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Snowfire
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Post by Snowfire »

I've just been watching Shinty on BBC Alba. I'd heard of it but never actually watched it before. It's kinda like hockey crossed with hurling but played on a huge pitch and its played in the highlands of Scotland.

Quite interesting. Not quite as violent as the Hurling I've watched



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Clodhopper
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It was popular at St Andrews when I was there. Never played it myself, but was at the Athletic Union a lot for Fencing and used to see it going on. Hockey with attitude seemed to be the basic description.
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