Changing room chat: Ross scores father-son MBE double

SHINTY star Ronald Ross has spoken of his pride after returning from a royal visit where he followed in his father Ian’s footsteps by receiving an MBE at Buckingham Palace from a secret admirer of the sport – Prince Charles.

The 37-year-old Kingussie goalscoring legend nicknamed “Ronaldo of the Glens” explained: “My father, Ian, got an MBE for services to shinty from Prince Charles over a decade ago, and now I have got mine for outstanding services to shinty. There can’t be many fathers and sons who have both been made Members of the Order of the British Empire. Prince Charles told me he remembered making my dad an MBE, and we talked about shinty and my work. He said he had always wanted to come along and watch a shinty game.”

Ross, who has scored well over 1,000 goals and now works as a development officer for the Camanachd Association, was born to be a shinty player. His dad was a top player with Kingussie and went on to manage them to a string of successes, while his maternal grandfather was Minto Sellar, who won the Camanachd Cup with Newtonmore in 1931.