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
The Gathering 2009 The Gathering 2009 The Gathering 2009 was a two-day weekend event, celebrating Scottish culture, held between 25–26 July 2009, as part of Homecoming 2009. The event was held at Holyrood Park, Scotland, and attracted around 47,000 people from all over the world. Over 125 Scottish clans were represented in what was described as the largest Highland Games in Scotland's history. A clan convention also took place, also the largest recorded meeting of chiefs. However, despite being initially hailed as a success, subsequent revelations that the organisers had overseen a £600,000 loss lead to the event's finances being described as a