shinty

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Shinty's governing body, the Camanachd Association, said it was thrilled the Snowdrop Seniors had embraced the "spirit of shinty".

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2024

One example is the making of shinty sticks, used in a traditional team game mostly played in the Scottish Highlands.

From BBC • May 11, 2023

Coming from the whisky town of Oban on Scotland’s coast, MacIntyre also plays a local game called shinty that is similar to field hockey.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

A shinty player is used to hitting the ball as often with the left as the right face of the stick, which, interestingly, is raked back to as much as a 5-wood in golf.”

From Golf Digest • Apr. 14, 2020

This exhilarating game is known in some parts of the world as "shinty."

From Denmark by Thomson, M. Pearson