Skye Camanachd U17 3 Beauly U17 0 | |
05 July 2013 Skye Camanachd U17 beat Beauly U17 3-0 in their rearranged London Shield clash at Pairc nan Loach, Portree on Wednesday 3 July 2013. This 7.15pm throw up was the Skye youngsters’ second home match in the competition and they beat Lovat U17 in their last outing in Portree after an away win over Glenurquhart U17 and away defeats to Lochaber U17 and Kinlochshiel U17. Skye Youth Coach Davie MacVicar was without Ally “Cleodi” MacLeod, Andrew Grant and Jack Latton, but welcomed back captain D J Gilpin, Chris Campbell and Angie Grant, fresh off the plane following a school trip to China. Skye went on the offensive from the throw up against their younger Beauly counterparts and it was no surprise when they went ahead on 5 minutes when John Gillies finished smartly after he controlled the ball in from a Caitlin MacLean corner before sending a shot beyond keeper to make it 1-0. Skye kept up the pressure with Caitlin MacLean and Chris Campbell firing wide in quick succession. As the game progressed, Beauly carved out an opening at the other end when their most potent attacker, Sandy Elrick, fired just wide on 20 minutes. Just 5 minutes later, Angie Grant set up Chris Campbell who turned and sent a looping drive high into the net past the keeper’s right hand to make it 2-0. The half closed out with John Gillies firing wide following a lay-off from Will Cowie and then Cowie himself fired just wide. The second half started brightly for Skye and 3 minutes in, the Beauly keeper pulled off a fine save to deny Skye wing centre Kyle Pirie. The Beauly keeper was called into action moments later when he saved with his feet following a Connor Ross drive. Will Cowie, who was dominating at full centre, was next to send a shot on target, only to see it deflected for a corner by Beauly defender Calum Morrison. Skye’s pressure finally paid off when Caitlin MacLean reacted quickest to fire home following a Stephen Murchison corner to make it 3-0. The Beauly keeper came to his sides rescue again with another save from Kyle Pirie and. in the closing moments, he made an instinctive save from John Gillies following a sweeping move involving Will Cowie and Iain MacLeod who had glanced the ball perfectly into Gillies path. Skye's best performers were full centre Will Cowie and captain D J Gilpin. The win lifts the Skye youngsters to third place in the league, behind leaders Lochaber U17 and Kinlochshiel U17. The match balls were sponsored by Nor-Dan |