Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: 1999 Walker Cup, Alness United F.C., Ardnamurchan Camanachd, Ballachulish Camanachd Club, Beauly Shinty Club, Boleskine Camanachd, Brora Rangers F.C., Caberfeidh, Fort William F.C., Fort William Shinty Club, Glengarry Shinty Club, Glenurquhart Shinty Club, Golspie Sutherland F.C., Halkirk United F.C., Highland derby, Highland Football League, Inverness City F.C., Kilmallie Shinty Club, Kincraig Shinty Club, Kingussie Camanachd, Kinlochshiel, Lochaber Camanachd, Lochbroom Camanachd, Lochcarron Camanachd, Lovat Shinty Club, Nairnshire Camanachd, Nairn County F.C., Nairn Golf Club, Nairn St. Ninian F.C., Naver Athletic Camanachd Club, Newtonmore Camanachd Club, North Caledonian Football League, North of Scotland Cup, Ross County F.C., Royal Dornoch Golf Club, Scottish Six Days Trial, Skye Camanachd, Strathglass Shinty Club, Strathspey Camanachd, Strathspey Thistle F.C., Tain St. Duthus F.C., Tain Thistle F.C., Wick Academy F.C.. Excerpt: Shinty (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread, being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated. While comparisons are often made with field hockey, 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 is shoulder-to-shoulder. The game was derived from the same root as the Irish game of hurling but has developed different rules and features. These rules are governed by the Camanachd Association. Shinty is also one of the forebears of ice hockey: in 1800, Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia played a game on ice at Windsor. In Canada, informal hockey games are still called shinny. Another sport with common ancestry is bandy, which is played on ice. Bando is the term for shinty in Wales. 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 pitch. The game is traditionally played on grass, although as of 2009 the sport may be played on artificial turf. Shinty field (Winterton), Inveraray The ball is a hard solid sphere slightly smaller than 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 ball is usually white, but there is no statutory colour, black being a common colour for Kyles Athletic and fluorescent balls now being avai