Hurling-Shinty

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

For anyone interested. We'll have live audio coverage of the 2nd test on Action81.com this Saturday. Cóilín Duffy has decided to make the trip for the second straight year and will be commentating on the Under 21 and Senior games, broadcast starts at 12 noon Saturday.

It's also live on BBC 2 Scotland which you can get through Sky.

Like London Camanachd I have also never heard of shinty players putting lead weights into their camans .

[Lar Naparka]

For anyone interested. We'll have live audio coverage of the 2nd test on Action81.com this Saturday. Cóilín Duffy has decided to make the trip for the second straight year and will be commentating on the Under 21 and Senior games, broadcast starts at 12 noon Saturday.

It's also live on BBC 2 Scotland which you can get through Sky.

Like London Camanachd I have also never heard of shinty players putting lead weights into their camans .

I am not saying that the practice of insertion lead weights is or was widespread but a number of the St Andrews players I spoke to when we went socialising after our second game told me they had lead plugs in the heads of their sticks.
I have a souvenir stick lying about somewhere - one that nearly decapitated me! It had been "doctored" in this way.  (Remember we are talking about Easter '76 here and that was neither today nor yesterday.)
The lad wielding the stick lost his grasp as he went to strike the ball and the caman came flying in my direction ; I was standing about 10 yards away.  I just managed to duck in time. When I picked up the stick to return it to him I was struck by the extra weight so I brought the subject up when I got talking to a group of the St Andrews lads in the pub afterwards.
I can well understand that the practice of weighting the sticks is illegal and isn't accepted in official matches of any sort. The extra weight turns the sticks into weapons of mass destruction if they fly out of a player's grasp.
I think the reason a number of their players lost control of their camans that day could be put down to this added weight.

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

The St Andrews Uni team tended to be made up of a couple of Highland lads and a load of English hockey players who were drafted in to make up a team. That's why St Andrews were absolutely rank rotten at shinty. We'll blame this alleged dubious practice of putting lead into the camans on the Englishmen .

[armaghniac]

Are the Irish players required to wear helmets, as the Scots are not?

This compromise not allow players handle the ball, perhaps there could also be compromise rules games with soccer and rugby where the players were not allowed handle the ball?

[Eamonnca1]

This compromise not allow players handle the ball, perhaps there could also be compromise rules games with soccer and rugby where the players were not allowed handle the ball?

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[Hardy]

Are the Irish players required to wear helmets, as the Scots are not?

This compromise not allow players handle the ball, perhaps there could also be compromise rules games with soccer and rugby where the players were not allowed handle the ball?

I'd pay good money to see the rugby lads let loose on the soccer ponces, hands or no hands.

[thejuice]

Thought it was a decent game but Ireland were poor in this one. Was also a shame that the goal that turned it was a drop by the goal keeper. Some lovely scores from our lads though.