port Talbot Steelworks and subsequently acted as

243-572: A Scotland-wide basis since 1996, the lower leagues are based on geography. Many clubs run second teams that also compete in these leagues against clubs with only one senior side. Shinty was traditionally played through the winter , based around the tradition of the "Iomain Challainn", where New Year was marked by a game between neighbouring parishes. The summer was left free for seasonal work and friendly tournaments. The Winter season always ran over, however, and many teams would find themselves finishing

324-494: A bid to purchase Parsons Brinckerhoff from Balfour Beatty , but were outbid by WSP Global . In April 2016, the company announced the acquisition of the Projects, Products and Technology (PP&T) segment of EnergySolutions for £206 million, strengthening Atkins' nuclear multidisciplinary capability to a 2,000-strong global team. During April 2017, Atkins received a £2.1bn bid from Canadian company SNC-Lavalin . On 21 April, it

405-554: A complete restructuring of the way in which shinty was organised and managed. That led to the move away from a dependence on volunteers to govern the sport, to the Association's first salaried employees. There are shinty clubs in Aberdeen , Aberdour ( Fife ), Edinburgh , Glasgow , Perth , Cornwall , Oxford and even London . University Shinty is a popular section of the sport, with almost all Scotland's main universities possessing

486-665: A few people who would occasionally hit a ball in the park and whenever possible attempt to enter a 6s tournament. But this eventually stopped. In 2011 there was effort to restart London Camanachd. With the advent of social media this meant a bigger audience was able to be reached. The revival of the London Club had sparked interest in Cornwall. With word getting around and numbers small in Cornwall they were finally able to offer London some 'local' opposition in March 2012. London's success grew and

567-466: A hook in it, hence caman , from the Scottish and Irish Gaelic word cam , meaning bent or crooked. It can also be called a stick or club. The slant of the face will vary according to the position that the stick is used for. It can be made according to the player's height. Plastic camans are common in the youth variant "First Shinty". A player can play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of

648-478: A passion for reviving the game in England. The three players in question, Matt Mossop, Graham Love and Alan MacDonald, had already founded/revived teams in their respective areas, Cornwall , London and Northallerton. With London crowned English Champions at the Shinty Shop Challenge Cup on goal difference over Cornwall at Bristol's expense, ESA organized the historic first shinty international against

729-508: A re-vamped Northallerton Shinty Club was formed. The club is hoping to draw in a few former players, but wants to focus on raising awareness of the game in Yorkshire and bringing new local players into the game. Shinty was played widely in England in the 19th century and early 20th century, with teams such as London Scots, Bolton Caledonian and Cottonopolis; Nottingham Forest F.C. was established by shinty players. Since 2012 London has hosted

810-464: A result of this acquisition, around 130 staff from Pöyry's Perth , Stavanger and Aberdeen offices integrated into Atkins' Energy business unit. During October 2014, Houston-based oil and gas offshore engineering business Houston Offshore Engineering was acquired for £45 million, added another 150 people to the business and increased the headcount of oil and gas specialists to over 1,000 within its operations worldwide. That same year, Atkins had made

891-469: A single fixture in the early 1990s. Kingussie's unmatched run of dominance was ended on 2 September 2006 by rivals Newtonmore , who defeated Oban Camanachd 2–0 to ensure that Kingussie could not catch the team at the top of the Premier Division . However, Newtonmore were unable to replace their neighbours as champions, as the first post-Kingussie champions were confirmed as Fort William , who sealed

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972-437: A team on their own. The only team left at this point was London Camanachd. The teams all around England and wales that had folded leaving some players just having a hit about by themselves in parks from time to time. Players remained on the ‘if and when list’ when ever London could get a game. One of the last games was in 2006 London Camanachd who were made up of people from all over England and wales who would come together to form

1053-482: A team. Historically, Glasgow University , Aberdeen University and Edinburgh University have vied for supremacy, but in recent years, Strathclyde University , Robert Gordon University , Dundee University , and the University of St. Andrews have risen to prominence. Clubs compete in various competitions, both cup and league, on a national and also North/South basis. While the top Premier Division has been played on

1134-473: Is bandy , which is played on ice. In Scottish Gaelic the name for bandy is "ice shinty" ( camanachd-deighe ) and in the past bandy and shinty (and shinney ) could be used interchangeably in the English language. Hurling , an Irish pastime for at least 2,000 years similar to shinty, is derived from the historic game common to both peoples. Shinty/hurling appears prominently in the legend of Cúchulainn ,

1215-692: Is a shinty club first established in the Victorian era , competing in English and Scottish competitions such as the English League, the Bullough Cup and most recently in the Camanachd Cup in 1994. They went into abeyance in 1995, but were reconstituted in 2005. They played the first officially recognised shinty match outside Scotland in 80 years on 22 July 2006 against the Highlanders . They compete annually in

1296-413: Is a synonym for street hockey , pond hockey or any informal game of hockey. It derives its name from shinty, although a myth there perpetuates that it came from children tying Eaton's catalogues around their legs to protect their shins from flying pucks or slashing. The English Shinty Association (ESA) is the main body for promoting and encouraging the sport of shinty in England. London Camanachd

1377-402: Is between seven and a half and eight inches (19 and 20 cm) and weight between two and a half and three ounces (71 and 85 g). The ball is usually white, but there is no statutory colour, black being a common colour for Kyles Athletic, and fluorescent balls now being available. Plastic balls or soft balls are often used in youth competitions such as the variant "First Shinty". The ball

1458-589: Is governed by the Camanachd Association ( Scottish Gaelic : Comann na Camanachd ). The association came into being in the late Victorian era as a means of formulating common rules to unite the various different codes and rules which differed between neighbouring glens. Its first meeting was held in Kingussie in 1893. The Camanachd Association maintained its initial structure for much of its first century. The 'Future of Shinty' Report published in 1981 led to

1539-409: Is not allowed to catch it. Playing the ball with the head constitutes a foul whether intentional or not, as it is considered dangerous play. Other examples of dangerous play, which will be penalised, are a player, while grounded, playing the ball, or a player recklessly swinging the caman in the air in a way which might endanger another player. Fouls are penalised by a free-hit, which is indirect unless

1620-483: Is of the Camanachd Cup final. Regional newspaper The Press and Journal runs shinty coverage twice a week (Mondays and Fridays). The first-ever shinty match broadcast live on television was the 1964 Celtic Society Cup Final. Although Camanachd Cup finals and internationals have been shown over the years, 2006 marked the first-ever regular TV deal for shinty with matches being shown on the BBC Sports show Spòrs . This

1701-707: Is played in the British Army , with The Scots Shinty Club keeping alive the tradition of the game being played in the Forces. Shinty is also being revived among the Scottish diaspora in North America , where it was originally played in the 18th and 19th century by Scottish immigrants, but died out. More recent teams such as Northern California Camanachd Club (NCCC), Central California Cammanchd (CCC), and Oregon Shinty-Camanachd (OSC) play at Highland games and other venues across

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1782-576: Is played using a caman , which is a stick about 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet (1.1 m) long with two slanted faces. The stick has a wedge shaped head, roughly triangular in cross section, which must be able to pass through a ring two and a half inches (6.4 cm) in diameter. Unlike the Irish camán , it has no blade. The caman is traditionally made of wood, traditionally ash but now more commonly hickory , and must not have any plate or metal attached to it. The caman would be made from any piece of wood with

1863-507: Is shoulder-to-shoulder. The game was derived from the same root as the Irish game of hurling / camogie and the Welsh game of bando , but has developed unique rules and features. These rules are governed by the Camanachd Association . A composite rules shinty–hurling game has been developed, which allows Scotland and Ireland to play annual international matches. Another sport with common ancestry

1944-401: Is traditionally played on grass, although as of 2009 the sport may be played on artificial turf. The pitch also has marks indicating a 10-yard (10 m) area around the goals, the penalty and centre spots (along with their associated arcs/circles of 5 yards or 5 metres radius), and corner arcs at the corners of the rectangular pitch of 2 yards or 2 metres radius. The goals, at opposite ends of

2025-494: The 2012 Summer Olympics ; the company provided building services design, civil engineering and structural engineering , acoustics, fire protection engineering , and accessibility services. As a consequence of the general economic downturn experienced during the Great Recession , Atkins reduced its headcount as a cost-saving measure; approximately 3000 staff left the business between April 2009 and February 2011, although

2106-561: The Airbus A400M Atlas military airlifter. Atkins was reportedly keen to expand within the North American region, particularly with Boeing and its supply chain. By 2011, roughly 500 staff around the globe were working in the aerospace sector; Atkins divisional managing director Neil Kirk noted the firm's plans to expand and double turnover from this sector over the following three to four years. Atkins has also been highly active in

2187-574: The Burj al Arab hotel, which was completed in 1999. In 2002, the company begun trading under the Atkins name. That same year, it also bought Hanscomb, construction consultants. During the early 2000s, the company experienced a period of financial difficulties, resulting in the share price falling to 50p in 2002 and the company's Chief Executive, Robin Southwell , resigning along with Finance Director Ric Piper, who

2268-606: The Celtic mythology hero. A similar game is played on the Isle of Man known as cammag , a name cognate with camanachd. The old form of hurling played in the northern half of Ireland, called "commons", resembled shinty more closely than the standardised form of hurling of today. Like shinty, it was commonly known as camánacht and was traditionally played in winter. It is still played regularly on St Stephen's Day in St John's . The origins of

2349-655: The English Shinty Team . In 2013 The English side competed in the Bullough Cup against Tayforth Camanachd , but were beaten 11–1. They also participated in an International challenge match against the USA , where England ran out 2-0 winners. England also played against Alba , the Scottish Gaelic representative side at Kingussie in 2018, Alba won 11–1. Shinty While comparisons are often made with field hockey ,

2430-536: The London Stock Exchange and began trading as W. S. Atkins plc. That same year, it also acquired Faithful+Gould , a cost and project management consultancy firm. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Atkins played a key role in the engineering of the Channel Tunnel ; completed in 1994, it possesses the longest underwater section of any tunnel in the world. During the late 1990s, WS Atkins performed work on

2511-487: The Scottish Lowlands , where it was formerly referred to as hailes , common / cammon ( caman ), cammock (from Scottish Gaelic camag ), knotty , carrick and various other names, as well as the terms still used to refer to it in modern Gaelic, camanachd or iomain . Shinty was once a popular game in lowland Scotland, as shown by its name shintie , a term which took that form around 1700, displacing

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2592-466: The 1960s, progressively expanding to allow a maximum of three substitutions per game. As of 2011, a rule change allowed for rolling substitutions to be made at the senior level. In common with many sports, it became formalised in the Victorian Era and the first organised clubs were established in cities such as Glasgow and London where there were thousands of Gaels resident. In 1887, a historic game

2673-573: The 20th century where it had been reported that there was once eight teams. London had the Dewar's shield (donated by the Dewar's whisky distillery) this was a very popular tournament with games played weekly in London. With the breakout of WW2 all silverware was put in a central location vault in London and was unfortunately bombed in the blitz. This bit of history was lost. The Dewar's shield league never took off after this point. In 2020 records about what it once

2754-745: The English Capital's side hosted a successful tournament in September 2012 featuring the hosts, Cornwall and the SCOTS Camanachd.[3] (the army team's new name) The influence of the SCOTS and the tradition of English shinty being run by Scottish university graduates saw the resurrection of shinty in Northallerton under the name Northallerton Shinty Club. Many attempts were then put together to try and get this Northern team going but it never took off. As this point

2835-614: The English Shinty Championships against Cornwall, Oxford, Devon and Bristol as well as playing shinty–hurling matches and organising sporadic friendlies against visiting teams. On 28 December 2010 Ireland held its first dedicated shinty match in Westmeath, with players who have played the Compromise rules Shinty/Hurling . A Cornwall Shinty Club was established in 2012, playing their first game on 21 April 2012 against London;

2916-456: The London team on the terms of who ever came on the day got to play. One of the last games london played was to the Highlanders (the army shinty team) in the Bullough cup. This was the first game in almost 80 years at that time where a Scottish league game had been played outside of Scotland. In the years that followed the numbers would get smaller until 2009 where the London team only went down to

2997-854: The South West League. The association has a varied range of teams under its auspices. There are five major clubs in England who are affiliated as separate members of the Camanachd Association . The association runs the English Shinty League and the English Shinty Championship, played for the Shinty Shop Challenge Cup . This was first played in 2012 in Flax Bourton . 2013 was played in Bristol . For more information see English Shinty Team The association co-ordinates

3078-463: The South West League. Within these teams there had been a number of university teams and the southwest league gives them the chance to take part on a lower level to showcase skill before being able to be selected for county level. London and Oxford are reforming the Dewars Shield, giving London Camanachd the ability to split their team down to a number of smaller teams for a similar 6s setup, as with

3159-503: The South. In recognition of shinty's shared roots with hurling, an annual international between the two codes from Scotland and Ireland is played on a home and away basis using composite rules . In recent years, the Irish have had the upper hand, but the Scots won the fixture narrowly in 2005 and again in 2006, this time at Croke Park , Dublin , albeit with the Irish fielding weaker players from

3240-682: The Southern League, for clubs in Glasgow and Edinburgh and the surrounding areas. Over time, there have been moves to amalgamate leagues and, since the 1980s, a push for national competition at the highest levels. In the modern era of league shinty, Kingussie have been unsurpassed in their domination of the sport; according to the Guinness Book of Records 2005, Kingussie is world sport's most successful sporting team of all time, winning 20 consecutive league championships and going four years without losing

3321-619: The UK's largest engineering consultancy, as well as the world's 11th largest global design firm. It employed approximately 18,000 staff based in 300 offices across 29 countries and had undertaken projects in over 150 countries. The firm's motto was "Plan, Design, Enable". The original company, W. S. Atkins & Partners, was established by William Atkins in 1938. The venture was not Atkin's only business endeavour, having acquired London Ferro-Concrete from his prior employers; he continued to actively manage both firms up until 1950. In its formative years,

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3402-513: The US in 2013 (England 2- USA 0), ESA entered the Bullough Cup for the first time in 2013, whilst its constituent teams were represented at St Andrews Sixes in 2013. Expansion continued in 2014, entering the Bullough Cup, running a tour to Scotland and various festivals being run in London, Cornwall and other locations in England. The association currently supports five clubs: Bristol Camanachd, Cornwall Shinty Club, Oxford Shinty Club, Devon Shinty Club, and

3483-733: The USA. Local papers, such as the West Highland Free Press , The Buteman , the Oban Times and the Dunoon Observer and Argyllshire Standard , have in-depth shinty reports. The Inverness-based media reduce shinty coverage to one summary of the whole weekend's action, as do national newspapers, such as the Sunday Herald and the Sunday Post . The only significant national press coverage

3564-551: The aerospace sector, the firm decided to build up its presence in the market, quickly forming links with British aero engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce Holdings and the multinational aerospace firm Airbus . Its first major aerospace project was to perform a stress-check analysis of the wing proposed for the Airbus A380 airliner, later expanding to perform work on the wings of the Airbus A320 and Airbus A350 XWB airliners as well as

3645-507: The annual "London Shinty Festival", which has been attended by Cornwall, London, Oxford Shinty Club , St Andrews university ladies team, and the Scots. It is an open tournament held in late September after the Shinty season is finished to allow any travelling teams the opportunity to attend. Since 2013, a combined English Shinty Association side has entered the Bullough cup, being beaten in 2013 by Tayforth and then in 2014 by Ballachulish. Shinty

3726-508: The attacking side." A goal cannot be scored directly from a free-hit. Teams consist of 12 players (men) or 10 players (women), including a goalkeeper. A match is played over two halves of 45 minutes. With the exception of the goalkeeper, no player is allowed to play the ball with his hands. There are also variants with smaller sides, with some adjustments in the field size and duration of play. As with sports such as football , shinty originally did not have substitutes. These were introduced in

3807-399: The ball with the shaft of the caman, and the ball must be directly overhead when struck. The winner of a game is the team that scores the most goals. A team scores a goal "when the whole of the ball has passed over the goal-line and under the cross-bar". A goal can only be scored with the caman; there is no goal when the ball "has been kicked, carried or propelled by hand or arm by a player of

3888-488: The civil and structural design engineer for the project. In 1950, Atkins opted to discontinue contracting work to concentrate on design engineering and project management work. During the 1950s, the firm became involved in the engineering of the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station , which became the first exclusively civilian nuclear power station in the UK upon its completion; the company continued to be active in

3969-628: The competition was designed to ensure the final was between the North and South. The Macaulay Cup still preserves a guaranteed North/South Final. There are national equivalents for the Camanachd Cup for intermediate and junior teams. There are regional cups for both senior and junior teams; the MacTavish Cup is the senior cup for the North and the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup is the one for

4050-467: The earlier shinnie – of which there is a written record about 100 years earlier. Shinnie may also derive from shin in English, with the affix -ie , a common termination to the name of many games in Scotland. The objective of the game is to play a small ball into a goal, or "hail", erected at the ends of a 140-to-170-yard-long (128 to 155 m) by 70-to-80-yard-wide (64 to 73 m) pitch. The game

4131-399: The engineering of high speed railways . The company's own analysis noted that Europe's high speed rail network was expected to expand three-fold between 2008 and 2020, while passenger rail travel in the UK was growing far faster than official forecasts had predicted. In 2001, the UK's Strategic Rail Authority commissioned Atkins to produce a feasibility study into the business case for, and

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4212-467: The field, measure 12 feet (3.66 m) wide and 10 feet (3.05 m) high and a net is affixed to catch the ball when a goal is scored. The ball is a hard solid sphere of around half the diameter of a tennis ball, consisting of a cork core covered by two pieces of leather stitched together. The seam is raised. It is very similar to a hurling sliotar in that it resembles an American baseball with more pronounced stitching. The permitted circumference

4293-510: The firm established its first offices in Westminster , London and specialised in civil and structural engineering design and consultancy work. Throughout the Second World War , the company developed a reputation for competently performing complex engineering works assigned to it despite the unavoidable wartime pressures and limitations that were imposed. Amongst other works, Atkins developed

4374-547: The focus was getting a stable team that could be reintroduced to Scotland to take part in the Bullough cup. The English Shinty Association was then formed and with London and Cornwall who could both offer players who could travel to Scotland the hope was that blending the players would be easier than just relying on a single team to found for all the numbers. In 2013 the English Shinty Association played its first game in Scotland. ESA V Tayforth. ESA lost this game but at

4455-426: The foul is committed in the penalty area, commonly referred to as "The D". This results in a penalty hit from 20 yards (18 m). A ball played by a team over the opposing bye line results in a goal hit from the edge of the D, while a ball played by a team over their own line results in a corner. A ball hit over the sideline results in a shy: a shinty shy involves the taker tossing the ball above his head and hitting

4536-712: The match finished a draw. They also entered the St Andrew's Sixes tournament in 2012. Following this, in December 2012, two more Cornish clubs were created; the first being the Combined Universities of Cornwall and the second being Mabe. These two teams put forward their best players to play for the Cornwall Shinty Club. There was a team in Northallerton in the 1970s, which competed in six-a-sides; and on 1 August 2012

4617-569: The name shinty are uncertain. There is a theory that the name was derived from the cries used in the game; "shin ye", "shin you" and "shin t'ye", other dialect names were shinnins , shinnack and shinnup , or as Hugh Dan MacLennan proposes from the Scottish Gaelic sìnteag . However, there was never one all-encompassing name for the game, as it held different names from glen to glen, including cluich-bhall ('play-ball' in English ) and in

4698-409: The nuclear sector both domestically and abroad. In the 1960s, Atkins provided tunneling designed for the fledgling Toronto subway network. During the 1970s, the company supported the construction of Drax Power Station , the largest power generation facility in the UK. Up until 1982, the year in which he retired, William Akins served as the company's chairman. In 1996, W. S. Atkins was admitted to

4779-480: The oldest shinty club in England, London Camanachd . The distribution of these teams on a map leads to these teams being commonly referred to as belonging to “the English shinty belt”. The distance between London Camanachd and Cornwall Shinty Club is almost the same as that between London and Scotland. It's often remarked that the two most widely separated teams in Scotland have less distance to travel getting to each other then London and Cornwall do, yet year after year

4860-522: The overall headcount remained relatively stable following the acquisition of the American company PBS&J during August 2010. The purchase of PBS&J, a Florida-based provider of engineering, planning, architecture, construction, environmental, and program management services, was viewed as a major buy into the North American market for Atkins. Although Atkins had not traditionally involved itself in

4941-440: The previous season only weeks before the next one would start. In 2003, shinty clubs voted for a trial period of two years of a summer season from March to October, with a view to moving permanently to summer shinty if the experiment was judged to be a success. Despite opposition from the "Big Two", Kingussie and Newtonmore , and other small groups in the game, an EGM in November 2005 voted by an overwhelming majority (well over

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5022-452: The required two thirds) to make summer shinty the basis upon which the game would proceed. There have been teething problems since the move to summer shinty, with a couple of teams being culpable for the season running over into November and December. Season 2010 saw the league season finished by the first weekend in October, almost on schedule. Shinty does still get played during the winter, in University Shinty which has teams compete for

5103-419: The second most valuable trophy in Scottish sport – the Littlejohn Vase – and in New Year fixtures, the most prestigious of which is the Lovat Cup , played between Beauly and Lovat. For more information, see Shinty league system League shinty was originally organised on a regional basis, with distinct competitions for the North District and at one time, two separate leagues for Argyll (the Dunn League) and

5184-404: The second tier Christy Ring Cup . Scotland made it four in a row when they won in 2008. Canadian Gaelic -speaking pioneers in Nova Scotia adapted shinty, which was traditionally a winter sport , to the much colder Canadian climate by wearing ice skates while playing on frozen lakes. This led to the creation of the modern winter sport known as ice hockey . The game of shinny in Canada

5265-468: The stick. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not bring their stick down on an opponent's stick, which is defined as hacking. A player may tackle an opponent using the body as long as it is shoulder-to-shoulder as in association football (soccer) . A player may only stop the ball with the stick, the chest, two feet together or one foot on the ground. Only the goalkeeper may use his hands, but only with an open palm since he

5346-519: The teams in England are doing just that. The committee was expanded in 2014 to facilitate the development of Women's and University Shinty as well as overseeing the day-to-day running of the association. The English Shinty Association is an affiliated member of the Camanachd Association , the world's governing body for shinty. With the expansion of shinty in England teams that are relatively close to each other have formed their own breakaway leagues of 6s, with Cornwall, Bristol and Devon taking part in

5427-419: The time had not realised the fire that had been started in England when it came to shinty and in the coming years the teams that would be formed as a result of this effort made. Atkins UK donated Helmets to the association to help provide protection, especially to the youth players, at club and international level. The English Shinty Association was founded in 2013 by three ex- University Shinty players with

5508-404: The title on 30 September 2006, having won their games in hand over Newtonmore. Kingussie regained the title in 2007. Since 2010, Newtonmore have been the dominant league force. Cup shinty has always been seen as being more important than league shinty, and the premier national competition remains the Scottish Cup or the Camanachd Association Challenge Cup, the Camanachd Cup for short. Until 1983

5589-449: The transportation impact of, high-speed railways. During January 2011, an Atkins-led consortium was selected to engineer a 180 km high speed line between the Danish capital of Copenhagen and the German border. In April 2019, the company was appointed to plan Sweden 's first high speed main line. In June 2011, Atkins announced it was buying the oil and gas business of Finnish global consulting firm Pöyry for €17.25 million; as

5670-409: The two games have several important differences. In shinty a player is allowed to play the ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick, called a caman , which is wooden and slanted on both sides. The stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may not come down on an opponent's stick, a practice called hacking. Players may also tackle using the body as long as it

5751-478: The usual games, but 2012 saw several games filmed live on BBC Alba. The sport is featured on BBC Radio nan Gaidheal by the programme, Spòrs na Seachdain, although English-language radio interest is usually restricted to the big events in the year. Commentary on the Camanachd Cup Final is provided in both English and Gaelic. Atkins (company) Atkins was a British multinational construction, design , engineering and business services company. It

5832-407: Was admitted to the London Stock Exchange in 1996, trading under the name WS Atkins plc for a time before rebranding as Atkins during 2002. While Atkins largely focused on the UK market during its formative years, it has grown into an international firm with a global presence, as well as expanded into a wide range of sectors, including aerospace and high speed railways . By 2016, Atkins had become

5913-524: Was also told his new job at Trinity Mirror was no longer open to him. Keith Clarke replaced him, joining from Skanska . Atkins was one of the five shareholders in Metronet , the London Underground maintenance company that failed in 2007, after which Atkins was forced to write off its investment in the venture. During 2009, Atkins was selected as the official engineering design services provider for

5994-574: Was announced that the takeover deal had been agreed; the move was approved by shareholders in June 2017. This step coincided with news of 92 redundancies in the company's infrastructure division. The deal was completed on 3 July 2017, with Atkins becoming SNC-Lavalin's fifth business sector. Atkins was delisted from the London Stock Exchange with effect from 4 July 2017. During the COVID-19 pandemic in

6075-436: Was at the time more popular and just better funded. Football and shinty shared the same grounds for many years in the 19th century Still to this day both London Camanachd and Chelsea F.C. use this same blue as their home colours as a throwback to this bit of history. Shinty has had an up and down history in England. With the number of Scots always changing depending on the economy of the times. Shinty in London remained strong in

6156-451: Was established by shinty and bandy players as Nottingham Forest Football and Bandy Club. There is evidence to support that Old Trafford alongside many other football teams started out as shinty teams. . Stamford Bridge the home of Chelsea F.C. started out as the london shinty teams playing ground. The blue tops of London Camanachd were given to the Chelsea football team to use as shinty

6237-545: Was formerly listed on the London Stock exchange and had a London headquarters. During July 2017 the company was bought by SNC-Lavalin in a £2.1 billion deal which subsequently renamed to AtkinsRéalis in 2023. The company was founded as W. S. Atkins & Partners by Sir William Atkins in 1938. It experienced rapid growth following the Second World War , performing specialist services in town planning , engineering sciences, architecture and project management . The firm

6318-432: Was had been re-discovered in old newspapers and the plan to reform this league had started again. There was a Northallerton Camanachd in the late 60s to early 80s, and interest was maintained by the links to the nearby military base, but they only competed periodically. London Camanachd and Oxford in the 80s were the only teams left. London went to yellow strips given to them by Brian boru GAA team in london. At this time 6s

6399-560: Was played between Glenurquhart Shinty Club and Strathglass Shinty Club in Inverness . This game was attended by thousands of people and was a major milestone in developing a set of common rules. This fixture was to be repeated on 12 January 2007 in Inverness as the opening centrepiece of the Highland 2007 celebrations in Scotland, but was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The modern sport

6480-520: Was the popular thing in shinty and with this being easier to form teams then the 12s shinty remained. Having to borrow from others was very much needed and London Camanachd even had to ask the shinty teams in Oxford for funding just to keep them going. Shinty had been holding on even if in its very small form in England and only London Camanachd was left into the 21st century. In 2005 shinty in England had all but stopped and all teams had no longer able to field

6561-615: Was then followed by the STV show An Caman . 2009 saw the Camanachd Association sign a deal with BBC Alba to broadcast all national finals as well as the Marine Harvest Festival. The MacAulay Cup and Camanachd Cup final were also shown on BBC Two . There is also an increasing amount of shinty on the internet, with various clips garnering attention on video sites such as YouTube . 2011 was a sparse year for TV coverage outside of

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