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29 August 2015 The Skye Camanachd first team remain top of the Marine Harvest National Division and the Skye U14s reached the MacMaster Cup Final following this week’s fixtures. Skye Camanachd’s title charge remains on course following a 6-1 win over Glasgow Mid Argyll at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree on Saturday 29 August 2015. Skye Camanachd manager John MacLeod made three changes to the squad which beat Ballachulish in the league a week earlier. Danny Morrison and Kenny Campbell – who scored six goals between them in that game – were unavailable whilst John Gillies was also left out after picking up a knock whilst playing for the Skye Camanachd U17s during the week. They were replaced by Gilleasbuig MacDonald, a fit again Will Cowie and David MacInnes. Kenny MacLeod was still out having failed to recover from concussion. George Hay’s GMA side were Balliemore Cup runners up this season and they went into the match in third place in the league. Hay was without former Caberfeidh player Ewen Murray who served a one game ban for exceeding the disciplinary points threshold. The visitors travelled with just twelve players but they fielded a strong line-up. Former Kinlochshiel player John Don MacKenzie slotted in at full back in place of Ryan Harrison who was on holiday. Skye took the lead after just 5 minutes. Neil MacVicar won possession following a GMA goal hit and he found Allan MacKinnon who played in Iain Nicolson and he pushed the ball to Shockie MacLennan on the Skye right. MacLennan’s reverse pass found Nicolson and whilst Jonathon Oates in the GMA goal saved Nicolson’s shot, Jordan Murchison slammed the rebound into the net to make it 1-0. Skye took the direct route to double their advantage on 9 minutes. An Iain MacLeod goal-hit was knocked down by Allan MacKinnon to Gilleasbuig MacDonald who sent a drive down the middle and Shockie MacLennan flicked the ball on to Jordan Murchison who took a touch before scoring to make it 2-0. Murchison and MacLennan swapped roles on 27 minutes as Jordan Murchison collected possession in the centre circle and he held off a couple of challenges before bursting forward and he played a perfectly weighted pass to Shockie MacLennan who sent a well-struck low shot into the net to make it 3-0. GMA pulled a goal back just 3 minutes before the break when youngster Calum McLay rifled the ball into the net following a goalmouth scramble. Jordan Murchison completed his hat-trick just 4 minutes after the restart. Will Cowie won possession for Skye and he sent the ball forward to Shockie MacLennan and his reverse pass picked out Murchison who sent the ball low into the net to make it 4-1. Both sides slugged it out before Skye added two late goals to round off the 6-1 win. Iain Nicolson brought down a Neil MacVicar shy on 81 minutes and he crashed the ball over Jonathon Oates shoulder to make it 5-1. Jordan Murchison got his fourth goal of the afternoon with just a couple of minutes remaining. Murchison’s initial effort was blocked but his second attempted deceived keeper Jonathon Oates and the ball ended up in the back of the net to round off the 6-1 win. Jordan Murchison, Neil MacVicar and Gilleasbuig MacDonald shone for Skye. Craig Anderson, John Don MacKenzie and Conal Mulholland were best for GMA. Skye remain a couple of points ahead of second place Kilmallie. Both sides have two fixtures remaining, starting with a crucial meeting at the Canal Parks in a fortnight’s time. The Skye Camanachd second team did not have a fixture. The Skye Camanachd Ladies did not have a fixture. Skye Camanachd U17 lost 1-0 in their London Shield meeting with Kinlochshiel U17 at Kirkton on Tuesday 25 August 2015. Liam Arnott scored the only goal of the game. Skye Camanachd U14 are through to the MacMaster Cup Final after they beat Oban Camanachd U14 7-2 at Craigard on Friday 28 August 2015. Angie MacDonald and a Ruaraidh MacLeod double had Skye 3-0 ahead. Oban pulled a goal back from the penalty spot but Ruaraidh MacLeod completed his hat-trick to leave Skye 4-1 ahead at the break. Dan MacDonald and two goals from Ryan Macaskill saw Skye lead 7-1 before Oban pulled another goal back. Skye are now through to the MacMaster Cup Final which takes place at Mossfield, Oban on SSE Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup Final day - Saturday 19 September 2015. |