Fort William Ladies 1 Skye Camanachd Ladies 15 | |
27 February 2018 Skye Camanachd Ladies opened the defence of their Marine Harvest National Division 1 title with 15-1 win against Fort William Ladies at An Aird on Sunday 25 February 2018. Robbie Gordon’s side travelled for this 1.30pm throw up with some notable absentees including Caitlin MacLean, Abby MacLean, Holly MacLean and Kirsty Dibble. Skye got off to the perfect start with Lorna MacRae netting after just 12 seconds. Jenna Beaton scored a quick-fire double on 7 and 8 minutes and Lorna MacRae got her second on 10 minutes to make it 4-0. Sarah Corrigall added a couple more strikes on 11 and 16 minutes before Fort William’s Leah Maxtone pulled a goal back straight from the restart to make it 6-1. However there was no respite for the home side as Jenna Beaton completed her hat-trick on 18 minutes. Lorna MacRae completed her hat-trick on the half-hour mark with Sarah Corrigall doing like-wise on 39 minutes so Skye lead 9-1 at the break. Jenna Beaton got Skye back on the goal trail just 3 minutes after the restart and Lorna MacRae also bagged her fourth goal of the game on 46 minutes to make it 11-1. Katherine Dibble added her name to the scoresheet on 55 minutes and Jenna Beaton took her tally to five goals on 70 minutes. Lorna MacRae became the second Skye player to hit five goals a minute later. Sarah Corrigall netted a minute before the end of the first half and she repeated the feat a minute before full time, her fourth goal of the afternoon, to round off the 15-1 win. Skye showed that they are determined not to let their grasp on the title slip whilst Fort William never let their heads drop in what was a tough a challenge as they will face all season. Skye Camanachd Ladies from: Sarah Jane Ferguson, Lorna MacRae (captain), Nicola MacSween, Christina MacDonald, Emma Gordon, Rhianna Kirk, Izzy Law, Ilana Paterson, Jenna Beaton, Sarah Corrigall, Katherine Dibble, Shannon MacDonald Match Referee – Iain Kennedy Scorers Fort William Ladies Leah Maxtone (17) Skye Camanachd Ladies Lorna MacRae (1, 10, 30, 46, 71) Jenna Beaton (7, 8, 18, 43, 70) Sarah Corrigall (11, 16, 39, 79) Katherine Dibble (55) |