shinty

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MacIntyre eventually decided not to play shinty last weekend because of the danger of getting injured and ruining his Ryder Cup involvement.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2023

One example is the making of shinty sticks, used in a traditional team game mostly played in the Scottish Highlands.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

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

In it, he is smashing a low, galloping drive with one of those shinty sticks.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020

At England and Scotland, too—that most expressive game of former Border feuds—we were most expert; and have seen many suns descend on our protracted contests at shinty.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 by Various