Five Badenoch shinty starlets selected for U17 Scotland side
Five of Badenoch’s brightest young shinty talents have been selected for the Scottish under 17 squad for a tour of Ireland.
They include a first international call-up for Kingussie High School S4 pupil Joe Coyle.
The annual tour, which has been taking place for more than 20 years, sees the country’s elite shinty players play shinty/hurling challenge matches against their Irish counterparts.
National development manager Ronald Ross commented: “Over the past 12 months, the standard of U17 shinty has been impressive.
“The members of this squad have demonstrated exceptional skill and dedication, reflecting the high calibre of young talent in our sport.
“We are excited to see them take on this challenge and believe they will represent Scotland admirably in Ireland.”
This year’s tour is taking place in July and will once again be sponsored by RICruden, an established mechanical and renewable business.
Callum Cruden, director of RICruden, said: “We’re delighted to support shinty and the Camanachd Association’s commitment to developing the sport at grassroots level for another year.
“This collaboration embodies a shared vision of empowering young people and a commitment to the local community which is reflected in RI Cruden’s award winning renewable energy apprenticeship programme.
“We look forward to supporting the squad as they set their sights on achieving great things this July.”
2024 Scotland U17 squad: Charlie MacRae (Beauly), Auryn Kerr (Col Glen), Arran Stephen (Fort William), Archie MacKinnon (Fort William), Alfie MacLeod (Glenurquhart), Daniel MacLean (Glenurquhart), Shane O’Rua (Kilmallie), Fergus Sherlock (Kingussie), Sam Thain (Kingussie), Calum MacMillan (Kinlochshiel), Kieran Martin (Kinlochshiel), Kyle Clark (Newtonmore), Joe Coyle (Newtonmore), Tristan Ross (Newtonmore), Matthew Sloss (Oban Camanachd), Alexander MacDonald (Oban Camanachd), Ewen Campbell (Oban Celtic), Archie Millar (Skye) Seonaidh-Alex MacLeod (Skye).
The squad travels across to Dublin on Sunday 21st July, and returns on Wednesday 24th July.
Details of the matches will be announced in due course.