John MacKinnon Memorial Shinty Sixes Squad Line-Ups – The Jager Crew | |
20 December 2013 The team line-ups are now being announced for the John MacKinnon Memorial Shinty Sixes which take place at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree on Saturday 28 December 2013. There is a strong Skye Camanachd Ladies connection in The Jager Crew side led by Marion Gillies. There are no fewer than five players from the Skye Camanachd Ladies team including their player manager Sarah Corrigall and forwards Lorna MacRae and Jenna Beaton. Catriona Gibb and ladies captain Roz Lamond make up the female contingent. Their U17 player is Ally MacLeod who featured in the Skye first team during the latter part of the season. Veterans Robbie Gordon and Willie MacRae make up the numbers. The Jager Crew - Sarah Corrigall (ladies), Jenna Beaton, Roz Lamond, Catriona Gibb, Ally “Cloudy” MacLeod (U17), Robbie Gordon, Willie MacRae (over45), Lorna MacRae Event Details The John MacKinnon Memorial Sixes is an invitational tournament and the competing teams should be at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree for registration at 9.30am with the first matches throwing up at 10am The competing teams will be mainly from Skye but there will also be sides from Kinlochshiel, Lewis, Lochcarron, a veterans Kingussie side and a team from Lovat’s Gallacher family. It is looking at this stage as if there will be fourteen teams in total taking part. Each squad will have a maximum of eight players and must include an over 45 player, an U17 player and a ladies player in their squad. There will be a trophy for the winners, medals for the winners and runners up, as well as awards for the Player of the Tournament, Ladies Player of the Tournament, Over 45 Player of the Tournament and U17 Player of the Tournament. The John MacKinnon Memorial Shinty Sixes will be jointly sponsored by DA MacLennan, Kyleakin and Highland Industrial Supplies, Inverness with the shinty balls provided courtesy of the Shinty Shop. Davie MacVicar is the event organiser and there will be more news on the other participating teams to follow. |