Fort William retained the Camanachd Cup, beating Kingussie by two goals to one in a pulsating final at An Aird.
The game was only 4 minutes old when John MacLeod failed to cut out a diagonal ball - his only slip of the day - and Ronald Ross took on Adam Robertson and sent an unstoppable backhand shot past Fort William keeper Scott McNeil. It was exactly the start Fort William wanted to avoid and they were punished by the player they knew could do them most damage.
Fort William too had chances in the first half but couldn't find a way past Andrew Borthwick in the Kingussie goal. However Kingussie finished the half strongly and a theme of the closing stages was the heavy treatment dished out to Ronald Ross. Graham Bamber was booked for a particularly bad challenge on Ross that never looked like conecting with the ball and how Adam Robertson escaped a booking in the first half remains a mystery.
Chris Bamber made a great goal line stop when Paul Gow took on keeper McNeil and this was to prove a turning point in the game.
Fort William introduced Gordie MacKinnon in the second half with John MacDonald moving to wing centre. This coupled with whatever Drew McNeil said at half time saw a more focused Fort William start the second half.
The first half was only 4 minutes old when Kingussie's talisman made his mark and the second half was also in the fourth minute when Fort William's main man James Clark took a pass with his back to goal, turned and sent a bullet shot into the net to level the final.
Much as Kingussie tried to restore their lead it was Clark again who fired another great shot to give his side the lead and send the Fort William support wild.
Robertson was eventually booked after 65 minutes and was lucky not to pick up a second booking minutes later. McNeil recognised what was happening and substituted Robertson, much to his full back's displeasure.
Fort held on and retained the famous trophy for the first time.
Two goal James Clark won the Albert Smith medal for man of the match although Chris Bamber and John MacLeod must have run him close.
(Read more on the Camanachd Cup Final in The View From The Touchline)