2015 Balliemore Cup Final ………….. 3 Days To Go! | |
15 July 2015 Beauly had two home ties and a titanic semi-final clash on a neutral venue on their way to reaching the Balliemore Cup Final where they play Glasgow Mid Argyll at the Dell on Saturday 18 July 2015.
Saturday 11 April 2015 Balliemore Cup – First Round Beauly 3 Caberfeidh 0 Beauly are through to the next round after they beat Caberfeidh 3-0 at Braeview Park. Beauly’s Sean Stewart started a two game suspension whilst Colin MacDonald was still out with a hand injury. Caberfeidh boss Lee Nicol played Ally MacLennan at full back in place of Gavin MacDonald. Beauly played with the wind advantage in the first half and Marc MacLachlan gave them a 15 minute lead when he muscled in to gain possession after Cabers goalie Ewan Pilcher had kept out a Barrie MacDonald effort and the former Strathglass front-man tucked the ball home. MacLachlan got his and Beauly’s second on 35 minutes when his shot took a deflection past a helpless Pilcher following a corner. MacLachlan then turned provider as he set up wing centre Jack MacDonald, who had pushed forward from midfield, to score Beauly’s third on the stroke of half-time. Cabers had the elements in the second half but they were unable to cut the deficit so Beauly go through to host Ballachulish in the next round. One concern for Beauly boss Roger Cormack will be an injury to full centre David MacLean which saw him have to leave the field.
Saturday 23 May 2015 Balliemore Cup – Quarter Finals Beauly 7 Ballachulish 1 Beauly are through to the Balliemore Cup semi-finals after they beat Ballachulish 7-1 in their 2pm throw up at Braeview Park. Beauly pair Conor Ross and Bryan MacKay were free of suspension. John MacDonald was still banned for Balla’ but Stuart Robertson was free of his two-match suspension. Beauly forward Marc MacLachlan scored against his former club to give the home side a 19 minute lead. MacLachlan added a second on 39 minutes and Beauly benefited from an own goal a minute later. When Marc MacLachlan completed a first half hat-trick on the stroke of half time to make it 4-0, there was only going to be one winner. Balla’s Allan Clark pulled a goal back a couple of minutes into the second half but Beauly turned the screw with three goals in the last half hour of the tie. Youngster Sandy Elrick helped himself to a double with goals on 62 and 79 minutes and Sean Stewart scored 3 minutes from time to make it 7-1.Beauly will now face Bute or Kilmallie in next month’s semi-finals. After the match, Beauly held a ceremony where their Clubhouse was named “The Paterson’s Pavilion” in tribute to shinty playing brothers Donald and Alasdair Paterson, who gave their lives in the Battle of Festubert 100 years earlier, and others who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Saturday 20 June 2015 Balliemore Cup – Semi Final Kilmallie 3 Beauly 4 (after extra-time) The Balliemore Cup semi-final between Kilmallie and Beauly at Craigard was always going to be a close affair and that’s the way it turned out as it took an extra-time period to settle the outcome with Beauly eventually running out 4-3 winners. The sides had already met three times this season and they had one draw and a win apiece to show for their efforts. Kilmallie saw full back Allan MacDonald and buckshee back Peter Carmichael return for this game. However keeper Shane Gillies was missing so Seb MacMillan took over between the sticks. Kilmallie had Craig MacIsaac available for this 2pm throw up but he will missed the following week’s Artemis Macaulay Cup tie with Newtonmore because of a bookings points accumulation. Beauly’s Jamie MacLennan returned after an injury stricken spell on the sidelines. However Calum Morrison and Ryan MacKay were missing. Beauly took the lead on 6 minutes when Barrie MacDonald hit a shot from midfield which eluded keeper MacMillan and the ball nestled in the back of the net to make it 1-0. Kilmallie weathered some early Beauly pressure and then started to ask questions of the Canal Parks side’s defence with Michael Rodger twice coming close to conjuring up a leveller. The equalising goal came on 38 minutes with Ryan Stewart forcing the ball home to make it 1-1 after a goalmouth scramble. Beauly introduced two of their MacTavish Juvenile Cup winning side at half-time with Andrew Morrison replacing Ross Forbes and Sandy Elrick taking over from Colin MacDonald. Kilmallie made a bright start to the second period with John Stewart forcing a Josh Grant stop and Liam MacDonald sending a shot over the top of the bar. The second half was just 6 minutes old when Kilmallie defender Peter Carmichael was shown a straight red card by referee John MacGregor following a clash with Sean Stewart. Martin Stewart dropped back into defence for the Blues. Kilmallie were not for folding though and Ryan Stewart put the ball high into the Beauly net from close-range on 62 minutes and his second goal put his side 2-1 ahead. The tie continued to swing from end to end and Conor Ross controlled a ball from the left before unleashing a forceful drive past keeper Seb MacMillan which made it 2-2 with 73 minutes played. Beauly goalie Josh Grant did well to foil Michael Rodger from point-blank range as both teams knew the next goal could win the tie. The contest became eleven versus eleven when Beauly’s Jamie MacLennan was shown a straight red carded following a tussle with John Stewart with just seconds of the regulation 90 minutes remaining. Referee John MacGregor took the tie to an extra-time period and there was plenty more action to come. Beauly went back in front on 97 minutes. Beauly had used their shys as a great weapon all afternoon and Marc MacLachlan, who has a previous Balliemore Cup winner’s medal from his time at Strathglass, collected one such dead ball before turning and sending a shot from a tight angle over goalie MacMillan’s shoulder into the net to make it 3-2. Beauly gave themselves a two-goal cushion on 100 minutes when full centre David MacLean burst forward from midfield and although goalie MacMillan attempted to save MacLean’s shot with his feet, the ball spun high into the net to make it 4-2. Kilmallie were dogged though and with just 7 minutes remaining, Liam MacDonald lost his marker and latched onto a ball forward and he slipped the ball past the advancing Josh Grant into the net to make it 4-3. Kilmallie threw everything at Beauly in the closing stages but they couldn’t restore parity so Beauly, after losing out in three previous Balliemore Cup Finals, have the chance to make it fourth time lucky.
Event Details The 2015 Balliemore Cup between Glasgow Mid Argyll and Beauly throws up at 2.30pm and John MacGregor is the match referee. Admission is £5 / £3 concessions and U12s go free if accompanied by an adult. |