The Saturday Shinty Snapshot – Saturday 25 June 2011. | |
26 June 2011 Kyles Athletic won the 107th Glasgow Celtic Society Cup Final with a 2-1 win over Oban Camanachd at The Winterton whilst Bute reached the Balliemore Cup Final and Newtonmore closed the gap at the top of the Scottish Hydro Premier Division to a single point on Saturday 25 June 2011. Glasgow Celtic Society Cup Final Oban Camanachd 1 Kyles Athletic 2 A good crowd turned out for the only match in the South bar the Ballimore Cup semi final as Kyles Athletic beat Oban Camanachd 2-1 at The Winterton to win the 107th Glasgow Celtic Society Cup Final. Roddy MacDonald put the Tighnabruaich men ahead after 27 minutes and that goal separated the sides until 8 minutes from time when Fraser MacDonald made it 2-0. Kyles’ Donald Irvine was sent off by referee Billy Wotherspoon a couple of minutes from time and although Oban Camanachd fought back with a Scott MacMillan goal a minute from time, Kyles held on for their first success in this competition since 2000. Strathdearn Cup - Quarter Final Skye Camanachd 3 Newtonmore 4 Two blistering strikes from Shaun Hedley were not enough for Skye Camanachd as they went down 4-3 in their Strathdearrn Cup quarter final tie with Newtonmore at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. Evan Menzies scored twice for the visitors and Chris Sellar and Conor Jones got the others. Incidentally Skye Camanachd’s other goal came from half time substitute Donnie Campbell who last weekend completed a run from Glasgow to Skye in aid of Skye Cancer Care. Fort William 2 Lovat 0 Fort William are through to the Strathdearn Cup semi finals as goals from Davie Duncan and Josh McGhee gave them a 2-0 win over Lovat at An Aird. Fort William will now meet Newtonmore in the last four with Glenurquhart and Glengarry also clashing for a place in the final. Balliemore Cup - Semi Final Lochaber 3 Bute 3 (after extra time. Bute win 3-2 on penalties) Bute will play Caberfeidh in the Balliemore Cup Final at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree on Saturday 23 July 2011. The Islanders trailed Lochaber 3-1 with only 3 minutes of extra time remaining in their semi final meeting at Taynuilt but they fought back to level the contest before eventually winning through following a dramatic penalty shoot-out. Lochaber took the lead through Scott Paterson a couple of minutes before the break. However Robert Walker levelled on 63 minutes and with no further scoring, referee Robert Baxter took the tie into an extra-time period. Ryan Toal restored Lochaber’s lead after 95 minutes and when Danny Delaney made it 3-1 with only 5 minutes remaining, Lochaber looked to be heading for the final. Bute’s Hector Whitelaw shot home to make it 3-2 with only 3 minutes remaining and Roberto Zavaroni made it 3-3 with just seconds to go. Bute came out on top 3-2 on penalties. Scottish Hydro Premier Division Newtonmore 6 Lovat 2 Scottish Hydro Premier Division champions Newtonmore closed the gap on leaders Kyles Athletic to a single point with a 6-2 win over Lovat at the Eilan. John MacKenzie and Ackie MacRae each scored twice for Newtonmore a Newtonmore side who were minus talisman Danny MacRae. Kilmallie 0 Kingussie 8 Co-operative MacTavish Cup winners Kingussie ran out 8-0 winners against Kilmallie at the Canal Parks. This year’s captain Ronald Ross and last year’s captain Barrie Dallas each grabbed hat-tricks for the Kings whilst Kevin Thain scored twice. Glenurquhart 0 Fort William 3 An early Bryan Simpson goal got Fort William off to a great start against Glenurquhart at Blairbeg. Further goals from Garry Innes and Ryan Campbell completed a 3-0 win. Marine Harvest North Division 1 Kinlochshiel 2 Skye Camanachd 1 A goal in each half from Finlay MacRae and Gordie MacDonald gave league leaders Kinlochshiel a 2-0 derby win over Skye Camanachd at Kirkton. This win means ‘Shiel are now half-way through their league programme and their seven wins out of seven league games this season makes them early title favourites. Inverness 0 Beauly 10 Inverness went down 10-0 to Beauly at the Bught Park. Jack MacDonald and Jamie MacLennan each grabbed hat-tricks for the Greens. Inverness’ David Glass was sent off. Lochcarron 2 Strathglass 1 Strathglass headed for the west coast for the third consecutive Saturday. After trips to play Kinlochshiel and Skye Camanachd, they took a 12 minute lead against Lochcarron at Battery Park thanks to a Garry Reid goal. Lochcarron’s Kieran Murray squared the match on the hour mark. Veteran Iain MacKenzie scored the winning goal for the home side on 75 minutes and the win takes Lochcarron to fourth place in the table. Marine Harvest North Division 2 Glengarry 5 Lochaber 1 Glengarry bounced back from last week’s defeat at Kinlochshiel when they beat Lochaber 5-1 at Invergarry. Aaran Clark and Stephen Brady scored doubles for the home side. . Kingussie 3 Kilmallie 3 Second half goals from Brian MacKay and Craig MacIsaac earned Kilmallie a point as they fought back from 3-1 down to draw with Kingussie in their Friday night meeting at the Dell. Kevin Thain scored twice for the Kings reserve side before doing the same for the first team the following day. Marine Harvest North Division 3 Lochbroom 0 Aberdeen University 7 Brian Slattery grabbed a hat-trick as league leaders Aberdeen University ran out 7-0 winners in Ullapool against Lochbroom. Inverness 1 Caberfeidh 9 Caberfeidh were 9-1 winners in their 12 noon throw up at the Bught Park against Inverness. Craig Morrison and Alan Ross each scored hat-tricks for the visitors. Kirk Taylor netted twice whilst Blair Morrison got the other and Gordie Gray replied for the home side. Lochcarron 4 Lewis Camanachd 1 Gregor Cushnie scored twice as Lochcarron beat Lewis Camanachd 4-1 at Battery Park. Lewis’ day got off to a bad start when they arrived for the game without their strips so they wore the Skye Camanachd change strip for the match. Beauly W/O v Ardnamurchan Beauly had a walk-over as Ardnamurchan were unable to field a team for their meeting at Braeview Park. Strathglass v Boleskine W/O Strathglass were unable to raise a team for their match against Boleskine at Cannich so the visitors were awarded the points for the second time this season as Strathglass were also unable to raise a team for their meeting in Farr. |