Tayforth Camanachd
Tayforth Camanachd is a shinty team originally from Perth, Scotland, but now playing at Levenhall Links, Musselburgh. In 2016, the club finished at the top of South Division 2. History Tayforth Camanachd is a shinty team originally from Perth, Scotland, but now playing at Peffermill Playing Fields, Edinburgh. Whilst historically based in Perth, the team has always drawn players from all over the Tayside and Lothian area. The club currently plays in South Division 1. The club's nickname throughout its history has been "The Sweeney". Formed in Perth in 1973 by Barry Nesbitt, Tim Neville, John-Joe Moran and Father Eugene O'Sullivan (aka the shinty priest) the club drew upon Highlanders living in the Central Belt as well as the Irish community in Perth. Over the years the team has had a second team, run successfully by Roy Whitehead (Rector, Perth High School) who would invariably extol the virtues of shinty as a "manly sport" to his pupils. However, with his retirement the second team consisted mainly of veterans, newcomers and veteran newcomers. A great figure in the history of the club was the late Willie Dowds, whose son Cahal would play and more often than not end up in A&E