The Chieftain’s cup is Shinty’s newest cup competition, first being competed for in 2022 as the “Single Team cup”. Open to teams with only one team, it aims to provide the opportunity for smaller clubs to win silverware and introduce a new even level of competition.

13 teams entered the maiden 2022 edition, as Col-Glen were the inaugural champions, defeating Glengarry in their first cup final in 32 years. The runners up that day, Glengarry have subsequently won the 2023 and 2024 competitions.

2025 saw the competition be renamed the “Chieftain’s Cup’. In honour of this, Cannich was awarded the final to honour Strathglass Founding Father, Captain Archibald Macra Chisholm of Glassburn. Founder of Strathglass Shinty Club in 1879, author of the sport’s first written rules in 1880, and a driving force behind the formation of the Camanachd Association in 1893, Captain Chisholm was elected its very first Chief and remained in this role until his death in 1897. His vision and leadership helped shape the modern game, and the renaming of the trophy aims to honour those who have had similar impacts on the sport.