Bught Park Pavilion Ruari Davidson

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00:00Right well obviously it's coming on remarkably well I mean is it still on

00:04track for it's I think it was March next year I think it was originally mentioned

00:07so it's on track to be ready for that? Yes I believe so yeah and

00:12shinty matches for Inverness shinty club with a bit of luck starting in March I

00:16believe. Yeah and I overheard a little earlier as well you mentioned

00:19obviously you know some of the purposes of the building are before once it's

00:24fully open and international you know events like that what sort of events

00:28have you got like geared up in the near future once it opens I presume we've

00:31already got like a list of pretty pretty spectacular events lined up? Yeah so we

00:37have a couple of showpiece events next year we're going to focus on we've got

00:41the MacTavish Cup final will be hosted here the Tulloch Holmes camera Cup final

00:452025 will be here which will be a really exciting showcase of the very best of

00:49shinty and then after that working with partners the GAA in Ireland to host the

00:54Hurling Shinty International here as well and really excited about that

00:58development because the the ambition is to host the Women's International and

01:01the Men's International on the same field on the same day so that'd be a

01:04great opportunity to showcase the very best of shinty. Yeah and a purpose built

01:09facility like this in you know in the Highland capital it's going to be a big

01:13boom for you know for for shinty in general over the you know over the over

01:18the Highlands and Islands really you know I mean there'll be people coming

01:21from you know obviously hopefully from miles and miles around to watch the big

01:24events obviously yeah the Cup finals and stuff you mentioned it must be a

01:27very exciting time for yourselves. It is yeah I mean obviously having a new

01:32innovative and modern facility such as this where people within our community

01:36can come and enjoy the sport is fantastic and part of that is the

01:39challenge for us is to try and attract a new audience to our sport as well and to

01:42talk to other parts of the community that aren't as familiar with shinty as

01:46other people so how we sell that story and we share that story and one of the

01:50ways we'll do that is with the shinty story downstairs the the exhibition

01:54space that we'll be utilizing and that'll be a great way that we can tell

01:58people the very best about our sport right through from some of this

02:00ancestral and heritage roots right through to modern day and how the sport

02:04is played by our communities. I was going to ask you about the shinty museum

02:08downstairs I mean you've obviously mentioned it's going to cover the whole you know

02:11history of the sport are there any sort of particular exhibits or any concepts

02:15that you've got lined up for that you're particularly excited about or would like

02:18to share at this time? Yeah well at the moment we're really in that consultation

02:21phase with with Lateral North who are leading that project with us and we're

02:25doing a lot of work with our community to understand what they would want and

02:28feel from that space and but we're collating a lot of artifacts right now

02:33some of the historical pieces about some of the balls that were involved in

02:36original games a lot of medals that have been accrued over a number of years

02:40that celebrate some significant events and in the shinty calendar so they'll

02:44they'll be on exhibit here and we're looking to do a lot of kind of

02:47digitizing of that as well so there'll be experiences where people can

02:51interact with them and even if the actual artifacts not here on the site

02:53they'll be able to learn and understand about that so yeah right through from

02:57the history of the part the shinty played in our rural communities and how

03:02that's developed that community and the strength of that and how it's become a

03:05hub for those people and right through to the modern day and how shinty is

03:10enjoyed by everybody right now. So it's going to become a real hub for the

03:13sport like a like a prestige location for it obviously with the amount of

03:19visitors to the Highlands increasing all the time we must be very excited

03:22about what that could mean for exposure for the sport obviously within Scotland

03:26but also with all the international visitors coming in as well. Yeah yeah it's

03:30a great opportunity for us to work closely with High Life Highland on

03:33connections with the castle for example and how we we attract that new audience

03:37to come here and learn and understand about shinty so that's what we hope the

03:42space downstairs will be an opportunity to in a modern and innovative

03:46environment learn about the sport engage in the sport and go away

03:50hopefully converts to wanting to take part in it and it's fantastic for the

03:54city and the sport as you say and what we want to do is to broaden that reach

03:58to the whole of that shinty community and our membership we want we want

04:01everyone who's part of our community to feel part of this so we want to try and

04:05engage as many of those people as we can and that's why we want to see every club

04:09in some way or other reflected in the museum downstairs then everyone who's

04:13part of shinty can come and see themselves reflected here. Excellent and

04:16I'm speaking obviously about all the various different shinty clubs and stuff

04:20I mean what's the sort of feedback you've been getting like so far I mean

04:22obviously it's coming together you know I mean the building's really starting to

04:25take shape now yeah I mean what have various members been saying as it's

04:29been sort of pulling itself you know pulling together? There's a real

04:32excitement and buzz around I think people are really excited to see what

04:35the the finished pavilion looks like in its entirety and the grandstand behind

04:39me and I think it's difficult when you see things as bricks and mortar to

04:43really understand what the space is going to look like but we are doing a

04:46range of consultations with our members right now as I mentioned on what the

04:50shinty story museum can look like and how they can be part of that so that's

04:53generating an interest and a buzz and an excitement around what that can be and

04:57people obviously want to showcase the best of their club and to a wider

05:01audience and it's a great opportunity for them to do that. So it's a great

05:04almost like a great shop front for each of their clubs really to put

05:10themselves out there and obviously attract interest from people visiting the

05:14Highlands and the Highland Capital who may not necessarily be going near

05:18their particular community yeah because obviously there's quite you know the

05:22shinty clubs are quite you know dispersed around obviously got a way

05:25down on the Kyle's Abute and things like that so it's quite a you know so it's a

05:30great sort of shop front to really increase their coverage or spread

05:37with the wider world even though people might not

05:41necessarily be traveling down to where those particular clubs are so it's a great chance to.

05:44No it's a real opportunity for us to do that and to profile those clubs

05:48in some of our more rural communities and and newer communities that aren't

05:52traditionally from a shinty background and heritage and yeah it's a real

05:56opportunity to just talk about that cultural piece that heritage piece with

05:59some really interesting historical things that the sport has been involved

06:03in and we want to tell people that who are coming to the city for the first

06:06time and then and then might want to go into other parts of the country in

06:09Scotland whilst they're here to better understand what that looks like.

06:12And finally I mean any particular things that you'd like to add that I may not have

06:16asked you about you know any particular things you're particularly excited about

06:19or any things you're like looking forward to seeing once the building and

06:23all the facilities are up and running. Yeah I think there's two things for me

06:26really first and foremost is the shinty story in that exhibition and to

06:29start seeing members of the public coming and utilising that space as I

06:34mentioned that's a there'll be a fantastic place to learn and to

06:36understand about the sport of shinty and the power of our sport within our

06:39communities that will that will be really exciting and then beyond that of

06:42course it'd be great to then suddenly see some some shinty matches taking

06:45place on this pitch which is there's a lot of history here as well and and and

06:49what a great vantage point to come and watch those matches take part and we

06:53hope there'll be real community opportunities to engage with with young

06:57audiences older audiences and families to be part of that experience and that's

07:00what we hope that we can do.

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