Glenurquhart 3 Skye Camanachd 3 | |
22 July 2019 Second placed Glenurquhart came from two goals down to draw 3-3 with third placed Skye Camanachd in their Mowi National Division match at Blairbeg on Saturday 20 July 2019. Glen’s James MacPherson returned for this 2.30pm throw up and John Barr was free to play but he will miss next weekend’s league meeting with Glasgow Mid Argyll after passing through the disciplinary points threshold. Skye were missing John Gillies, Ally MacDonald, Iain Nicolson, Stewart Grant, James Morrison and Ross MacKinnon but James Pringle and Marcus Scott were back. Glenurquhart started well and it took some terrific goalkeeping from Skye custodian Ryan Morrison to keep his side on level terms. The opening goal came at the other end as James Pringle found space to score with a nice low finish on 11 minutes. Skye’s second was a bit of a gift as Glen keeper Stuart MacKintosh made an initial save but he pushed the ball out, straight to Skye’s Ross Gordon who scored from the edge of the D to make it 2-0 with 31 minutes gone. Skye went on to enjoy their best period of the match without being able to add to their tally. There was a second half flash-point for referee Graham Cameron to deal with when Connor Golabek got involved in a bit of a wrestling match. He was shown a red card as was Skye’s Marcus Scott who only appeared to be trying to act as peace-maker. This seemed to reinvigorate Glenurquhart and Neale Reid, who had dropped back to full centre after Michael Fraser was withdrawn, strode forward from the middle of the park. Reid wasn’t closed down and he hit the ball with pace to make it 2-1 after 66 minutes. A nice finish from Ewan Brady on 81 minutes made it 2-2 and a draw seemed likely. However Skye benefited when, with 3 minutes remaining, John Barr went for a high ball into the goal area and spectacularly smashed the ball into his own net to put 3-2 ahead with just 3 minutes remaining. Glenurquhart’s James MacPherson had had a frustrating afternoon but, with the game into stoppage time, MacPherson gathered the ball on the wing. There seemed little danger until he bulleted the ball high into the net to earn his side an unlikely point. Cameron MacKintosh played well for the Glen with keeper Ryan Morrison excelling for Skye. Skye Camanachd from: Ryan Morrison; Jamie Gillies, Martin Pringle, Ally MacDonald, William MacKinnon; Ally MacLeod, Will Cowie (captain), Marcus Scott; Jordan Murchison, Iain MacLellan, Ross Gordon, James Pringle; subs: Daniel Morrison, Calum Robertson, Allan MacLeod Match Referee – Graham Cameron Scorers Glenurquhart Neale Reid (66) Ewan Brady (81) James MacPherson (90) Skye Camanachd James Pringle (11) Ross Gordon (31) John Barr (OG) (87) |