Unreferenced date December 2009 The Bught pronounced IPA en b xt respell bukht , lang gd Am Bucht is an area of the Scotland Scottish city of Inverness . It is situated between the River Ness and the Caledonian Canal in the west of the city. It is a recreational area and contains the sports ground Bught Park , Inverness Sports Centre & Aquadome , Inverness Ice Rink , Whin Park and the Ness Islands . There is also a caravan park and extensive playing fields in the area. The sports fields are used as the home grounds for Inverness Blitz American football home games. Due to the recreational nature of the area, there is very little housing and most people live in the nearby areas of Dalneigh and Ballifeary . Areas of Inverness Coord 57 27 58 N 4 14 2 W region GB type landmark display title Category Areas of Inverness Highland geo stub ... more details
Infobox Stadium stadium name Bught Park nickname image location Torvean Avenue , Inverness , Highland council area Highland , Scotland broke ground opened owner Highland Council operator Highland Council construction cost architect tenants Inverness Shinty Club North Division One shinty North Division One 1910 present center seating capacity 1,000 Bught Park Scottish Gaelic Gaelic P irc a Bhucht ref cite book title The Gaelic Place Names and Heritage of Inverness last Maclean first Roddy authorlink year 2004 publisher Culcabock Pulishing location Inverness isbn 9780954892500 page 61 ref is the largest park in the city of Inverness , Scotland , and is situated on the western bank of the River Ness . It is home to the Inverness Highland Games and a small scale outdoor music festival. It is located next to the city s sports centre, swimming pool and BMX track . The Bught Park is also the name for the sports stadium situated within the confines of the park which regularly hosts both the Camanachd Cup Final and the Composite Rules Shinty Hurling Internationals and is considered one of the finest parks in shinty . It is also home to Inverness Shinty Club who have played there since the 1920s ref name pandj cite news title Council urged to think again in row over shinty pitch author Jonny Muir url http www.pressandjournal.co.uk Article.aspx 1253638?UserKey newspaper The Press and Journal Scotland Press and Journal date 09 June 2009 accessdate 22 January 2011 ref . The capacity of the stadium is 5000, comprising standing and the wooden grandstand. The stadium was the centre of controversy in June 2009 when Highland Council, having evicted Inverness City F.C. from the Northern Meeting Park offered the use of the facility to the football team without consulting with the shinty club ref name pandj . References references External links http www.invernessshintyclub.co.uk Inverness Shinty Club coord 57.4660 4.2339 type landmark region GB display title Category Geography of Inverness ... more details
Image Ness islands.jpg thumb Ness Islands The Ness Islands Scottish Gaelic Na h Eileanan Nis are situated on the River Ness , opposite the Bught Park , in the city of Inverness , Scotland . The first bridges to the islands were built in 1828, prior to their construction the only access to the islands was by boat. The original bridges were washed away in the flood of 1849 and were replaced in 1853 1854 by two suspension bridges designed by William Dredge. The Islands are a natural beauty spot and a popular walk with tourists and locals alike, as the islands are home to a number of imported species of trees and home to wildlife such as bats and otters and occasionally deer. The area includes play facilities for children, and the Ness Islands Railway Ness Islands miniature railway . coord 57.4632 4.2307 display title Highland geo stub Category Geography of Inverness Category River islands of Scotland ... more details
infobox UK place country Scotland official name Ballifeary scots name gaelic name Baile na Faire population os grid reference NH 65862 44096 map type Scotland latitude 57.467239 longitude 4.2380324 unitary scotland Highland council area Highland lieutenancy scotland constituency westminster constituency scottish parliament post town Inverness postcode district IV3 5 postcode area IV dial code 01463 231 Ballifeary lang gd Baile na Faire is district of Inverness , Scotland . It is situated a half mile 1 km south southwest of the town centre. The B listed Ballifeary House on Ness Walk dates from the mid 19th century, but has been a care home run by the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland since 1964. Bught Park lies immediately to the south. coord 57 28 5 N 4 14 3 W region GB type landmark display title Areas of Inverness Category Areas of Inverness highland geo stub ... more details
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of the Bught was bought by Inverness Town Council and tenanted by William MacBean, Scotscraig ... Inverness 1 0 at the Bught in the MacTavish Cup Final. In 1933 a meeting of the Town Council Park Committee led to improvements of the Bught Park. On 6 April 1938 Inverness faced Oban Camanachd at Oban ... In 1992 the Highland Council opened an all weather pitch near the Bught Park. For several years ... Camanachd Cup was held at the Bught Park. In 1896 Kingussie faced Glasgow Cowal in Inverness ... In June 2009, the future of shinty at the Bught Park was threatened by Highland Council re designating ... more details
Multiple issues notability February 2009 unreferenced February 2009 Emilio Vil 1887&ndash 1967 was a Spanish artist and poster illustrator born in a small village in Catalonia called Llagostera . He studied in Llagostera for some years, and later in Barcelona. Because of the Spanish Civil War , he had to move to France artists were not well seen , where he worked as a painter and poster illustrator. He also painted portraits. In Paris, he knew painters such as Toulouse Lautrec and Picasso. When he was about 60, he returned to his hometown and bught a factory, which he converted to an art gallery. It is now the Emilio Vil Museum. He died at age 80 in Llagostera. Although he did dark paintings for a time of his life, his style was mainly shiny and coloured. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Vila, Emilio ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1887 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1967 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Vila, Emilio Category French printmakers Category Poster artists Category 1887 births Category 1967 deaths illustrator stub ... more details
American football club name Highland Wildcats established 2003 logo Highlandwildcatslogo.jpg logosize location Inverness stadium Bught Park manager coach Brian MacRae league BAFA Community Leagues division Division 2 North league champs None div champs None h pattern h af h pattern la h pattern b thinwhitesides h pattern ra h pattern p h pattern s af h helmet 000000 h leftarm 000000 h body 000000 h rightarm 000000 h pants 000000 h socks 000000 h title Home a pattern h a pattern la a pattern b a pattern ra a pattern p a pattern s a helmet a leftarm a body a rightarm a pants a socks a title The Highland Wildcats are an American Football team based in Inverness , Scotland . The Highland Wildcats are the performance level teams of the Inverness Blitz Academy of American Football. Currently there are currently 4 Wildcat teams in Inverness, 2 Junior Flag Football teams, a Junior kitted team, and the Senior Highland Wildcat squad. The Wildcats currently play in British American Football League Division 2 Scottish. References Reflist External links http www.invernessblitz.co.uk Inverness Blitz Academy of American Football Official Website Category American football teams in Scotland Category Sport in Inverness Scotland sport team stub ... more details
before the International Rules game and then a return leg was played at the Bught Park two weeks later ... Army at Bught Park , played in aid of Earl Haig Fund Scotland PoppyScotland . ref http www.scotsman.com ... rules shinty hurling team Ireland 2 11 Bught Park , Inverness 2006 9 November 2006 Ireland ... flagicon Scotland Scotland national shinty team Scotland 1 8 Bught Park , Inverness 1,500 rowspan 2 ... 21 to 5 23 on aggregate Bught Park , Inverness second leg rowspan 2 2011 22 October Ireland flagicon ... hurling team Ireland 2 9 Bught Park , Inverness Camogie Shinty International Div col cols 3 2003 ... 8 Scotland 4 8 Ireland 2 11 Bught Park, Inverness 2006 Nov 9 Scotland 2 13 Ireland 2 5 Croke Park, 2007 ... Park, 2009 Oct 31 Ireland 2 2 Scotland 0 0 Bught Park, Inverness ref 2009 Ireland 2 2 Scotland ... more details
File Tooth 4627032272 03d277bc4a o.jpg thumb 300px Lady Lucas Tooth, wife of Sir Archibald Leonard Lucas Lucas Tooth, 2nd Baronet 1884 1918 There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Lucas Tooth , both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . History The Lucas Tooth Baronetcy , of Queen s Gate, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 July 1906 for the brewer Robert Lucas Tooth . Born Robert Tooth, he had assumed by Royal license the additional surname of Lucas which was that of his maternal grandfather in 1904. He was succeeded by his youngest son, the second Baronet. Like his two elder brothers, he was killed in the First World War . None of the brothers left male issue. Consequently, the baronetcy became extinct on the second Baronet s death in 1918. The Lucas Tooth Baronetcy , of Bught in the County of Inverness, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 December 1920 for the seventeen year old Hugh Munro Lucas Tooth Hugh Lucas Tooth . He was the son of Major Hugh Warrand and his wife Beatrice Maude, eldest daughter of the first Baronet of the 1906 creation. The baronetcy was created with remainder, failing male issue of the body of the grantee, to the other heirs male of the body of his mother. Born Hugh Warrand, he assumed by Royal license the surname of Lucas Tooth in lieu of his patronymic in 1920. Lucas Tooth later became a successful Conservative Party UK Conservative politician. In 1965 he assumed for himself only the additional surname of Munro. Lucas Tooth Baronets, of Queen s Gate 1906 Sir Robert Lucas Tooth, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Lucas Lucas Tooth, 1st Baronet 1844 1915 Selwyn Lucas Lucas Tooth 1879 1914 Douglas Keith Lucas Lucas Tooth 1880 1914 Sir Archibald Leonard Lucas Lucas Tooth, 2nd Baronet 1884 1918 Lucas Tooth Baronets, of Bught 1920 Sir Hugh Lucas Tooth, 1st Baronet Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Munro Lucas Tooth, 1st Baronet 1903 1985 Sir Hugh John Lucas Tooth, 2nd Baronet b. 1932 Refe ... more details
Image H2007 RGB S.jpg 100px right Highland 2007 was a year long celebration of Scottish Highlands Highland culture which took place from January until December 2007. It involved local communities throughout the Scottish Highlands and Islands as well as people across Scotland , the UK and beyond. The concept of 2007 as Scotland s Year of Highland Culture was suggested by then First Minister of the Scottish Parliament , Jack McConnell . During the Convention of Highlands and Islands in 2003, he declared that he was so impressed by the momentum built up by the failed Inverness Highlands bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008, that he would back a celebration of Highland culture in 2007. Its proponents had claimed that Highland 2007 would bring significant economic and social benefits which would endure well beyond the celebrations themselves. However, there has been criticism of the event as being Inverness centric and marginalising the Scottish Gaelic Gaelic language http news.bbc.co.uk 1 low scotland highlands and islands 7739460.stm Events The programme of events developed for Highland 2007 encompassed the Arts, the Environment, Heritage, Language, Science and Sport. Street Parties, a rededication of Battle of Culloden Culloden Battlefield , a homecoming for expatriate Orcadians , a marathon in Inverness and a showcase of Gaelic Song with Anne Lorne Gilles have been planned. Rock music Rock band Runrig played at Drumnadrochit . The programme also included The Vital Spark Interpretation Conference an event which saw heritage interpreters from across the world meeting for three days in Aviemore. Image Monster Street Party.jpg thumb right The Monster Street Party in Inverness The year was planned to officially start on the 12th of January 2007 in Inverness with a street party and a reenactment of the historic shinty match between Strathglass Shinty Club and Glenurquhart Shinty Club at the Bught Park. Bad weather was to curtail the street party and cause the shinty ... more details
The MacTavish Cup is a knock out cup competition in the sport of shinty . It is competed for by senior teams from the North of Scotland district. It is one of the five trophies considered to be part of the Grand Slam shinty Grand Slam in the sport of shinty. http sport.scotsman.com sport Shinty Irrepressible Ross scores four.6488421.jp The final is habitually played at the Bught Park , Inverness . http www.shinty.com shinty understanding shinty competitions overview It is officially known as the Co operative MacTavish Cup at present. History The trophy is a rose bowl http www.garthbeg.com forum showthread.php?t 16 presented by Duncan MacTavish of Stratherrick in 1898 and the first competition was played that year and was won by Skye Camanachd . The final was televised for the first time in 2009 by BBC Alba. The 2009 winners were Newtonmore Camanachd Club Newtonmore Camanachd , managed by Norman MacArthur . As of 2010, the opening rounds of the cup were to be played midweek, in order to reduce the backlog of fixtures that has regularly afflicted shinty. http www.skyecamanachd.com default.aspx.locid 087new1e7.Lang EN.htm This caused major controversy and Skye Camanachd sent an official letter of complaint to the Camanachd Association. http www.pressandjournal.co.uk Article.aspx 1553579?UserKey However, this decision was reversed and midweek fixtures were reserved for junior level cups. The 2010 final was played between Kingussie and Kilmallie, who upset Fort William to reach the final. The game was a magnificent advert for shinty and was won 5 4 by Kingussie. http news.bbc.co.uk sport1 hi other sports 8749618.stm It was broadcast live on BBC 2 Scotland . List of Winners 2011 Kingussie 2, Fort William 1 2010 Kingussie 5, Kilmallie 4 a.e.t. 2009 Newtonmore 5, Kingussie 4 2008 Kingussie 6, Glenurquhart 1 2007 Fort William 1, Kingussie 0 External links http news.bbc.co.uk sport1 hi other sports 6737599.stm Report on 2007 Final http www.shinty.com index.php?page mactavish ... more details
unreferenced date March 2009 Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Munro Lucas Tooth, 1st Baronet , of Bught, County Inverness 13 January 1903 &ndash 18 November 1985 , born and baptism baptized Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Warrand and known as Sir Hugh Vere Huntly Duff Lucas Tooth, 1st Baronet , from 1920 to 1965, was a Scottish people Scottish United Kingdom British Conservative Party UK Conservative politician. Elected to parliament in 1924 at the age of 21, he was the first British MP to be born in the 20th Century. Family Warrand s father was Hugh Munro Warrand 8 July 1870 11 June 1935, married 24 April 1901 , Major United Kingdom Major in the 3rd Battalion of the Queen s Own Cameron Highlanders , and son of Alexander John Cruikshank Warrand of Bught , Inverness shire . Warrand s mother Beatrice Maude Lucas Lucas Tooth died 25 June 1944 was a daughter of Sir Robert Lucas Tooth, 1st Baronet . Warrand s great grandfather was Robert Tooth , a prominent Australian businessman. His brother Selwyn John Power Warrand 6 February 1904 24 May 1941 , who married 25 March 1933 to Frena Lingen Crace, daughter of Everard Crace, from Canberra , Australian Capital Territory , by whom he had two children, was a Commander Royal Navy Commander in the service of the Royal Navy , fought in World War II and was killed in action on board of HMS Hood 51 and his widow remarried in 1947 Henry Richard Charles Humphries. His sister Beatrice Helen Fitzhardinge Warrand born 1908 , married on 27 September 1941 another World War II veteran, Lieutenant Colonel United Kingdom Lieutenant Colonel Lyndall Fownes Urwick, Military Cross , Officer of the Order of the British Empire , son of Sir Henry Urwick of Malvern, Worcestershire ... Baronets 1st Baronet Lucas Tooth, of Bught, County Inverness , in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ... , and had three children Sir Hugh John Lucas Tooth, 2nd Baronet, of Bught, County Inverness born 20 ... Baronet br of Bught years 1920&ndash 1985 s aft after Hugh John Lucas Tooth s end Note change of name ... more details
in 2009 5 4 against Kingussie at the Bught Park, Inverness on the 13th June 2009. http www.dailyrecord.co.uk ... since their humiliation in 1997 by Kingussie, going on to win the final at the Bught Park in Inverness ... more details
Infobox athletics race bgcolour image imagesize caption date October location Inverness , Scotland type Road distance Marathon , 10,000 metres 10K , 5000 metres 5K sponsor Baxters est 2002 homepage http www.lochnessmarathon.com lochnessmarathon.com The Loch Ness Marathon Scottish Gaelic Gaelic Marathon Loch Nis is an annual marathon race in Scotland , held along the famous loch, Loch Ness , ending in Inverness . The event is part of the Festival of Running, held annually at the beginning of October. This also includes a 10K race and a 5K fun run, and attracts over 8,000 participants across all of the events. ref cite web url http www.allmediascotland.com media releases 27201 record entry and new attractions at baxters loch ness marathon amp festival of running promise exciting weekend title allmediascotland publisher www.allmediascotland.com accessdate 2010 10 02 ref The first prize in the marathon is approx 1,400 GBP. The marathon starts near Whitebridge, Scotland Whitebridge , and follows the southern side of Loch Ness, passing through the villages of Foyers , Inverfarigaig and Dores . The route goes into Inverness, crossing the Ness Bridge in the city centre, then finishing at Bught Park . The marathon supports several charities, including Highland Hospice, Leonard Cheshire , Maggie s Cancer Caring Centres, Marie Curie Cancer Care , Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland, and the Scottish Community Foundation. Kenyan Zakary Kihara was a convincing winner of the 2007 Baxters Loch Ness Marathon in a time of 2 hours 23 minutes. The women s race was won by Banuelia Katesigwa from Tanzania in a time of 2 55. The 2007 event saw 5600 people take part in the three main events marathon, 10 km, and the 5 km with fifty different nationalities were represented. In 2005 Simon Pride from Fochabers won in 2 30 15 whilst Julia Myatt won the women s event in 2.51.56. 18 nationalities were represented in the 2005 event. Winners of the 2010 event were Tomas Abyu of Salford H ... more details
system, with An Aird in Fort William, the Bught Park in Inverness and Mossfield Park in Oban ... Baxter Jnr, Graham Irving and Dougie Cameron. The 2010 final was played at the Bught Park on the 18th ... minute goal. Billy Wotherspoon refereed. The 2011 final was played at the Bught yet again as An Aird ... more details
Infobox shinty club clubname Strathglass image Image Strathglassshinty.JPG fullname Strathglass Shinty Club gaelicname Comunn Camanachd Straghlais nickname The Strath, Na Glaisich founded 1879 ground Playing Fields, Cannich manager Robert Geddes league North Division One shinty North Division One season 2011 position 7th reservemanager Barry John Phimister reserveleague North Division Three reserveseason 2011 reserveposition 8th pattern la1 pattern b1 pattern ra1 leftarm1 00ccff body1 993300 rightarm1 00ccff shorts1 993300 socks1 00ccff Strathglass Shinty Club or Comunn Camanachd Straghlais in Scottish Gaelic is a shinty club from Cannich , Inverness shire . The Club was founded in 1879 , is considered to be the oldest constituted club in shinty http www.shinty.com index.php?mact News,cntnt01,print,0&cntnt01articleid 359&cntnt01showtemplate false&cntnt01returnid 15 and played a major role in the development of the rules of the sport. The first team plays in North Division One but played in the Marine Harvest Premier Division after two successive promotions from the old North Division One from 2006 to 2008. A reserve team plays in North Division 3 and a women s team was started in 2006. History Strathglass competed in the fixture considered to be the origin of the rules applies today in modern shinty against Glenurquhart Shinty Club at Bught Park , Inverness on the 12th of February 1887. Glen Urquhart won the game, played with 22 players on each side 2 0. This fixture was to be repeated on 12 January 2007 in Inverness as the opening centrepiece of the Highland 2007 celebrations in Scotland. However despite two attempts to play the fixture, one in 2007 as an opener to the celebrations and the next in 2008 as a closer both were cancelled due to inclement weather. This ancient rivalry is still continued with the clubs first teams playing each year for the MacDonald Cup and second teams for the Ali Bhan Cup as a curtain raiser to the new season. The club won the Strathde ... more details
Infobox shinty club clubname Glenurquhart image Image Glenshinty.png 200px fullname Glenurqhuart Shinty Club gaelicname Comann Camanachd Ghleann Urchadain nickname The Glen founded 1885 ground Blairbeg Park, Drumnadrochit manager Jim Barr league Premier Division shinty Premier Division season 2010 position 6th reservemanager Stuart Henderson reserveleague North Division Two reserveseason 2010 reserveposition 1st pattern la1 black hoops pattern b1 blackhoops pattern ra1 black hoops leftarm1 FF0000 body1 FF0000 rightarm1 FF0000 shorts1 000000 socks1 000000 pattern la2 pattern b2 pattern ra2 leftarm2 FF0000 body2 000000 rightarm2 FF0000 shorts2 000000 socks2 000000 Glenurquhart Shinty Club is a shinty team which plays in Drumnadrochit on the banks of Loch Ness , Scotland . It draws its players from the part of the Great Glen which encompasses Drumnadrochit, Lewiston and Glenurquhart . The club has been existence since 1885. The club presently has two teams, the first team, which plays in the Premier Division and the second team, which won North Division Two in 2009 and 2010. History Glenurquhart played a match against Strathglass Shinty Club Strathglass on the 12th of February 1887, at the Bught Park , Inverness and in a landmark game concerning the establishment of the first official rules of Shinty. Glen Urquhart lost a game, played with 22 players on each side 2 0. This fixture was to be repeated on 12 January 2007 in Inverness as the opening centrepiece of the Highland 2007 celebrations in Scotland. The club has had very poor historic success with purple patches in the 1960s and early 1990s. The club participated in the Fairytale Final of the Camanachd Cup in 1988, succumbing 4 2 to Kingussie Camanachd . The Glen were relegated from the National Premier in 1999. http findarticles.com p articles mi qn4156 is 19990516 ai n13938904 In 2007, the club reached the Balliemore Cup Final but lost 1 0 to Kinlochshiel . In 2008 the Glen have reached the Mactavish Cup Final fo ... more details
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