2010 MacTavish Cup Preview. | |
26 January 2010 The MacTavish Cup has thrown up a potential Badenoch derby at the quarter final stage.
There will be a west coast derby at Battery Park where Lochcarron host Skye Camanachd.
2009 MacTavish Cup winners Newtonmore open the defence of the trophy with a tie against newly promoted Lovat at the Eilan.
Fort William host Kinlochshiel at An Aird. The Fort struggled to beat Shiel at Kirkton when the sides met in last season’s Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup and they will hope that home advantage will swing this tie in their favour.
Lochaber should be too strong for Inverness in this all Marine Harvest North Division 1 tie at Spean Bridge.
Last season’s MacTavish Cup runners up Kingussie face a difficult trip to Drumnadrochit to play Glenurquhart. Both sides are under new management this season and both will be hopeful of a good cup run.
Strathglass and Kilmallie meet at Cannich.
The first round matches take place on Saturday 3 April 2010.
Caberfeidh and Beauly were awarded byes in the first round but they meet at Braeview Park in the quarter final stage.
The most anticipated quarter final would be the meeting of Newtonmore and Kingussie – a repeat of last season’s final - at the Eilan should both sides safely negotiate their first round ties.
The winner of the Strathglass / Kilmallie tie will enjoy home advantage against Lochaber or Inverness which throws up the possibility of a derby between Kilmallie and Lochaber.
The winner of the Fort William / Kinlochshiel tie will travel to Lochcarron of Skye.
The 2010 MacTavish Cup draw in full;
1st Round – Saturday 3 April 2010
1 Lochcarron v Skye Camanachd 2 Fort William v Kinlochshiel 3 Strathglass v Kilmallie 4 Newtonmore v Lovat 5 Glenurquhart V Kingussie 6 Lochaber v Inverness
Byes
7 Caberfeidh 8 Beauly
Quarter Finals - Saturday 1 May 2010
1 Beauly v Caberfeidh 2 Strathglass / Kilmallie v Lochaber / Inverness 3 Newtonmore / Lovat v Glenurquhart / Kingussie 4 Lochcarron / Skye v Fort William / Kinlochshiel
Semi Finals - Saturday 29 May 2010
1 Lochcarron / Skye /Fort William / Kinlochshiel v Strathglass / Kilmallie / Lochaber / Inverness
2 Beauly / Caberfeidh v Newtonmore / Lovat / Glenurquhart / Kingussie
MacTavish Cup Final – Saturday 19 June 2010 |