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.
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.
2016 Tayforth 4, Kilmory 32015 Tayforth 4, Kyles Athletic 22014 Kyles Athletic 6, Inveraray 3 (Bullough Plate Winners: Glenorchy)2013 Ballachulish 3, Kyles Athletic 02012 Lochside Rovers 6, Ballachulish 22011 Lochside Rovers 5, Aberdour 02010 Glasgow Mid-Argyll 3, Kyles Athletic 12009 Lochside Rovers 6, Kyles Athletic 4 (A.E.T.)2008 Lochside Rovers 4, Oban Celtic 12007 Inveraray2006 The Highlanders2005 Lochside Rovers2004 Kyles Athletic 4, Glasgow Mid-Argyll 12003 Inveraray2002 Lochside Rovers2001 Lochside Rovers2000 No competition1999 Lochside Rovers1998 No competition1997 No competition1996 No competition1995 Bute1994 Strachur 8, Tayforth 11993 Ballachulish1992 Kilmory1991 Ballachulish 3, Tayforth 1 (A.E.T.)1990 Inveraray1989 Lochside Rovers1988 Glenorchy1987 Kyles Athletic1986 Glenorchy1985 Glenorchy1984 Glenorchy1983 Col-Glen1982 No competition1981 Ballachulish1980 Ballachulish1979 Kilmory1978 Strachur1977 Strachur1976 Glenorchy1975 Oban Celtic1974 Oban Celtic1973 Glenorchy1972 Lochside Rovers1971 Lochside Rovers1970 Oban Celtic1969 Oban Celtic1968 Ballachulish1967 No competition1966 No competition1965 No competition1964 No competition1963 Oban Celtic1962 Inveraray1961 Inveraray1960 Lochside Rovers1959 Inveraray1958 Inveraray1957 Lochside Rovers1956 Lochside Rovers1955 Strachur1954 Appin1953 Appin1952 Appin1951 Dunstaffnage1950 Appin1949 Oban Celtic1935-1948 No Competition1934 Lochside Rovers1933 Lochside Rovers1932 Lochside Rovers1931 Oban Celtic1930 Oban Celtic1929 Oban Celtic1928 Oban Celtic1927 Lochside Rovers1926 Lochside Rovers1925 Lochside Rovers1924 Ballachulish1923 Lochside Rovers1922 Duror Juniors1921 Oban Camanachd Juniors1920 Ballachulish1914 Glencoe1913 Oban Camanachd Juniors1912 Oban Camanachd Juniors1911 Inveraray1910 Inveraray1909 Kelburn, Oban1908 Ballachulish1907 Ballachulish1906 BallachulishWins By Clubs
