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09 August 2009 With leaders Kingussie and second placed Glenurquhart not in action, There was a thrilling encounter at Winterton where Inveraray and Oban Camanachd crossed camans. Grant Griffen gave the home side the lead after 10 minutes but Daniel MacIntyre leveled a couple of minutes later. David Devine put the visitors ahead on the half hour mark but Scott Robertson made the half time score 2-2 with a goal 5 minutes before the break. It was left for Inveraray veteran Garry MacPherson to net the winner from the penalty spot after 52 minutes. Glenorchy went down 2-0 at There are still 6 teams in the mix to win the league. Kingussie lead the table on 16 points from 10 games and they are ahead of Glenurquhart on goal difference. However the Kings have 4 games in hand. There was plenty at stake at both ends of the table in the Marine Harvest North Division 1. Lochcarron are still looking for their first point of the season after they went down 4-1 to Kilmallie at Battery Park. Fraser Massie gave the visitors a great start with a goal after only 5 minutes. It took until 5 minutes into the second half before Kilmallie doubled their advantage through Michael Rodgers. John Stewart celebrated his return to the side with goals on 60 and 85 minutes, either side of an Iain MacKenzie goal for the home side 10 minutes from the end. Kilmallie have now cut Skye Camanachd’s lead at the top of the table to a single point and the There was a meeting of 2 understrength sides at the The match between Skye Camanachd and Lovat did not go ahead as the Kiltarlidy side had asked for a free Saturday to attend the local Belladrum Music Festival. Marine Harvest South Division 1 leaders Lochside Rovers ran out 4-1 winners against Ballachulish in Oban. However they have to put the title champagne on ice as second place Glasgow Mid Argyll travelled to Oban and ran out 3-2 winners against Oban Celtic. Kieran Gallagher put the home side ahead after 7 minutes but Ian Luke leveled after 15 minutes. Gary Luke put the visitors ahead after 22 minutes and a Mark Bain goal a minute after the break extended their lead to 3-1. Alan Miller pulled a goal back after 67 minutes but Mid Argyll held on for a 3-2 win. Lochside Rovers could still become champions next weekend even although they don’t have a game. Second place Glasgow Mid Argyll travel to third place Kilmory and should Mid Argyll drop a point, Lochside will be crowned champions. Kilmory made it 6 consecutive league wins with a 2-1 win at Winterton against Inveraray. Andy Stewart scored for the home side but goals from Steven Gilmour and Alex Cunningham gave Kilmory the points. Leaders Glenurquhart were the main winners in Marine Harvest North Division 2 even although they didn’t have a game. The reason for that being that main challengers Fifth place Glengarry faced seventh place Skye Camanachd at Invergarry. The visitors were forced to make 8 changes from the side which beat Caberfeidh the previous weekend however they were boosted by the presence of Iain Nicolson and Shockie MacLennan. There were chances for both sides before Skye’s Neil MacVicar played a ball from midfield to Allan MacKinnon on the left wing. MacKinnon played in Danny Morrison who beat his marker to shoot Skye into the lead. The Islanders doubled their advantage on 62 minutes when Peter Gordon sent a controlled backhand shot into the net from a Neil MacVicar corner. This was an important win for Skye as it puts daylight between themselves and Kilmallie, Caberfeidh and Kinlochshiel in the bottom half of the table. Kilmallie took a 32 minute lead through Scott Campbell against Newtonmore at Canal Parks. However a David Wilde penalty leveled the match on 62 minutes. Chris Sellar struck on 74 minutes to win the points for ‘More. The match between bottom side Ballachulish and leaders Taynuilt in Marine Harvest South Division 2 was cancelled. Goals from Ewan Forsyth, Brendan McLoone and Craig Anderson earned Glasgow Mid Argyll a draw against third place Kyles Athletic at Yoker. Aberdour move into fourth place with a 3-1 win over With Marine Harvest North Division 3 leaders Lochbroom and second place Beauly not in action, Skye’s John MacLeod took charge as Lochaber travelled to the |