Skye Camanachd U17 Finish Third In National Macaulay Sixes | |
04 November 2012 Skye Camanachd U17 finished in third place in the National Macaulay Sixes at Mossfield, Oban on Saturday 3 November 2012. A total of sixteen teams entered this popular competition and they were drawn into two groups. The group games each lasted 6 minutes and the day’s shinty started at 12 noon. Lochaber and Skye Camanachd qualified from Group A which also included; Aberdour, Beauly, Kinlochshiel, Lovat, Newtonmore and Oban Celtic. The Skye youngsters opened against Newtonmore and they won 1-0 thanks to a DJ Gilpin strike. Next up was a meeting with 2011 winners Lochaber and the Span Bridge side ran out 1-0 winners. Goals from Chris MacLennan and Will Cowie gave the Islanders a 2-0 victory over Aberdour. Skye and Lovat shared the points in a 1-1 draw. Angie Grant got the Skye goal. This was followed by another 1-1 draw, this time with Oban Celtic and Angie Grant was on target once again for the Islanders. Skye rounded off the day with goalless draws against both Kinlochshiel and Beauly. Skye finished the league section in second place, a point ahead of third place Beauly. Kilmallie and Fort William progressed from Group B as they finished ahead of; Caberfeidh, Inverness, Kilmory, Kingussie, Lochbroom and Oban Camanachd. Kilmallie beat Skye Camanachd 2-0 in their semi-final with Lochaber over-coming Fort William in their last-four encounter. Skye finished in third place, ahead of Fort William. Kilmallie and Lochaber could not be separated in the final and with the game scoreless; the outcome was decided by a penalty shoot-out. That too was a dramatic affair with Kilmallie eventually running out 8-7 sudden death winners. Kilmallie’s Martin Munro was named player of the tournament. Skye Camanachd Youth Coach Davie MacVicar was pleased with how his players performed on the day. “We were in a difficult group,” he said. “It was a really good team effort with all eight players making a good contribution. The semi-final against Kilmallie was tight. Their first goal took a deflection and the second was a defensive error on our part. However it was a super day’s shinty and a worthwhile journey to take part.” Skye Camanachd U17 from; Raymond Gilles, Iain MacLeod, Ally “Cloudy” MacLeod, Ruairidh Morrison, Chris MacLennan, DJ Gilpin, Angie Grant, Will Cowie (captain) |