Newtonmore 4 Lovat 1. | |
08 June 2011 Newtonmore extended their lead at the top of Marine Harvest North Division 2 with a 4-2 win over Lovat at the Eilan on Wednesday 8 June 2011. Both clubs agreed to bring this Saturday’s fixture forward as each side have several players attending the weekend Rockness Music Festival. Both starting teams also included a mixture of young second team players and a couple from their first team squad. Newtonmore included John MacKenzie at full back whilst experienced forward David Cheyne also started following a hip injury. Lovat’s first team forward Greg Matheson played most of the game at wing centre. Young forward Calum Stewart gave the home side the lead on 13 minutes whilst David Cheyne made it 2-0 on 28 minutes and ‘More took this lead into the break. Newtonmore, prompted by full centre Cameron Binnie, went 3-0 ahead on 65 minutes when Cheyne added his second. Lovat’s Steven Cameron continued his recent good scoring run when he pulled a goal back on 77 minutes. However Calum Stewart netted his second 3 minutes from time to seal a 4-1 win. This was a deserved win for Newtonmore and David Cheyne was a class apart. The victory means that Newtonmore extend their lead at the top of the table to six points although second place Glengarry have two games in hand. |