Skye Camanachd - Re-establishment

Re-establishment

On 2 September 1969 the club was reconstituted with Colonel Jock MacDonald as president and Duncan MacIntyre, a shinty enthusiast and local police inspector at the time, as chairman, and immediately set about fund-raising for the forthcoming season.

Instrumental in the re-establishment of the club was Donald R. MacDonald aka "DR", who was a Scottish Gaelic teacher at Portree High School. The coaching of shinty which he started in the High School would sow the seeds of Skye's greatest success, the Camanachd Cup win of 1990. DR would eventually manage the first team in the early 2000s and his sons, Somhairle, Aonghas and Gilleasbuig, would all go on to play for the club. Aonghas would also manage the club between 2009 and 2010. DR died in March 2010 on the first day of that year's shinty season, and Skye's matches were cancelled that day.

Throughout the late 70s and early 80s, Skye Camanachd were victorious in several Sutherland Cup finals and this was to build up to the hour of their greatest triumph, the Camanachd Cup in 1990.