 In 2012 they won the Camanachd Cup for the first time since 1994, defeating local rivals Inveraray in the final.The club was founded in 1896 as "Kyles Athletic Football and Shinty Club", the same year as the first Camanachd Cup, which Kyles have gone on to win more times than any other club apart from the Badenoch giants, Newtonmore, sharing the second place spot with Kingussie, 21 times in all.They have also won the Celtic Society Cup 29 times and the MacAulay Cup a further 10 times.