Shinty

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

Will post this on the off chance anybody is interested. Camanachd Cup Final takes place tomorrow and is live on BBC 2 Scotland which is part of some satelite packages. Fort William v. Inveraray, throw up 2.30. Should be a decent game and maybe of interest to any hurling fans at a loose end tomorrow afternoon

[tayto]

wouldnt mind watching a game out of interest, but i dont have bbc scotland ...

saw lacrosse recently on setanta, not all that great a game really, you seem to be able to walk as far as you like with the ball in yer net.

[Punxsutawney Fergal]

wouldnt mind watching a game out of interest, but i dont have bbc scotland ...

saw lacrosse recently on setanta, not all that great a game really, you seem to be able to walk as far as you like with the ball in yer net.

Yep, I saw the adds and thought wow this looks good! watched a game and couldn't get into it! very strange how you can stroll around for as long as you want with the ball in your butterfly catcher thingy.

[tayto]

Plus for all the padding they wear it wasnt very physical.

[Gnevin]

wouldnt mind watching a game out of interest, but i dont have bbc scotland ...

saw lacrosse recently on setanta, not all that great a game really, you seem to be able to walk as far as you like with the ball in yer net.

Yep, I saw the adds and thought wow this looks good! watched a game and couldn't get into it! very strange how you can stroll around for as long as you want with the ball in your butterfly catcher thingy.

Basically it's Hurling lite ,

[Rossfan]

wouldnt mind watching a game out of interest, but i dont have bbc scotland ...

You can get it on the "add channels" on Sky if you have it.
I'm sure someone will put up the various "thingys" to get it??

A Láimh Dheirg - an mbeadh aon Gaidhlig le chloisint in eachtraí  Chumann na Camanachd cosúil leis and cúpla focal a úsáidtear go minic in eachtraí CLG?

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

wouldnt mind watching a game out of interest, but i dont have bbc scotland ...

You can get it on the "add channels" on Sky if you have it.
I'm sure someone will put up the various "thingys" to get it??

A Láimh Dheirg - an mbeadh aon Gaidhlig le chloisint in eachtraí  Chumann na Camanachd cosúil leis and cúpla focal a úsáidtear go minic in eachtraí CLG?

I can normally follow Irish to some extent rossfan but Im not totally sure about that one, guessing youre asking about Comunn na Camanachd's Gaelic policy in comparison to the GAA and Irish? The Camanachd Association arent generally as strong on Gaelic as the GAA are with Irish but things have picked up a bit in recent times and there will be a few Gaelic articles in the match programme tomorrow and a few of the club sides have their names on their jerseys and on club houses in Gaelic. There is also a weekly shinty highlights programme on TV in Gaelic (nice clip here http://youtube.com/watch?v=w3Lvqx-7NuA&mode=related&search= of Ronald Ross scoring a cracking goal).

A good few of the lads playing tomorrow will be involved in next months international match against Ireland.

BTW whats this talk about lacrosse, you cant be comparing shinty and lacrosse!

[tayto]

Jaysus, that's a peach of a gaol alright! the full back [?] didnt exactly cover himself in glory miscontrolling the ball in.

BTW whats this talk about lacrosse, you cant be comparing shinty and lacrosse!

Sorry that was me, it's just another sport i'm not too familiar with.

[Rossfan]

Fort William 3 Inverary 1. Saw some of it  - lively enough but 90 minutes seems too long.

[Gnevin]

How they ever manage to find a compromise rules between this and hurling I'll never know

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

Common root gnevin and I dont think the compromise is that hard to see, Same ancestor and same atmosphere albeit on smaller smale and the community feel of the two sports is obvious both sides of the sea. Im an Inbhir Aora man myself and we should of won that that game today but missed the chances and when the balaich eventually got the equaliser with 5 mins to go we let our guard down and conceded straight after, but thats that tha an cupa leis a' Ghearasdan. 1 win in the last 76 years

[Armagh4SamAgain]

That was a grate goal so it was!

[Gnevin]

Common root gnevin and I dont think the compromise is that hard to see, Same ancestor and same atmosphere albeit on smaller smale and the community feel of the two sports is obvious both sides of the sea. Im an Inbhir Aora man myself and we should of won that that game today but missed the chances and when the balaich eventually got the equaliser with 5 mins to go we let our guard down and conceded straight after, but thats that tha an cupa leis a' Ghearasdan. 1 win in the last 76 years

I know the history , but its like playing a compromise between Rugby and American Football. The games are so different now that the common root is all but lost

[the colonel]

of Ronald Ross scoring a cracking goal).
 

i played a good bit of shinty while at uni in scotland, and played against the scottish team in a compromise rules game before they went to play at croke. ronald ross was playing full forward, unbelievable player. he is like the dj of shinty. unfortunetly i was playing in goals. had a bad at the end of it.

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

I know the history , but its like playing a compromise between Rugby and American Football. The games are so different now that the common root is all but lost

Its a fair point and its obvious when you watch the compromise rules that each team is playing a different sport. Ive enjoyed the compromise games Ive seen though and I still think its a link worth encouraging, gives lads from both countries a chance to play for their country and keeps a sporting link between the Gaels of Ireland and the Gaels of Scotland. From what I know those club sides on both sides who have developed links over the last 30 years or so have found it a rewarding experience.
As for Ronald Ross he is indeed some player, scored an incredible number of goals over the last decade or so and has been the deciding factor in an awful lot of key games.