 The developmental aim of the club was to compete against the other shinty teams in North America.However, their extreme distance from any other club, the rest of the clubs being on the Western Seaboard, meant that Houston did not develop into a fully blown club and as of 2010 can be considered to be inactive.Dunedin Camanachd was founded in the Spring of 2006 by an Ex-Pat Scot, being the First East Coast club in a century.