The players accepted the proposal. With the Chamber of Commerce's help, we are now nearing obtaining the permit to use the Morro Bay High School Football Stadium for our practices after minor changes with our insurance policy which is $2milion dollar liability coverage with some medical cover in addition. Up to June we were limited to practicing at the limited space of Baseball Parks. We practice every sunday at 3pm .Just bring sportswear with shinguards .We do have loaner shinty equipment.
Call Guy Wallace 528-8280
or Hank 239-4642
or Bob 801-6825
for more details.
If you have any stick/ball game experience you'll adapt very quickly.
Come along and check it out.
Our squad averages around 21 players aged 15 years old and up coming from Local High Schools, Cuesta Collge, Cal Poly University, Police Explorers and local Church Youth and a few Law enforcement officers and friends.
We want more players . In 2007 we are planning a 14 day tour to Scotland. We have games lined up against Lochcarron, Caberfeidh , Inverness, Lochaber ,Ardnamurchan, Oban Celtic and Glasgow Mid Argylle. We hope to take 15-20 players decided upon attendance points for attending weekly practices. The tour will also be of educational and historical interest.
Below in our first team colors Our Shirts were kindly donated by the Glenfarclas Scotch Whisky US Brands Manager .
Our practice kit.
Local Flyer
In August/ September 2006 we hope to play the San Francisco Bay Area team for the Glenfarclas Cup, and also a Hurling team based in San Jose. Our friends Kenny Mount and Chris Bell are working at starting a third California Shinty team in Bakersfield.
Check out the photograph of our Shinty mobile
the first tartan /plaid car in the USA..Its prime role is for carrying the goalposts but is also used to promote us in the Morro Bay and SLO County..The tartan is Grants of Ballindalloch (Glenfarclas).
NEXT PRACTICE: 3pm Taylor Park SLO
LIZZIE/jOHNSON Street, SLO.
