The Saturday Shinty Snapshot – Saturday 1 October 2011. | |
04 October 2011 There was a crucial day’s shinty at the bottom of the Scottish Hydro Premier Division on Saturday 1 October 2011. Scottish Hydro Premier DivisionKyles Athletic P Newtonmore P There was disappointment all round as the match of the day between league leaders Kyles Athletic and reigning champions Newtonmore was postponed because the pitch at Tighnabruaich was unplayable. Lovat 3 Kingussie 4 Lovat were desperately unlucky not to take something from their game with Kingussie to Balgate. The home side were desperate to take at least a point and they led twice in the first half thanks to a Greg Matheson double but each time they were pegged back by James Hutchison and Ronald Ross. Barrie Dallas put Kingussie ahead for the first time in the game when he made it 3-2 a minutes into the second half but Lovat looked to have earned a valuable point when Euan Ferguson netted after 54 minutes. However Ronald Ross struck just 5 minutes from time to make it 4-3 and take the points back to the Dell. Glenorchy 0 Inveraray 5 Inveraray go seventh with a 5-0 win over Glenorchy at Mart Park. Chris Crawford scored twice whilst Garry MacPherson went one better with a hat-trick. This was a must win game for Inveraray as their final league game is at the Eilan against Newtonmore. Oban Camanachd 1 Glenurquhart 3 Oban Camanachd were unable to give their chances of survival a real boost when they went down 3-1 in their Mossfield meeting with Glenurquhart. John Barr scored the only goal of the first half whilst Neale Reid netted twice in the second period. Oban Camanachd’s counter was a Scott MacMillan penalty. Marine Harvest South Division 1Taynuilt 2 Bute 5 A Roberto Zavaroni double helped champions Bute to a 5-2 win at Taynuilt in their penultimate game of the season. Glasgow Mid Argyll 7 Oban Celtic 2 Second place Glasgow Mid Argyll beat sixth place Oban Celtic in both side’s final match of the season at Yoker. A Craig Anderson double helped Mid Argyll to a narrow 4-3 win when the sides met earlier in the season and the Scotland U17 striker grabbed a hat-trick in this one. It wasn’t to be his last hat-trick of the weekend as he also scored three times as the South U17s beat their North counter-parts 4-3 at Mossfield, Oban the following day. Kyles Athletic 3 Kilmory 1 David Martin scored twice as third bottom Kyles Athletic beat second bottom Kilmory 3-1. Marine Harvest North Division 2Kilmallie 1 Glenurquhart 1 Kilmallie will be relegated to Marine Harvest North Division 3 following their 1-1 draw with Glenurquhart at the Canal Parks. After a goalless first half, Peter McIntyre gave Kilmallie hope with a goal 3 minutes into the second period. However a Liam Girvan strike 4 minutes from time means Kilmallie and not Glenurquhart will drop out of the league. Kilmallie will be left to rue three missed penalties in the game. Skye Camanachd 5 Glengarry 1 David Grant and Danny Morrison netted twice as Skye Camanachd rounded off their season with a 5-1 win over Glengarry at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. Iain MacLellan got the other home goal whilst Steven Cameron was on target for the visitors. |