shinty

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It added: "We hope that we can do their memory proud and honour them on the shinty field."

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

To his beloved shinty, but - of course - also to golf.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 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

“Ladies, you see, dunna play shinty, even as girls,”MacWilliam said.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020

The name "bandy" is sometimes applied also to shinney or shinty and in England it is also applied to our American game of ice hockey.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.