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Boleskine was technically dissolved in early 1934 when a breakaway team called Foyers entered and won the
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Stratherrick had been a member of the senior ranks in shinty since 1920, but without making a sustained impact on the game at national level and for a first few years of the twenties had also fielded a successful junior team. Foyers had also contested in both the senior and junior ranks, competing in
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in their very first season, 1928, going down heavily to Kyles
Athletic by 6 goals to 2 at Glasgow, despite leading by 2 goals to 1 in the first half. The club continued in the senior shinty ranks reaching three consecutive senior shinty finals in the early thirties. Despite this apparent strength
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production works at the village in 1894. These teams ran concurrently and met on many occasions over the period leading up to the first amalgamation of these teams in the late summer of 1927. It was hoped that a local team would be produced from the amalgamation, which could take on the best in
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Board, brought full employment to the area. In the last few years some of the older players have been forced to retire from the game but have remained within the club structure. With this experience and dedication to the local team, they have begun to implement a youth team development policy,
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Boleskine and have competed since that date under this name. The team has remained as one unit and has drawn its players from the surrounding areas covered by the individual teams.
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since 1920. Their junior side had been successful in the
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Boleskine promotion to the new-look North Division Two.
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Division Three and finished third in that league in 2008. They finished 6th in 2009 and Bob Black was replaced by Gus Fraser as manager.
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British Aluminium or The
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