2010 Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup Preliminary & First Round Draws. | |
01 March 2010 The draws have been made for the Preliminary Round and First Round of the Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup.
The sides entering the competition at this stage are;
1 Ballachulish 2 Beauly 3 Caberfeidh 4 Glenorchy 5 Inverness 6 Kilmallie 7 Kilmory 8 Kinlochshiel 9 Lochaber 10 Lochcarron 11 Skye Camanachd 12 Oban Celtic 13 Strathglass 14 Taynuilt
There were two Preliminary Round ties drawn.
There will be an all Marine Harvest North Division 1 clash between Kilmallie and Beauly at Canal Parks. The sides enjoyed two fine tussles in the league last season and both made it to the second round of last season’s Scottish Camanachd Cup before going out to Scottish Hydro National Premier League opposition.
The second Preliminary Round ties sees Kinlochshiel make the journey south to play Kilmory. Kinlochshiel finished fourth in Marine Harvest North Division 1 last season whilst Kilmory finished third in Marine Harvest South Division 1.
The remaining ten teams each received a bye.
The Preliminary Round ties will be played on Saturday 27 March 2010.
The draw for the First Round throws up the possibility of two or three interesting North v South clashes.
Skye Camanachd have been given a home tie against Ballachulish. Ballachulish finished sixth in Marine Harvest South Division 1 last season whilst Skye Camanachd finished third in Marine Harvest North Division 1. Both sides went out of the competition to Marine Harvest North Division 1 opposition at the First Round stage last season. Skye Camanachd lost 3-2 to Kilmallie at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree whilst Ballachulish lost 5-0 to Beauly at Jubilee Park.
The winners of the Preliminary Round tie between Kilmallie and Beauly will host Taynuilt who are newly promoted to Marine Harvest South Division 1.
Caberfeidh host the winners of the Preliminary Round tie between Kilmory and Kinlochshiel. Caberfeidh hosted the south side in the same round last season in a tie they won 1-0. Shiel had a very successful 2009 Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup, beating Inverness and Glenurquhart before losing out to Fort William after extra time.
Lochaber travel west to play Lochcarron at Battery Park. Both sides lost out in the Second Round of the 2009 competition.
Strathglass make the short journey to the Bught Park to play Inverness. Both sides went out in the First Round last season so one will progress further this time around.
There is an all-south meeting between Glenorchy, recently relegated to Marine Harvest South Division 1, and Oban Celtic.
The First Round ties will be played on Saturday 24 April 2010.
The draw for the Second Round will include the winning 6 teams from the First Round and the 10 teams from the Scottish Hydro National Premier Division. The draw will be made immediately following the First Round matches. |