Strathglass Shinty Club

Our Area

Strathglass Shinty Club aka Comunn Camanachd Straghlais is one of shinty’s most venerable clubs. The “Grand Old Club” plays its home games in the heart of the Highlands in the small village of Cannich but represents a vast and sparsely populated remote rural area including the iconic Glen Affric to the west.

Historically home to the Chisholm Clan, as well as the Frasers, the club’s catchment area also includes the village of Tomich on the historic Guisachan area to the southwest, as well as Glen Cannich and Glen Strathfarrar. The boundaries extend to the border with Glen Urquhart to the east, the hamlets of Struy and Aigas and the farming communities in the hills of Kilmorack above Beauly to the North. Whilst in many places picturesque and historic, which attracts many tourists, the area is also home to significant hunting and fishing estates, as well as being a major producer of hydro-electricity.

Through a tumultuous history extending from the Highland Clearances, through the rise and fall of forestry and hydro electricity in the area, and population change, Strathglass Shinty Club has been an almost constant presence within the community for almost 150 years.