Strathdearn Cup Final…………..2 Days To Go! | |
08 August 2014 Skye Camanachd and Newtonmore meet at Spean Bridge in the 2014 Strathdearn Cup Final on Saturday 9 August 2014. Skye Camanachd currently sit bottom of Marine Harvest North Division 2 and their route to the final has been against Marine Harvest North Division 3 opposition:
Saturday 31 May 2014 Strathdearn Cup - First Round Skye Camanachd 4 Inverness 0 The Skye Camanachd second team beat the Inverness reserves 4-0 at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. Inverness put up a great fight and with only 15 minutes remaining, the sides were only separated by a 10 minute John Gillies goal. Indeed Skye U14 player Gillies, making his first second team start, looked the most likely to add to the home side’s tally and he did just that when he latched onto an Angie MacDonald ball on 75 minutes. Angie MacDonald beat keeper Colin Fraser in a race for the ball to make it 3-0 on 79 minutes and Ally “Cleodi” MacLeod made it 4-0 on 90 minutes. Skye now travel to Kilmallie or Beauly in the quarter finals.
Saturday 21 June 2014 Strathdearn Cup – Quarter Finals Kilmallie 2 Skye Camanachd 5 (after extra-time) It took extra-time to separate Kilmallie and Skye Camanachd in their keenly contested 3pm throw up at the Canal Parks. Both sides benefited from the rule which allows youth players to play in this competition even although they are first team regulars. Craig MacIsaac was in the Kilmallie line-up after playing the whole of the first team match earlier in the day whilst Will Cowie started at full centre for Skye. Craig MacIsaac put Kilmallie ahead on 12 minutes and they took their one goal advantage into the half-time interval. Skye had some late call-offs and their revamped side took time to settle. However they drew level on 50 minutes through Iain MacLellan. Kilmallie went back in front just 60 seconds when Craig MacIsaac notched his second goal of the game to make it 2-1. Skye drew level for a second time thanks to a goal from substitute Alan Palmer. With no further scoring, referee Alex MacVicar took the tie to extra-time. It seemed it was going to take something special to separate the sides and that came during the second period of extra-time when a magnificent 35 yard drive from Will Cowie flew into the top corner of the net to make it 3-2. A late second from Alan Palmer and an Angie MacDonald goal rounded off the scoring. The 5-2 win earns Skye a Strathdearn Cup semi-final meeting with Strathspey Camanachd on Saturday 5 July 2014.
Strathspey Camanachd 3 Skye Camanachd 4 Skye Camanachd set up a Strathdearn Cup Final meeting with Newtonmore when they beat Strathspey Camanachd 4-3 in their 1.30pm throw up at Grantown Grammar School. This was the first meeting between the clubs and Skye had to fight all the way for their victory. Mark MacDonald struck twice for the home side and Edgars Peca got the other. However a John Gillies hat-trick and an Alan Palmer strike gave Skye a place in the final. John Matheson was the match referee.
The 2014 Strathdearn Cup Final throws up at 2pm and Archie Ritchie is the match referee. |