2018 Marine Harvest Premiership

The 2018 Marine Harvest Premiership is the 22nd season of the Premier Division, the highest division in Shinty. The season began on 3 March 2018 consisting of 10 teams from across Scotland. The 4th season with Marine Harvest as title sponsors saw the reigning champions Kinlochshiel challenging for their 2nd Premiership title. 2018 Marine Harvest Premiership champions were Newtonmore Camanachd Club.[1]

Marine Harvest Premiership
Founded1996 (1996)
CountryScotland
ConfederationCamanachd Association
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toNational Division
Domestic cup(s)Camanachd Cup
Macaulay Cup
MacTavish Cup
Glasgow Celtic Society Cup
Current championsNewtonmore Camanachd Club
(2018)
Most championshipsKingussie Camanachd
(12)
TV partnersBBC Alba
BBC Scotland
Websitewww.shinty.com

The 2018 Cup competitions competed will be the Camanachd Cup, Macaulay Cup, MacTavish Cup (North District teams only) and the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup (South District teams only).

Any team winning all 4 major trophies for which they are eligible to take part in will achieve the coveted Shinty Grand Slam.

Teams

[2]

Team Formed Ground Located
Caberfeidh Camanachd Club 1886 Castle Leod Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty, Highland
Glenurquhart Shinty Club 1885 Blairbeg Park Drumnadrochit, Inverness-shire, Highland
Kingussie Camanachd 1893 The Dell Kingussie, Badenoch, Highland
Kinlochshiel Shinty Club 1958 Kirkton Balmacara, Inverness-shire, Highland
Kyles Athletic Shinty Club 1896 The Playing Field Tighnabruaich, Argyll and Bute
Lochaber Camanachd 1958 Spean Bridge Stadium Spean Bridge, Lochaber, Highland
Lovat Shinty Club 1888 Balgate Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, Highland
Newtonmore Camanachd Club 1895 The Eilan
(Eilean Bheannchair)		 Newtonmore, Badenoch, Highland
Oban Camanachd 1889 Mossfield Park Oban, Argyll and Bute
Skye Camanachd 1892 Pairc nan Laoch Portree, Skye, Highland

League summary

[3]

League table

Updated 4 February 2019

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA +/- Pts
1 Newtonmore 18 15 1 2 62 16 46 31
2 Kyles Athletic 18 10 4 3 50 21 29 25
3 Kinlochshiel 18 10 5 3 48 28 20 25
4 Lovat 18 11 3 4 44 26 18 25
5 Oban Camanachd 18 8 5 5 46 29 17 21
6 Kingussie 18 7 4 7 34 31 3 18
7 Lochaber 18 5 2 11 41 77 -36 12
8 Caberfeidh 18 4 2 12 37 64 -27 10
9 Skye Camanachd 18 3 2 13 27 65 -38 8
10 Glenurquhart 18 0 4 13 15 47 -32 5

Form

Updated 20 August 2018
*Last 5 matches

Team Form
Caberfeidh L5
Glenurquhart L5
Kingussie D2
Kinlochshiel W1
Kyles Athletic W1
Lochaber L4
Lovat L1
Newtonmore W4
Oban Camanachd W1
Skye Camanachd L1

Top Scorer(s)

Top Scorer or Scorers only
Updated 14 August 2018

Pos Player Team Games Goals
1 Greg Matheson Lovat 15 20
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References
  1. Musgrove, Gavin (4 October 2018). "Champions right to the final whistle of season". Strathspey Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  2. "The Marine Harvest Marine Harvest Premiership". www.shinty.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. "The Marine Harvest Marine Harvest Premiership". www.shinty.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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