Cowal and Bute (shinty) Cowal and Bute (shinty) Cowal and Bute Camanachd is a shinty club based in Dunoon, Cowal, Scotland. The club fields a side in the Women's League and is the only shinty team at adult level operating in Dunoon. The club was founded in 2003 and plays in Dunoon, there has historically not been shinty played in the town of Dunoon but the hinterland of the Cowal peninsula plays host to several illustrious clubs with male sides Kyles Athletic, Strachur and Col-Glen. The club produced a naked calendar in 2006. The team's catchment area includes the Isle of Bute and the
Crieff Highland Games Crieff Highland Games The Crieff Highland Gathering was founded in 1870 at Crieff in Scotland. It has been a regular fixture in August every year except during World War I and between 1939-1949. The games feature a large array of Highland Activities, including Highland dancing and heavyweight events. At first the games were held in Academy Park (within the grounds of Morrisons Academy School) but in 1880 moved to the Market Park where they have been ever since. The highland games is run by Crieff Highland Gathering Ltd. The event is twinned with the Ohio Scottish Games in the United