Bullough Cup


The Bullough Cup is a knock-out competition in the sport of shinty.
It is played for by reserve-level teams from the South District of Shinty, which includes all of Scotland South of Ballachulish as well as England. All teams playing in South Division Two, Kyles Athletic Seconds, Lochside Rovers, Inveraray Second Team as well as non-league teams such as London Camanachd are eligible. Tayforth are the current holders, having retained it in 2016.

History

The trophy was presented by Sir George Bullough, Victorian playboy and raconteur, who owned the hunting estate on the island of Rùm. The trophy was first played for in 1906 with an abeyance for the Great War. Its early years saw the competition dominated by teams from North Argyll, then Oban. With the amalgamation of the Dunn and Southern Leagues, the trophy become more open. The trophy has had two significant periods of abeyance, one in the lead up to the Second World War, and the other in the mid-Sixties. There was also a shorter period in the 1990s.
Lochside Rovers were champions in 2009 defeating Kyles Athletic in a rearranged final in Tighnabruaich after the original final was called off.
The Bullough Cup has seen several interesting developments in recent years, in 2005 it was run as a league cup, which marked the re-entry of Col-Glen and London to competition as well as the first senior fixtures of Aberdour Shinty Club. It has also seen the first Camanachd Association fixture in England for 80 years and the victory by the Highlanders in 2006.
As of 2010, the opening rounds of the cup will be played midweek, in order to reduce the backlog of fixtures that has regularly afflicted shinty.
Glasgow Mid-Argyll won the 2010 cup defeating Kyles 3–1.
In 2014, the Bullough Plate was created for first round losers to compete for and this was won by Glenorchy. The Bullough Plate was discontinued in 2015.

Winners

Wins By Clubs
ClubTotalYears
Lochside Rovers241912, 1913, 1921, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1971, 1972, 1989, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Oban Celtic101928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1949, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975
Ballachulish111906, 1907, 1908, 1920, 1924. 1968. 1980. 1981. 1991. 1993. 2013
Appin41950, 1952, 1953, 1954
Kelburn11909
Duror11922
Dunstaffnage11951
Glencoe11914
Strachur41955, 1977, 1978, 1994
Inveraray101910, 1911, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1990, 2003, 2007, 2017
Glenorchy61973, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988
Kilmory21979, 1992
Col-Glen11983
Kyles Athletic31987, 2004, 2014
Bute11995
The Highlanders12006
Glasgow Mid-Argyll12010
Tayforth22015, 2016