The Saturday Shinty Snapshot - Saturday 27 August 2011. | |
27 August 2011 It was a big shinty day at both the top and bottom of the Scottish Hydro Premier League and Bute clinched the Marine Harvest South Division 1 title and a return to shinty’s top flight on Saturday 27 August 2011. Scottish Hydro Premier Division Newtonmore 2 Fort William 1 Newtonmore won the match of the day in the Scottish Hydro Premier Division with a 2-1 victory over Fort William in their 3pm clash at the Eilan. Danny MacRae put the home side ahead on 10 minutes whilst Glen MacKintosh scored a crucial second a minute before the break. Gary Innes made it 2-1 within a minute of the restart but ’More stayed in front to win the game and they now trail leaders Kyles Athletic by two points. Kilmallie 3 Kyles Athletic 6 Kyles Athletic capitalised on Fort William’s slip-up and returned to the top of the table with a 6-3 win over Kilmallie at the Canal Parks. Dunkie Kerr scored twice for Kyles whilst Roddy MacDonald went one better with a hat-trick. Wing centre Robbie MacLeod got the other. Michael Rodger, Peter MacIntyre and Liam MacDonald netted for the home side and Michael Rodger was sent off by referee Colin MacDonald. Inveraray 7 Kingussie 5 Inveraray fought hard to win two important points to aid their relegation battle when they beat Kingussie 7-5 at the Winterton. Grant Griffin put the home side 1-0 up although a Paul Gow strike made it one each. Russell McKinlay put Inveraay back in front and Neil Campbell made it 3-1 a couple of minutes into the second half but a Ronald Ross double in 3 minutes squared the game. Grant Griffin and Russell McKinlay netted again to put Inveraray 5-3 up before Griffin completed his hat-trick to make it 6-3. Kingussie fought back and Ronald Ross completed his hat-trick 5 minutes from time and Lee Bain made it 6-5 just 60 seconds later. However Inveraray had the final say as Russell McKinlay completed his hat-trick a couple of minutes from time to seal a 7-5 win and clinch two vital points which puts Inveraray ahead of Lovat on goal difference and a point ahead of second bottom Oban Camanachd who have a couple games in hand. Glenorchy P Lovat P The match between Glenorchy and Lovat at Dalmally was postponed because of a bereavement. Marine Harvest North Division 1 Beauly 1 Kinlochshiel 3 Newly crowned champions Kinlochshiel maintained their 100% record with a 3-1 win over Beauly at Braeview Park. ‘Shiel were missing six players who played the full 90 minutes against Skye Camanachd last weekend. Finlay MacRae scored twice for the champions whilst his brother Keith MacRae got the other. Lochcarron 3 Lochaber 6 Lochaber came back from 3-1 down to beat Lochcarron 6-3 at Braeview Park. Ben Delaney grabbed a hat-trick for the Spean Bridge side. Marine Harvest South Division 1 Bute 3 Glasgow Mid Argyll 1 Bute clinched the Marine Harvest South Division 1 title and promotion to shinty’s top flight with a 3-1 victory over Glasgow Mid Argyll on Rothesay. The visitors took the lead through Mark Bain on 7 minutes but their hopes were dashed when Robert Walker levelled 10 minutes later. Robert Walker got his second on 61 minutes and Robert Ferguson made it 3-1 on 67 minutes to clinch a 3-1 win and spark celebrations amongst the Islanders support. Bute now add the league title to the Balliemore Cup won earlier in the season. Ballachulish 2 Lochside Rovers 0 Lochside Rovers’ recent performances put them in with a chance of nicking second place in the league but they went down 2-0 Ballachulish. Duncan MacDonald scored on 35 and 40 minutes to win the game. Kyles Athletic 2 Taynuilt 4 Third bottom Kyles Athletic lost 4-2 to fourth top Taynuilt at Tighnabruaich. Stewart Scott scored two first half goals for the visitors. Aberdour 6 Kilmory 0 The bottom two sides met in Fife and Aberdour came out on top with a 6-0 win over Kilmory. Doug Newsom scored a first half hat-trick for Aberdour. Marine Harvest North Division 2 Newtonmore 3 Fort William 3 The match of the day in Marine Harvest North Division 2 was the 12 noon throw up between Newtonmore and Fort William at the Eilan. The first half was goalless but the sides shared six second half goals. Jack Fraser put the Fort ahead after 50 minutes but Chris Sellar made it 1-1 just 3 minutes later. Josh McGhee put the visitors in front again on 65 minutes but Connor Jones made it 2-2 just 5 minutes later. Evan Menzies put Newtonmore ahead for the first time in the game on 81 minutes but a Bobby MacMillan strike 2 minutes from time earned Victor Smith’s side a share of the points. Lochaber 1 Kinlochshiel 3 Kinlochshiel won two crucial points with a 3-1 victory over Lochaber at Spean Bridge. Allan MacDiarmid, Oliver MacRae and Scott Kennedy were on target for ‘Shiel. Skye Camanachd 2 Kingussie 0 Skye Camanachd put the disappointment of last week’s poor showing against Lochaber behind them as they beat Aberdein Considine Sutherland Cup winners Kingussie 2-0 at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree, First half goals from Will Cowie and Iain Nicolson gave the Islanders the points. Glengarry P Lovat P The match between Glengarry and Lovat at Invergarry was postponed because of a bereavement. Marine Harvest North Division 3 Boleskine 8 Lewis Camanachd 0 Boleskine were too strong for Lewis Camanachd as they won 8-0 before the BBC Alba cameras at Smith Park. The TV station has been following the Islanders maiden season in the league and this was both teams’ final league game. |