Half-Swing Podcast: Recent Episodes
Aarron Duncan-MacLeod
The Half-Swing Shinty Podcast reviews and previews shinty from all around Scotland witha changing weekly co-host. This podcast is commisioned by the Camanachd Association but its content does not reflect the views of the organisation.
In the week Oban Celtic player Robert MacIntyre won the Canadian Open, Cammy and Aarron sit down to talk about the shinty action.
Includes:
- Glenurquhart pick up first point of season
- 4 way title race in North 1
- Mixed fortunes for cottages.com MacTavish Cup Finalists
- Women's Review
- Col Glen beat Celtic
- Cup Final Preview
Aarron and Cammy are back to review and preview the week's shinty.
Includes:
- Kingussie drop first points of season
- Kilmallie cup shock
- MacTavish Semi Preview
- Goal fest at Tighnabruaich
- Inverness hit form
- VF & Challenge Cup
Cammy is back from the dead and joins Aarron to review and preview the week's shinty!
Includes:
- Fort comeback to knock out local rivals
- Ruaridh Anderson does it again against Camanachd
- Skye continue march to the top
- 12 goal thriller in the Bullough Cup
- Badenoch and Strathglass extend advantage
- Game of the Week predictions
Aarron sits down with Roddy to go through the week that was and what is coming up in the world of shinty.
Includes:
- Inveraray beat Col Glen
- Fort William continue 100% start to the season
- Change atop North 1
- WCA Roundup
- Celtic defeated in derby
- Kings through
- Game of the Week Predictions
- Lochaber Derby
- Col Glen vs Bute
Aarron and Cammy are back for a Monday (yes MONDAY!) release. The boys relive an incredible weekend of action before looking ahead to this weekend's fixtures.
Aarron and Cammy are back to chat about the weekend that was and what's to come.
Includes:
- Lochaber pick up first point of the season
- Windswept win for Lovat
- Advantage Kingussie in North 2
- 5 star Kinlochshiel
- WCA Roundup
- Kyles continue great form
- Kicktipp corner
- Game of the Week
Aarron and Cammy sit down and put their heads above the parapet to go through the weekend's fixtures in the Mowi Premiership and National.
Think you can do better? Prove it: www.kicktipp.com/shinty2024
Aarron and Cammy answer your questions about the 2024 season:
1) Who will be the nearest challenger to Craig Morrison in the scoring charts?
2) Does Glengarry losing Shaun Nicholson open up the Single Team Cup?
3) With no particularly weak team in the National this year, who do you think will face the drop?
4) How will Kinlochshiel adapt to life in the Mowi WCA National Division?
5) Bold shout of the season?
6) Predict who will win the English League?
7) Which two teams would be most likely to give us the North 1 vs South 1 promotion playoff we have been so desperately craving and who would win?
8) Who wins the Challenge Cup now that back to back winners Kinlochshiel are playing in the National Division?
9) Roddy Young in 2022, Robert Mabon in 2023, who will be the Mowi Player of the Year in 2024?
The stray alley cat of the podcasting world is back...
Aarron and Cammy are joined by 2023 Kicktipp winner Andrew Rossi to preview the 2024 Season.
Try your luck against the boys and the shinty community here: https://www.kicktipp.co.uk/shinty2024/predict
Ahead of the Mowi Shinty Hurling International this Saturday, Aarron and Cammy sit down to select an alternative 12 Scotland players from those who didn't make the squad.
Will they agree or disagree and who has the strongest team?
Aarron and Cammy meet up for the first time in a month for a whistle stop tour of what's been happening in the shinty world since the Camanachd Cup Final....
Aarron and Cammy are back like that alleyway cat you gave a slice of ham to in 2006.
Includes:
- Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup Final Preview
- Lochaber are Mowi National Champions
- Kilmory a class above the rest in South 2
- Bute romp their way to South 1 title
- Kyles vs Kingussie
- ALBA vs ESA
Aarron and Cammy sit down to review and preview the week's shinty.
Includes:
- Mowi WCA Finals Day
- Caol Cup
- Lochcarron with it all to do
- Camanachd Cup retired
- HIS Sutherland Cup 100th Anniversary
- Do or die for the Strath
Includes:
- Kyles shock win against GMA
- Oban Camanachd Macaulay Champions
- Fort William win soggy encounter
- Lewis title hopes fuelled
- Newtonmore North 1 Champions
- Preview WCA Finals
- The North Must Fall?
- Wavelength
In lieu of a normal podcast episode, Aarron sits down with Oban Camanachd Captain Daniel Sloss to relive their win against Kingussie in the Macaulay Cup Final.
Aarron and Cammy are back to review and preview the week's shinty.
Includes:
- Fort William on the rise
- Oban Camanachd make THCCF
- MOWI North & South 1 relegation on a knife edge
- Maddy French & Joey Millar Interview
- Strachur-Dunoon end on a high
- Kyles close in on the top?!
- Macaulay Cup Preview
Aarron and Cammy return to talk about the week that was and what is still to come. Includes:
- Kingussie make Camanachd Cup Final
- Skye and Newtonmore set to meet in 100th anniversary final
- Mixed weekend for Glenurquhart
- Lovat II edge towards safety
- Beauly vs Kyles preview
- Too little too late for Kyles II?
- Lovat vs Oban Camanachd preview
Includes:
Lewis’ unstoppable run Col Glen dent Aray promotion hopes Kyles' climb continues WCA Finals Confirmed Camanachd Semi Preview Sutherland Semi Preview
Cammy and Aarron are back to mull over the big talking points from last week and make fools of themselves with predictions for this weekend
Includes:
- Cabers first win in 6
- Balliemore Cup Final Preview
- GMA pick up first points
- Lovat into Camanachd Semi-Finals
- Glengarry are HSP STC Champions
- Women's league leaders with big wins
- Kingussie vs Shiel preview
+Much much more....
Aarron and Cammy review the weekends action before chatting about the upcoming cup games!
Includes:
- Kyles out of relegation zone
- GUSC on the rise
- Newtonmore N1 Champions?
- FT&S Balliemore Semis
- Lewis' impressive form
- Camanachd Preview
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Who is top of the class and who's the school dunce? Aarron and Cammy separate the best from the rest by giving every Premiership club a mid season ranking from A to F.
Aarron and Cammy are back again!
In this episode:
- Newtonmore secure title for Kingussie?
- Lochaber in the MOWI National driving seat
- Uddingston Interview
- Glasgow Celtic Society Cup Final Preview
- MOWI WCA Cup Review
- Kicktipp Corner
Aarron and Cammy are back to chat about all the shinty from the week that was and what is to come.
Includes;
- Kingussie win MacTavish Cup
- Lovat win at The Eilan
- GMA best Kyles (again!)
- Udd scud Aray
- Scotland U17 Squad
- 13 goal thriller in MOWI WCA North 2
- Game of the Week Predictions
- Kicktipp Corner
- Half-Swing Podcast Cup Semi-Finals
In Cammy's absence, Aarron sits down with Kingussie's Roddy Young and Skye's James Pringle to have a look ahead to the cottages.com MacTavish Cup Final
Aarron and Cammy sit down to rank the MOWI National Division sides so far. How have Glenurquhart compared to their start of season expectations? Are Lochaber the most overachieving team? Just where do Oban Celtic fit in all this?
You can find all the answers and more here.
Aarron and Cammy sit down to talk about the week that was and what's to come.
Includes:
- Craig Morrison's 7 heaven
- Newtonmore stay top
- Col Glen surge
- Are Glenurquhart good?
- Bullough Cup Roundup (Including ESA)
- Aberdour Women get first points
- Which shinty team should you support?
- Alan MacRae (GMA) interview
In this bumper episode:
- Kingussie best in Badenoch
- GMA vs Kyles thriller
- The best of the rest in the semis
- MOWI WCA VF Camanachd Cup Draw
- Tayforth travel to ESA
- Beauly shock Cabers
- Mark Fleming from Scottish Chaplaincy
- Tight National Division
- Kicktipp preview
Aarron and Cammy disect the weekend's action before predicting the upcoming matches:
Includes:
- Kilmallie triumph in derby
- 7 heaven for Shiel
- Skye heroics at Newtonmore
- Col Glen step towards safety
- MacKenzie & McNeil star in MOWI WCA North 2
- Badenoch derby prediction
- Ballachulish vs Ardnamurchan
- Another Lochaber derby...
In this episode:
- Lovat knock out Beauly
- 2004 Camanachd Cup Final Flashback
- Tayforth earn England trip
- Girls Only Success
- Inveraray vs Col Glen
- Bullough Cup Roundup
- Kicktipp Predicitions
- Basement battle in National
Aarron and Cammy sit down to discuss the week that was and what is to come...
In this week’s episode:
- Lovat take points at Kyles
- Comeback of the year from Glengarry
- Bute shock Aray
- Badenoch get revenge on Lochaber
- High scoring Kilmory
- Lewis win at Beauly
- Beauly vs Lovat Preview
- Kicktipp Corner
- Who Are Ya Quiz returns
Aarron and Cammy sit down to each draft a team of shinty players capable of competing in the MOWI Premiership but with a few conditions:
- Minimum of two U23 year olds
- Max two players per club
- At least one player from the National
- At least one player from a Single Team Club
- At least one teenager
Who wins? You decide...
Aarron and Cammy sit down for the latest edition of the Half-Swing Shinty Podcast
Includes:
- Skye pick up first points
- Goals galore across the divisions
- Ballachulish back from the brink?
- Referee shortage
- Blistering Badenoch
- Bute off the mark
- Kicktipp corner
- Weekend review
- Guess the Player Quiz
Aarron and Cammy sit down to talk about the week that was and what is to come. Featuring:
- Cabers win at The Dell
- MacLeod Mania
- Crazy Mowi North 1
- Newtonmore vs Kinlochshiel
- Lochaber Ladies Interview
- Predictions for this coming week
- Cammy gets revenge on Aarron
Aarron and Cammy sit down to review the week that was and preview what is to come. Includes:
- Beauly's win against Shiel
- Women's roundup
- Boleskine Interview
- Col Glen win battle of Glens
- Stuart MacDonald's 17 save game
- Kicktipp review
- Fort William vs Kilmallie preview
- Quiz Part 3
Aarron and Cammy sit down to have a look back at the opening week of Mowi League action and get a bit carried away! Also, can Cammy improve on his 8/10 quiz last week. Don't forget to enter your Gameweek 2 predictions at kicktipp.com/shinty2023.
Aarron and Cammy sit down to predict who will win the title from the area leagues to the MOWI Premiership, then Cammy is put under pressure with a quickfire 10 question quiz. You can take on the boys in a free to play predictor game here: https://kicktipp.com/shinty2023 & let us know if you manage to outscore Cammy in the quiz!
Aarron sits down with Roddy Cairns, one of the architects of Strachur-Dunoon to preview their 2023 campaign. If you would like to appear on the podcast to discuss your club, please e-mail aarron.macleod@shinty.com.
Aarron sits down for another installment of the Season Preview, this time he is joined by Michael MacLeod and Duncan Martin for a candid chat about Tayforth. If you would like to be on the podcast to discuss your club please e-mail aarron.macleod@shinty.com.
In the second season preview episode, Aarron sits down with Brian Mutch - Inverness Women's Coach to evaluate their chances in 2023. If you would like to appear on the podcast for a 15 minute chat about your team, please e-mail aarron.macleod@shinty.com.
In the first of a series of Season Preview podcasts, Aarron sits down with Iain MacMillan from Oban Camanachd to discuss their chances of success in 2023. If you would like to appear on the podcast to chat about your club please contact aarron.macleod@shinty.com.
There's no shinty/hurling international this year, but if there was - who would make the cut?
Aarron and Cammy, your 2023 Scotland Managers, choose a 2022 team...
Prepare for fireworks
Aarron and Cammy fire through the leagues before having a look at some Alternative Awards for 2022 shinty
Aarron and Cammy sit down to preview this weekend's biggest fixtures as well as spending some time deciding what makes a good shinty badge...
What is the greatest TV Show ever and why is it not Fleabag...
Aarron and Cammy sit down to talk over the past couple of weeks before speaking to Liam Ferguson, Bute II Captain & Kyle McDonald Beauly II Manager
Aarron speaks with Lovat Captain, Craig Mainland and Kingussie Captain, Savio Genini ahead of this Saturday's Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup Final...
Cammy and Aarron go head to head in a shinty quiz. Also featuring a review of the weekend and a Highland Industrial Supplies Sutherland Cup Preview...
Aarron sits down with Skye Ladies top scorer, Caitlin MacLean, to talk about this weekend's MOWI WCA Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup Final.
Aarron sits down with Rhona McIntyre and Zoe Reid from Badenoch Ladies to preview this Saturday's MOWI Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup Final!
Aarron and Cammy preview the Bullough & Strathdearn Cup before being joined by Allan Cameron (Inveraray) and David MacLean (Beauly) to chat about Saturday's Ferguson Transport & Shipping Balliemore Cup Final.
The podcast is back! Aarron has returned from his holidays and he and Cammy have a lot to pick through from the last few weeks before being joined by former Lovat Manager and foxtrot fiend, Fraser Gallacher.
On the back of the popular MOWI Premiership rankings, Aarron and Cammy sit down to talk about the MOWI National Division sides...
Aarron and Cammy chat about the weekend's action as well as looking ahead to next weekend before being joined by Jonnie MacAskill from Celtic Cup Champions, GMA.
Aarron and Cammy sit down to upset the entire shinty community by ranking each MOWI Premiership team from A-F.
Aarron and Cammy sit down to talk about last week's shinty before being joined by Savio Genini (Kingussie Captain) and Blair Morrison (Caberfeidh Captain) to preview the cottages.com MacTavish Cup Final.
Aarron and Cammy pour over the weekend's shinty before sitting down with Kyles Athletic's Ross MacRae.
Aarron and Cammy sit down with Ross Brown to paw over his shinty career, from the west coast of Lochcarron to being the man in the middle of a Glasgow Celtic Cup Final and then to being the man in the Forward line of a Glasgow Mid Argyll team.
Aarron and friend of the pod - Cameron Middleton sit down to talk about shinty "heritage", Strachur-Dunoon and all things shinty...
Aarron sits down with Taylor Matheson from Skye to talk about his season with the west coast side before catching up with Katie Drain.
Aarron sits down with journalist and shinty player Cameron Middleton to go through their top 12 players in shinty at the moment. Yes it's a total rip off from the Terrace Podcast. Let us know where we got it all wrong on Twitter @halfswingpod.
Return of the Mac...
Aarron is joined by Megan Campbell (Skye) & Daniel Stewart (Kilmallie) for a look at Scotland's most historic sport.
If you like listening to a podcast with no coherent structure and incisive, hard hitting questions like "What did you have for breakfast?" boy have you come to the right place.
Aarron sits down with Charles Young (Strathspey/Ballachulish) & Kieran Burns (Aberdour) to talk all things shinty.
WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA'AM - EPISODE 2 IS HERE
With references to Skinhead Rooney and Rio Ferdinand this is a 2008 United fan's dream...
Aarron and KT talk about the weekend's results in a new feature stolen from The Terrace Football Podcast "It's only week 1 but...". Aarron is then joined by Herbie from Ardnamurchan to chat about their result at the weekend.
We are BACK & better than ever - the premium content of this podcast will hit you like a Sweet Chin Music from the Heart Break Kid.
Friends of the pod Rory MacKeachan and Iain Robinson predict their 2022 MOWI Premiership table - have done alright or got it all wrong? You let us know.
Keith sits down with Aarron to talk over the Cottages.com MacTavish Cup Final and the season as a whole. Plus - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's new film and dodgy west coast nicknames.
Aarron sits down with Somhairle Thomson to celebrate his side's Highland Industrial Supplies Sutherland Cup victory before Roddy Young jumps on to talk about the upcoming cottages.com MacTavish Cup Final.
Aarron sits down with Les Kinvig to talk about the Glasgow Celtic Society Cup Final between Kyles Athletic and Oban Camanachd before chatting with Lovat 2nd team Manager Raymond Rennie about his sides victory in the Strathdearn and upcoming Highland Industrial Supplies Sutherland Cup Final!
The podcast ends with some great anecdotes from Keith Loades and Steven MacKenzie about their time lifting the Sutherland Cup.
A slightly deflated Aarron sits down with Oban Camanachd top scorer in 2019 Andrew "Papa" MacCuish to talk about the week's shinty, including his side's Glasgow Celtic Society Cup Final.
Aarron sits down with Sandy Elrick & James Pringle to review and preview all of the shinty this week including their ALVANCE Balliemore Cup Final!
Aarron grabs 16 year old Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup Champion Archie MacRae during one of his free periods to discuss the weekend's results as well as what is to come in an exciting week of shinty ahead.
It's finally upon us. This Saturday the 125th Anniversary of the first Camanachd Cup Final. Kinlochshiel vs Lovat from Mossfield Stadium, Oban. Aarron sits down with Lovat Manager Jamie Matheson, Kinlochshiel Semi-Final Man of the Match Josh Grant and Katie Drain to preview this incredbile occasion.
Aarron sits down with James Pringle of Skye Camanachd to discuss the recent matches and upcoming fixtures. Huge questions are answered like who makes James' 6-a-side team? & are the best teams made up of fishermen?
Fresh off the back of winning the Artemis Macaulay Cup - John Gibson sits down with Aarron to discuss the week's shinty and his exciting Kingussie side.
Aarron sits down with GlenUrquhart's Connor Golabeck to discuss the weeks shinty as well as a goal thief at GlenUrquhart, marathon madness and whether Rory Kennedy is the best player in shinty.... (AGAIN).
Aarron and Arran - confusing we know - sat down to discuss the week's shinty. Before Arran names his dream 6-a-side team!
Aarron sits down with 2 time Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup winner Ewen Fraser who is now playing his shinty for GMA. They review the week's results & preview the week's fixtures before Ewen let's us know his 5-a-side shinty team and who he thinks the best player in shinty is.
Is that too long for a title? WHO CARES - the Highland Industrial Sutherland Cup Quarter-Final Draw is HERE! Listen as we make the draw on a podcast for the very first time.
To celebrate Aarron chatted with 3 time winner Keith Loades before delving into current Camanachd Association President, Steven MacKenzie's past exploits in the competition.
Aarron sits down with fellow Beauly dweller Conor "Bub" Ross to discuss the week's shinty before disecting Beauly's chances in the cups this season and finding out absolutely nothing about which team Bub dislikes the most. This podcast was sponsored by ALVANCE British Aluminium, sponors of the Balliemore Cup.
Aarron sits down with Les for a slightly shorter episode as Les had to get to Oban Celtic Training - we discuss Celtic's great result against GMA in the Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup before previewing the upcoming fixtures.
In this Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup special Aarron chats with Iain Robinson from holders Newtonmore. They discuss the upcoming Camanachd fixtures including the Badenoch Derby which Iain is 1000% sure Newtonmore are going to win 2-1.
Aarron sits down with Andrew King from Kyles Athletic to talk about the upcoming fixtures before delving more into Kyles' ambitions for 2021.
Aarron chats with Kate Bradley about the start of the WCA shinty season and her history with the sport before finally finding someone with a 10/10 meal deal.
Aarron sits down with close friend & Judas, Kinlochshiel Goalkeeper Josh Grant. They discuss the weekly results & upcoming fixtures before Josh gets grilled about the most henious crime of all, leaving Beauly Shinty Club.
Aarron sits down with Tayforth player Josh Lomax to discuss their start to the 2021 MOWI Season.
Aarron sits down with colleague and friend Katie Drain to discuss the week's results and upcoming fixtures, before delving a bit more into Katie's life and past exploits as a Scotland International. This episode was sponsored by Cottages.com.
Aarron chats with Oban Camanachd Manager, Steven Sloss ahead of the start of the season.
Aarron sits down with Kingussie Captain, Rory MacKeachan to discuss the opening round of fixtures in the Mowi Senior Leagues before getting to the hard hitting issues like GlenUrquhart's short shorts....
A teaser of Wednesday's Episode where we sit down with Rory MacKeachan, Kingussie Captain.
The Half-Swing Pod (this week sponsosred by Tulloch Homes) makes it's maiden voyage into the murky seas of podcasting. We force Gary into predicting who he thinks will do well in each of the Mowi Senior Leagues before talking to Donald Lamont (Lewis Camanachd) about his sides preperations for the 2021 season.
We finish the podcast by asking Gary some really hard hitting questions such as, should Dallas Young grow back his mullet?
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