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The Longest Day
It might have been the midsummer solstice but for Glen supporters it certainly felt like it was the longest day ever. In any event, it was a day that took a very long time to come to an end. However...
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Just another Summer Saturday
Newtonmore 2 Glenurquhart 2 (Orion Group Premiership)Beauly 1 Glenurquhart 3 (N Marine Harvest North Division 1)A point off the League leaders away from home! As bounce backs go it wasn’t a bad return...
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Inveraray get Frosty reception in Drum.
Sometimes you wait for ever to get a story which fits a headline - and then when you finally get the chance to use it you have to say to yourself “Why bother?” The above is a headline in search of a...
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Glen torch Lovat’s title hopes-maybe!
Glenurquhart 1 Lovat 1 (Orion Group Premiership)If you had said at the beginning of the week that Glenurquhart would go over the hill to Kiltarlity without a pile of players and end up nearly winning...
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Heath wonder goal Blairbeggars belief
Glenurquhart 2 Kingussie 1 (Orion Group Premier League)It was a game which looked to always be going to proceed in its own unexciting way: it really didn’t matter about the result. Of course you say...
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Is the season over already?
Glenurquhart 2 Strathglass 0 (Marine Harvest North Division 1)Inveraray 0 Glenurquhart 2 (Orion Premier League)The Queen, who is well informed about all matters in her realm, must have wondered if the...
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Glen are love-bombed by the English Shinty Association-but not by Kinlochshiel.
A disappointing 3-3 draw away against Kinlochshiel - though not upsetting to Shiel since the Glen’s lack of concentration has allowed their opponents another year in the top flight. Fair enough....
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Kicking our heels , waiting for the day……
Glenurquhart 7 Kingussie 0 (Marine Harvest North Division 1)It’s now getting near to the business end of the season for the Glen. No need to dwell on what that might entail but it is certainly...
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Final? What final?
Wow! It’s pretty easy to imagine Ronald Ross as a latter day Han Solo- and Kingussie mastermind Russell Jones has had the cryogenically frozen shinty superstar defrosted and recycled in his team just...
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Yes We Can!
Glen are in the Camanachd Final but while everyone on the street is excited and on edge - and the village is putting on a bit of colour - most of us close to the club are pretending it’s just another...
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Camanachd Special- Check out the Crowd!!
It should have been the biggest day for Glen shinty since the Loch Ness Inn changed its menu. A monster day as MacAllister himself might have said. It wasn’t. That’s all that can be said about it....
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Glen make encouraging start in the Orion Group Premiership
Glenurquhart 4 Kinlochshiel 0 A better start than was in evidence this time last year- and that has to be a good thing for all Glenners especially in what is bound to be the tightest of shinty leagues....
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Testing Times
Sport sometimes lifts you up; other times it drags you down. This particular author, after having sat through the crushing disappointment of a Camanachd Cup performance, did not particularly want to...
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Glen man takes over Shinty's top job
The election of Glenurquhart’s Jim Barr to the Presidency of the Camanachd Association is as good a reason as can be given for any Glen blog let alone the “D” coming on line again after a two month...
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Christmas Message from the “D”: Be thankful and keep building on what we’ve got.
At this time of the year the Wing Centre usually writes his annual letter to Santa. This year he won’t bother. Why? Because Santa certainly seems to pay no attention at all to requests from the Glen....
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'More are the merrier
If you think about it the biggest disappointment last weekend in Glen Shinty was not the defeat by Newtonmore; it was actually the fact that with the cancellation of the GMA visit to play the...
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Shinty’s getting ready to go again
A whole lot of snow has fallen on the Meall (not to mention Balmacaan Road as may be seen from the pic at the top of the page) since the last posting - and perhaps that is just as it should be for the...
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Deconstructing the “D” and destructing opponents.
Glenurquhart 4 Inveraray 1 (Orion Group Premiership)Lovat 3 Glenurquhart 4 (North Division 1)“Well,” said the co-manager to the Treasurer. “I’ve experienced losing 4-1 and I’ve also experienced winning...
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Glen retain Macdonald Cup against a stuffy Strath side.
Glenurquhart retained the Macdonald Cup with a clear 3-0 victory over ancient rivals Strathglass and while the result was decisive enough, it was a competitive game and a number of the young...
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Discovering the Power of Positive Thinking-umm –not sure about that.
“You have to be more positive,” said the Master Plumber to the Wing Centre as they drove along the A82 in pursuit of enlightenment. “Shinty has continued over the years despite all its difficulties....
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