Bute 0 Skye Camanachd 5 | |
19 August 2019 Skye Camanachd beat Bute 5-0 in their Mowi National Division match at the Meadows on Saturday 17 August 2019. Bute’s Iain McDonald was suspended for this 2pm throw up. Marcus Scott served the second game of his two-match suspension whilst Jordan Murchison was ruled out with a leg injury. Stewart Grant was given a start. Heavy rain on the Friday had left the pitch extremely soft in places. Skye made a 460 round trip for this match and they went on the attack from the throw up and some nice interplay between the front-line created a number of openings before they eventually took the lead on 5 minutes courtesy of blistering James Pringle strike which nearly tore a hole in the back of the net. Ross Gordon was causing the Bute defence all sorts of problems with his running and movement and he deservedly doubled the lead 5 minutes later with a neat turn and finish from 20 yards with the ball going into the bottom left corner of the goal. In a rare foray forward, Bute created uncertainty in the Skye defence but custodian Ryan Morrison was quick off his line to clear the danger. The Skye midfield continued to dominate with Will Cowie pulling the strings at full centre. Ian MacLellan was determined to get on the score-sheet and his perseverance was rewarded on 15 minutes with a neat turn and finish into the bottom corner. Skye added a fourth goal on the half hour from an unlikely source. There seemed little danger when the ball went out for a shy on the far side of the field. However wing centre Ally “Cleodi” MacLeod had other ideas as he took the hit-in, floating a great ball on target which looped into the far top corner of the net. The second half followed a similar pattern with Skye dominating possession but Bute never stopped working hard. James Pringle got his second on 50 minutes following a strong run and neat finish with the goal all Skye had to show for their second half efforts. Skye Camanachd from: Ryan Morrison: Jamie Gillies, Martin Pringle, Ally MacDonald, William MacKinnon: Ally MacLeod, Will Cowie (captain), Stewart Grant: Ross MacKinnon, Ross Gordon, Iain MacLellan, James Pringle: subs Iain Nicolson, James Morrison, Allan MacLeod Match Referee – Ross Brown Scorers Bute (None) Skye Camanachd James Pringle (5, 50) Ross Gordon (10) Iain MacLellan (15) Ally MacLeod (30) |