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Oxford Shinty Club was founded in 2013. The club currently competes in the English shinty championships and the ESA Tri-series. It acts as a feeder to English Shinty Association (ESA). The club also competes in the annual St Andrews sixes tournament. The Oxford club puts on an annual sixes competition, The Oxfordshire Shinty Sixes, in nearby Wallingford. The inaugural competition was held in 2016 and won by a team from Dundee Shinty Club. The club is currently captained by founder Jolyon Claridge, originally a St Andrews University shinty player. Oxford is one of four main shinty clubs within England, the others being Cornwall, London and The North.
Oxford train at Meadow Lane Park in Oxford and play home games at the GAA pitch on Horspath Road.