The Sir William Sutherland Cup, more commonly known simply as the Sutherland Cup, is a trophy in the sport of shinty. It is the Scottish national cup competition for junior sides, the equivalent of the Camanachd Cup for reserve sides and clubs which field single teams.Sutherland Cup, Camanachd Association. Retrieved 29 December 2025.Sutherland Cup, Newtonmore Camanachd Club. Retrieved 29 December 2025. The 2025 final was won by Fort William Shinty Club reserves.Fort William win Highland Industrial Supplies Sutherland Cup, Camanachd Association, 13 September 2025. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

History The trophy was donated by Sir William Sutherland as a trophy for a national competition for "junior" clubs. It was first played for in 1923 with Newtonmore Camanachd Club defeating Bute Shinty Club 3–2. Sutherland had previously donated another cup of the same name.

In 2011, the final was held in Aberdeen for the first time to mark the 150th anniversary of Aberdeen University Shinty Club.Allan, Charlie (2011) History made as shinty final comes to Aberdeen, Evening Express, 27 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

In 2012, Newtonmore won the final with a 5–4 victory over Kingussie Camanachd but the result was declared void after the team were found to have played an ineligible player in both the final win and in their semi-final victory over Glenurquhart Shinty Club. The final was replayed between Kingussie and Glenurquhart.Bannerman, Charles (2012) Shinty: Glenurquhart win Macaulay Cup to end trophy drought, BBC Sport, 18 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

The 2017 final was postponed due to heavy rain in Fort William in late July, and was replayed in September between Lochside Rovers and Kingussie.

2023 marked the 100th anniversary of the first final. The final was played at Blairbeg Park, Drumnadrochit which habitually hosts the final, due to the competition being sponsored by Highland Industrial Supplies whose director is also chairman of Glenurquhart Shinty Club.

Fort William lifted the competition in 2025, defeating Kinlochshiel 6-4 in extra time to complete a treble of trophies. The match was notable for being the first ever match streamed live by the Camanachd Association on YouTube.

List of finals Apart from during World War II and the COVID-19 pandemic,Smith, Tyrone (2020) Shinty: Camanachd Cup will not take place in 2020, BBC Sport, 29 May 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2025. the final has been played each year since 1923. The details of finals are shown in the list below.Previous winners of the Sutherland Cup, Camanachd Association. Retrieved 29 December 2025.

SeasonWinnerScoreRunners-upVenue 1923 Newtonmore 3–2 North Bute Keppoch 1924 Kyles Athletic 3–2 Newtonmore Oban 1925 Lochside Rovers 2–0 Newtonmore Keppoch 1926 Furnace 4–3 Caberfeidh Newtonmore 1927 Newtonmore 4–0 Kyles Athletic Oban 1928 Newtonmore 4–0 Colintraive and Glendaruel Oban 1929 Lochside Rovers 4–3 Strathglass Spean Bridge 1930 Strathconon 2–1 Colintraive and Glendaruel Kingussie 1931 Kyles Athletic 3–1 Kingussie Keppoch 1932 Kyles Athletic 4–1 Newtonmore Oban 1933 Lochside Rovers 3–1 Strathconon Keppoch 1934 Nether Lochaber 5–2 Strachur Oban 1935 Kyles Athletic 5–2 Caberfeidh Keppoch 1936 Lochside Rovers 5–1 Nether Lochaber Oban 1937 Lochside Rovers 1–0 Newtonmore Keppoch 1938 Newtonmore 6–2 Kyles Athletic Fort William 1939 Lochcarron 5–4 Kilmallie NewtonmoreNo competition held between 1940 and 1946 due to World War II 1947 Oban Celtic 1–1 Newtonmore Glasgow 4–3 (R) Fort William 1948 Kilmallie 7–1 Straths Athletic Fort Augustus 1949 Ballachulish 3–2 Lochcarron Inverness 1950 Portree 5–4 Newtonmore Beauly 1951 Spean Bridge 4–3 Straths Athletic Corpach 1952 Beauly 5–2 Col Glen Oban 1953 Newtonmore 3–1 Dunstaffnage Fort William 1954 Beauly 4–2 Appin Fort William 1955 Lochcarron 1–0 Strachur Fort William 1956 Beauly 1–0 Lochside Rovers Spean Bridge 1957 Beauly 3–2 Kilmallie Spean Bridge 1958 Kilmallie 3–3 Skye 4–2 (R) Beauly 1959 Newtonmore 7–5 Inveraray Oban 1960 Lochside Rovers 2–1 Glenurquhart Spean Bridge 1961 Kyles Athletic 6–1 Newtonmore Oban 1962 Kinlochshiel 5–4 Kyles Athletic Fort William 1963 Glenurquhart 3–2 Kyles Athletic Spean Bridge 1964 Boleskine 4–0 Kyles Athletic Strachur 1965 Lochaber 3–1 Ballachulish Fort William 1966 Boleskine 4–2 Kyles Athletic Fort William 1967 Lochcarron 4–2 Inveraray Fort William 1968 Lochcarron 2–1 Ballachulish Inverness 1969 Inveraray 5–1 Ballachulish Dalmally 1970 Lochcarron 4–2 Ballachulish Spean Bridge 1971 Ballachulish 2–0 Skye Inverness 1972 Bute 2–1 Aberdeen University Spean Bridge 1973 Aberdeen University 6–2 Bute Oban 1974 Aberdeen University 6–4 Oban Celtic Kingussie 1975 Kyles Athletic 6–3 Newtonmore Oban 1976 Kingussie 3–1 Lochaber Newtonmore 1977 Kinlochshiel 9–1 Glenorchy Fort William 1978 Fort William 6–3 Oban Celtic Inveraray 1979 Skye 3–2 Kyles Athletic Fort William 1980 Kyles Athletic 4–3 Kingussie Oban 1981 Skye 3–1 Glasgow University Oban 1982 Glenorchy 2–1 Lochaber Fort William 1983 Lochaber 6–1 Col Glen Taynuilt 1984 Fort William 1–0 Bute Spean Bridge 1985 Skye 2–1 Strachur Inveraray 1986 Kingussie 5–0 Strachur Fort William 1987 Kyles Athletic 7–5 Glenurquhart Taynuilt 1988 Skye 7–2 Strachur Strathpeffer 1989 Kingussie 6–1 Lochside Rovers Taynuilt 1990 Kingussie 4–0 Lochside Rovers Inverness 1991 Kingussie 13–1 Inveraray Inveraray 1992 Kingussie 5–3 Glasgow Mid Argyll Spean Bridge 1993 Newtonmore Abdn Kingussie Inveraray 3–1 Newtonmore 1994 Aberdeen University 4–2 Newtonmore Newtonmore 1995 Fort William 1–0 Kilmallie Spean Bridge 1996 Kingussie 6–1 Kilmallie Fort William 1997 Lochside Rovers 2–1 Glengarry Newtonmore 1998 Kyles Athletic 2–1 Newtonmore Fort William 1999 Newtonmore 3–2 Kingussie Newtonmore 2000 Lovat 2–2 Lochside Rovers Spean Bridge 2001 Kincraig 3–2 Aberdeen University Newtonmore 2002 Kilmallie 2–1 Kingussie Newtonmore 2003 Newtonmore 3–0 Boleskine Kingussie 2004 Kilmallie 4–0 Inveraray Ballachulish 2005 Aberdeen University 3–1 Kilmallie Portree 2006 Fort William 6–0 Glenorchy Beauly 2007 Kilmallie 1–0 Fort William Oban 2008 Kilmallie 2–1 Fort William Kingussie 2009 Fort William 3–1 Lovat Inverness 2010 Lovat 4–1 Glenurquhart Newtonmore 2011 Kingussie 6–1 Kyles Athletic Aberdeen 2012 Kingussie 2–0 Glenurquhart Beauly 2013 Ballachulish 3–1 Lochcarron Farr 2014 Kyles Athletic 4–2 (aet) Fort William Newtonmore 2015 Newtonmore 5–0 Lochside Rovers Ballachulish 2016 Newtonmore 6–0 Kingussie Kingussie 2017 Lochside Rovers 3–1 Kingussie Fort William 2018 Newtonmore 5–2 (aet) Kingussie Kingussie 2019 Lochside Rovers 2–1 Lovat Caol2020No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Newtonmore 5–1 Lovat Drumnadrochit 2022 Newtonmore 3–2 Lovat Drumnadrochit 2023 Newtonmore 4–2 Skye Drumnadrochit 2024 Kingussie 3–2 Skye Drumnadrochit 2025 Fort William 6–4 Kinlochshiel Drumnadrochit

Results by team Club Wins First win Last win Runners up First loss Last loss Total finals Aberdeen University 4 1973 2005 2 1972 2001 6 Appin 0 – 1 1954 1 Ballachulish 3 1949 2013 4 1965 1970 7 Beauly 4 1952 1957 0 – 4 Boleskine 2 1964 1966 1 2003 3 Bute 1 1972 3 1923 1984 3 Caberfeidh 0 – 2 1926 1935 2 Col-Glen 0 – 4 1928 1983 4 Dunstaffnage 0 – 1 1953 1 Fort William 6 1978 2025 3 2007 2014 9 Furnace 1 1926 0 – 1 Glasgow Mid Argyll 0 – 1 1992 1 Glasgow University 0 – 1 1981 1 Glengarry 0 – 1 1997 1 Glenorchy 1 1982 2 1977 2006 3 Glenurquhart 1 1963 4 1960 2012 5 Inveraray 1 1969 4 1959 2004 5 Kilmallie 6 1948 2008 5 1939 2005 11 Kincraig 1 2001 0 – 1 Kingussie 10 1976 2024 8 1931 2018 18 Kinlochshiel 2 1962 1977 1 2025 3 Kyles Athletic 10 1924 2014 8 1927 2011 18 Lochaber 2 1965 1983 2 1976 1982 4 Lochcarron 5 1939 1970 2 1949 2013 7 Lochside Rovers 9 1925 2019 5 1956 2015 14 Lovat 2 2000 2010 4 2009 2022 6 Nether Lochaber 1 1934 1 1935 8 Newtonmore 15 1923 2023 10 1924 1998 25 Oban Celtic 1 1947 2 1974 1978 3 Skye Camanachd 5 1950 1988 4 1958 2024 9 Spean Bridge 1 1951 0 – 1 Strachur and District 0 – 5 1934 1988 5 Strathconon 1 1930 1 1933 2 Strathglass 0 – 1 1929 1 Straths Athletic 0 – 2 1948 1951 2

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