Sir William Sutherland Cup
This article is about the shinty cup. For hockey cup, see
Sutherland Cup .
The Sir William Sutherland Cup , more commonly known simply as the Sutherland Cup , is a trophy in the sport of shinty . It is the national cup competition for junior sides, the equivalent of the Camanachd Cup for those sides in lower league competition.[1] The current (2024) holders are Kingussie 2nd team, the "junior" level reserves of the successful "senior" club.
The Sir William Sutherland Cup
History
The trophy was donated by Sir William Sutherland M.P. in order to allow "junior" (i.e. small clubs) the opportunity for national competition [2] and was first played for in 1923 with Newtonmore defeating North Bute 3-2. Sir William had previously donated another cup of the same name for competition.
The Original Sutherland Cup for Shinty - not to be confused with the Sir William Sutherland Cup (although this trophy was donated by the man of that name as well)
The trophy is at present known officially as the Highland Industrial Supplies Sir William Sutherland Cup due to a sponsorship deal with Highland Industrial Supplies.
In 2011, the final was held in Aberdeen for the first time to mark the 150th anniversary of Aberdeen University Shinty Club .[3]
The 2017 final was postponed due to heavy rain in Fort William in late july, and was to be replayed on September 16 between Lochside Rovers and Kingussie.
2023 marks the 100th Anniversary of the 1st Sutherland Cup Final and will take place at Blairbeg Park, Drumnadrochit.
2012 Controversy
In 2012, Newtonmore won the cup with a 5-4 victory over Kingussie. However, More were stripped of the title due to having played an ineligible player, Callum Stewart, in both the final win and the semi-final victory over Glenurquhart. [4]
Winners
2022 Newtonmore 3 - 2 Lovat at Blairbeg Park, Drumnadrochit
2021 Newtonmore 5 - 1 Lovat at Blairbeg Park, Drumnadrochit
2020 No competition owing to COVID-19
2019 Lochside Rovers 2 - 1 Lovat at Canal Parks, Caol
2018 Newtonmore 5 - 2 Kingussie at The Dell, Kingussie
2017 Lochside Rovers 3 - 1 Kingussie at An Aird, Fort William
2016 Newtonmore 6 - 0 Kingussie at Kingussie
2015 Newtonmore 5 - 0 Lochside Rovers at Ballachulish
2014 Kyles Athletic 4 - 2 Fort William, at Newtonmore (a.e.t.)
2013 Ballachulish 3 – 1 Lochcarron at Farr (a.e.t.)
2012 Kingussie 2 – 0 Glenurquhart at Beauly
2011 Kingussie 6 – 1 Kyles Athletic at Aberdeen
2010 Lovat 4 – 1 Glenurquhart at Newtonmore
2009 Fort William 3 – 1 Lovat at Inverness
2008 Kilmallie 2 – 1 Fort William at Kingussie
2007 Kilmallie 1 – 0 Fort William at Oban
2006 Fort William 6 – 0 Glenorchy at Beauly
2005 Aberdeen University 3 – 1 Kilmallie at Portree
2004 Kilmallie 4 – 0 Inveraray at Ballachulish
2003 Newtonmore 3 – 0 Boleskine at Kingussie
2002 Kilmallie 2 – 1 Kingussie at Newtonmore
2001 Kincraig 3 – 2 Aberdeen University at Newtonmore
2000 Lovat 2 – 2 Lochside Rovers at (Lovat won 2 – 0 on penalties)
1999 Newtonmore 3 – 2 Kingussie at Newtonmore
1998 Kyles Athletic 2 – 1 Newtonmore at Fort William
1997 Lochside Rovers 2 – 1 Glengarry at Newtonmore
1996 Kingussie 6 – 1 Kilmallie at Fort William
1995 Fort William 1 – 0 Kilmallie at Spean Bridge
1994 Aberdeen University 4 – 2 Newtonmore at Newtonmore
1993 Newtonmore 3 – 1 Kingussie at Newtonmore (after 1st match abandoned at 0 – 0 at Inveraray
1992 Kingussie 5 – 3 Glasgow Mid Argyll at Spean Bridge
1991 Kingussie 13 – 1 Inveraray at Inveraray
1990 Kingussie 4 – 0 Lochside Rovers at Inverness
1989 Kingussie 6 - 1 Lochside Rovers at Taynuilt
1988 Skye 7 – 2 Strachur at Strathpeffer
1987 Kyles Athletic 7 – 5 Glenurquhart (aet) at Taynuilt
1986 Kingussie 5 – 0 Strachur at Fort William
1985 Skye 2 – 1 Strachur at Inveraray
1984 Fort William 1 – 0 Bute at Spean Bridge
1983 Lochaber 6 – 1 Col Glen at Taynuilt
1982 Glenorchy 2 – 1 Lochaber at Fort William
1981 Skye 3 – 1 Glasgow University at Oban
1980 Kyles Athletic 4 – 3 Kingussie at Oban
1979 Skye 3 – 2 Kyles Athletic at Fort William
1978 Fort William 6 – 3 Oban Celtic at Inveraray
1977 Kinlochshiel 9 – 1 Glenorchy at Fort William
1976 Kingussie 3 – 1 Lochaber at Newtonmore
1975 Kyles Athletic 6 – 3 Newtonmore at Oban
1974 Aberdeen University 6 – 4 Oban Celtic at Kingussie
1973 Aberdeen University 6 – 2 Bute at Oban
1972 Bute 2 – 1 Aberdeen University at Spean Bridge
1971 Ballachulish 2 – 0 Skye at Inverness
1970 Lochcarron 4 – 2 Ballachulish at Spean Bridge
1969 Inveraray 5 – 1 Ballachulish at Dalmally
1968 Lochcarron 2 – 1 Ballachulish at Inverness
1967 Lochcarron 4 – 2 Inveraray at Fort William
1966 Boleskine 4 – 2 Kyles Athletic at Fort William
1965 Lochaber 3 – 1 Ballachulish at Fort William
1964 Boleskine 4 – 0 Kyles Athletic at Strachur
1963 Glenurquhart 3 – 2 Kyles Athletic at Spean Bridge
1962 Kinlochshiel 5 – 4 Kyles Athletic at Fort William
1961 Kyles Athletic 6 – 1 Newtonmore at Oban
1960 Lochside Rovers 2 – 1 Glenurquhart at SpeanBridge
1959 Newtonmore 7 – 5 Inveraray at Oban
1958 Kilmallie 4 – 2 Skye at Beauly (after 3 – 3 draw)
1957 Beauly 3 – 2 Kilmallie at Spean Bridge
1956 Beauly 1 – 0 Lochside Rovers at Spean Bridge
1955 Lochcarron 1 – 0 Strachur at Fort William
1954 Beauly 4 – 2 Appin at Fort William
1953 Newtonmore 3 – 1 Dunstaffnage at Fort William
1952 Beauly 5 – 2 Col Glen at Oban
1951 Spean Bridge 4 – 3 Straths Athletic at Corpach
1950 Portree 5 – 4 Newtonmore at Beauly
1949 Ballachulish 3 – 2 Lochcarron at Inverness
1948 Kilmallie 7 – 1 Straths Athletic at Fort Augustus
1947 Oban Celtic 4 – 3 Newtonmore at Fort William (after 1 – 1 draw)
1940 /46 No Competition due to Second World War
1939 Lochcarron 5 – 4 Kilmallie at Newtonmore
1938 Newtonmore 6 – 2 Kyles Athletic at Fort William
1937 Lochside Rovers 1 – 0 Newtonmore at Keppoch
1936 Lochside Rovers 5 – 1 Nether Lochaber at Oban
1935 Kyles Athletic 5 – 2 Caberfeidh at Keppoch
1934 Nether Lochaber 5 – 2 Strachur at Oban
1933 Lochside Rovers 3 – 1 Strathconon at Keppoch
1932 Kyles athletic 4 – 1 Newtonmore at Oban
1931 Kyles Athletic 3 – 1 Kingussie at Keppoch
1930 Strathconon 2 – 1 Colintraive and Glendaruel at Kingussie
1929 Lochside Rovers 4 – 3 Strathglass at Spean Bridge
1928 Newtonmore 4 – 0 Colintraive and Glendaruel at Oban
1927 Newtonmore 4 – 0 Kyles Athletic at Oban
1926 Furnace 4 – 3 Caberfeidh at Newtonmore
1925 Lochside Rovers 2 – 0 Newtonmore at Keppoch
1924 Kyles Athletic 3 – 2 Newtonmore at Oban
1923 Newtonmore 3 - 2 North Bute at Keppoch
Wins by Club
Club
Total
Years
Kingussie
9
1976, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 2011, 2012
Beauly
5
1952, 1954, 1956, 1957, 2015
Ballachulish
3
1949. 1971, 2013
Kyles Athletic
10
1924, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1961, 1975, 1980, 1987, 1998, 2014
Newtonmore
15
1923, 1927, 1928, 1938, 1953, 1959, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022
Furnace
1
1926
Inveraray
1
1969
Lochside Rovers
8
1925, 1929, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1960, 1997, 2017, 2019
Kinlochshiel
2
1962, 1977
Lochcarron
5
1939, 1955, 1967, 1968, 1970
Lochaber
2
1965, 1983
Oban Celtic
1
1947
Nether Lochaber
1
1934
Strathconon
1
1930
Spean Bridge
1
1951
Bute
1
1972
Glenorchy
1
1982
Glenurquhart
1
1963
Boleskine
2
1964, 1966
Lovat
2
2000, 2010
Kilmallie
6
1958, 1958, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008
Kincraig
1
2001
Skye
5
1950, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1988
Fort William
5
1978, 1984, 1995, 2006, 2009
Aberdeen Uni
4
1973, 1974, 1994, 2005
References
External links
Senior teams Former teams Non-league and university teams Women's shinty Competitions See also