In pictures: Victorian shinty game re-enacted
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A game of shinty played 124 years ago was re-enacted on Sunday to mark the finish of a research project called The Place of Shinty in the Social History of Badenoch and Strathspey. Photographs by Paul Campbell
The game was played to traditional rules, which included the way the teams were selected. One captain threw his caman, or stick, to the other, who caught it with one hand. The captains then went hand over hand to the top of the caman and the captain with his hand at the top of the stick had first choice of players
The re-enactment recalled an important match between a Badenoch team and one from Brae Lochaber played at Dalchully, near Laggan, on 16 January 1889. The game was a 0-0 draw
It was held at Newtonmore
The re-enactors wore period 'uniforms'
The game benefited from fine weather on Sunday
The Badenoch team was made up of players from today's fierce rivals Newtonmore and Kingussie. Brae Lochaber drew its players Lochaber's shinty team
The re-enactment did not end in a draw. The Lochaber team won 4-1
But like the 1889 game, a barrel of whisky was awarded to the winners, who shared it with Badenoch and the spectators