shinty

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The coach said shinty was for all age groups and should not be limited to younger generations.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

The traditional Scottish game of shinty is normally played by the fit young men and women of communities in the Highlands and Argyll.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

Coming from the whisky town of Oban on Scotland’s coast, MacIntyre also plays a local game called shinty that is similar to field hockey.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

A shinty player is used to hitting the ball as often with the left as the right face of the stick, which, interestingly, is raked back to as much as a 5-wood in golf.”

From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020

Hockey claims many votaries, there usually being on New Year’s day a match at shinty, or camanachd, between opposing teams of Highlanders resident in the city.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various