The Shinty Round Up. | |
12 December 2009 The 2009 shinty season came to an end on Saturday 12 December 2009 as The Scottish Hydro Premier Division’s only outstanding issue was settled when Oban Camanachd hadn’t played since 24 October 2009 when they drew with champions Kingussie whilst Oban Camanachd narrowed the deficit through a Scott MacMillan screamer and their performance was such that they certainly could not be accused of lying down to their south opponents. Indeed Bute were forced to pull Scotland senior international Hector Whitelaw back from the forward line into defence as they fought desperately to hold on to their slender lead against a side who new that victory would give them a third place finish. Bute scored their vital third goal when veteran Ally Carmichael smashed the ball into the back of the net and in the process clinched the points to spark celebrations on the The result is a cruel blow to a young Lochaber side who have had a torturous few weeks as they have only been able to watch from the sidelines since they lost to Newtonmore 4 weeks ago. The |