The Saturday Shinty Snapshot – Saturday 30 July 2011. | |
31 July 2011 Kingussie won the Aberdein Considine Sutherland Cup and Bute maintain their 100% record in Marine Harvest South Division 1 in the shinty matches played on Saturday 30 July 2011. Aberdein Considine Sutherland Cup - Final Kyles Athletic 1 Kingussie 6 Kingussie won the 2011 Aberdein Considine Sutherland Cup with a 6-1 victory over Kyles Athletic at the Kings College Playing Field, Aberdeen. A Martin Dallas goal after just 5 minutes got the Kings off to a great start and the same player doubled their advantage on 19 minutes. Kyles pulled a goal back through Ally MacKay on 36 minutes but Kingussie took a 3-1 lead into the break when referee Innes Wood awarded them a penalty on 41 minutes. Kevin Thain stepped up to convert from the spot. Martin Dallas completed his hat-trick just 3 minutes into the second half and he got his fourth on 75 minutes to make it 5-1. Substitute Peter Dickson rounded off a 6-1 win with a strike 3 minutes from time. Scottish Hydro Premier Division Inveraray 2 Oban Camanachd 1 Inveraray collected two valuable points with a 2-1 win over Oban Camanachd in their 3pm throw up at the Winterton. Matt Rippon put Oban Camanachd ahead after just 8 minutes but Grant Griffin levelled on 20 minutes. Inveraray’s Stuart Robertson got the winner on the hour mark. Now only goal difference separates Oban Camanachd, Inveraray and Lovat in the second relegation spot although the Mossfield side have played 3 games less than Lovat and Inveraray one game fewer. Kilmallie 5 Glenurquhart 1 Kilmallie go fourth with a superb 5-1 win over Glenurquhart at the Canal Parks. John Stewart put them ahead on 6 minutes whilst Liam MacDonald got their second and Michael Rodger chipped in with a hat-trick. Lovat 0 Newtonmore 3 Newtonmore remain very much in the title race after their 3-0 win over Lovat at Balgate. After a goalless first half, Ackie MacRae got their opener a minute into the second period. Glen MacKintosh made it 2-0 on the hour mark and a Danny MacRae effort was deflected in by a Lovat defender 10 minutes from time. Newtonmore are now a point behind second place Kyles Athletic although the Tighnabruaich men have a game in hand. Marine Harvest North Division 1 Beauly 1 Lochcarron 1 Beauly and Lochcarron drew 1-1 at Braeview Park on Friday 29 July 2011. Scotland U17 cap Jack MacDonald put Beauly ahead after 24 minutes but a 32 minute strike from Lochcarron’s Crisdean Finlayson ensured the sides went into the break on level terms. There was no scoring in the second half so the teams shared the points. Caberfeidh 5 Strathglass 3 Caberfeidh got over the disappointment of last weekend’s Balliemore Cup Final defeat to Bute when they beat Strathglass 5-3 at Castle Leod. The visitors had gone 2-0 ahead through Robert Geddes and Robbie Stokes. Stuart Kryzanowski pulled a goal back for Cabers but Ally MacAdam restored Strath’s two goal advantage before Kirk Taylor struck on the half hour mark to ensure Strathglass only took a single goal lead into the break. Ally MacLennan squared the game and Caberfeidh took the lead for the first time thanks to Kirk Taylor’s second goal of the afternoon. Martin MacDonald sealed a 5-3 win with a goal 7 minutes from time. Lochaber 1 Inverness 0 The match between Lochaber and Inverness was switched to the Bught as repair work is being carried out on the Spean Bridge pitch ahead of the Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup semi finals on Saturday 13 August 2011. Lochaber took the points with Lachlan Campbell getting the only goal of the game on 32 minutes. Marine Harvest South Division 1 Bute 3 Taynuilt 1 Bute maintained their 100% record in the league with a 3-1 win over Taynuilt at the Meadows. Robert Walker put the Balliemore Cup holders ahead with a 10 minutes strike. Roberto Zavaroni made it 2-0 on 35 minutes. Robert Walker made it 3-0 on 65 minutes with Stuart Scott pulling a goal back for Taynuilt 5 minutes from time. Glasgow Mid Argyll 2 Ballachulish 1 League leaders Glasgow Mid Argyll kept up their title push with a 2-1 win over Ballachulish at Yoker. Patrick Jamieson scored twice for the home side and Lorne Dickie was on target for Ballachulish. Mid Argyll lead second place Bute by a single point although the Islanders have two games in hand. Kilmory 1 Lochside Rovers 4 Lochside Rovers won 4-1 at Kilmory. A Daniel MacKinnon double early in the second half cancelled out Craig Taylor’s first half opener for Kilmory. Late goals from George MacMillan and David Devine clinched the points for the Oban side. Marine Harvest North Division 2 Glengarry 1 Newtonmore 4 Chris Sellar scored twice as league leaders Newtonmore beat third place Glengarry 4-1 at Craigard. Glenurquhart 5 Kilmallie 2 A Calum Fraser double helped Glenurquhart to a 5-2 win over Kilmallie at Blairbeg. Skye Camanachd 4 Lovat 0 Skye Camanachd picked up a couple of crucial points towards their relegation battle when they beat an under-strength Lovat side 4-0 at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. David Grant gave the Islanders a 2 minute lead and Allan MacKinnon, Jordan Murchison and Ally MacLeod got the others. Marine Harvest South Division 2 Inveraray 3 Col Glen 2 Inveraray won a five goal thriller when they beat Col Glen 3-2 in the 12 noon meeting at Tighnabruaich. A John Beany double had cancelled out John Slaughter’s opener for Inveraray. However Lewis MacNicol netted on the hour mark for Inveraray and again 20 minutes from time to give the home side a 3-2 win. Tayforth W/O Bute Bute were unable to raise a team for their trip to play Tayforth so the points were awarded to the home team. Marine Harvest North Division 3 Beauly 6 Strathglass 3 The match between Beauly and Strathglass at Braeview Park threw up at the earlier time of 11am to help the visitors raise a team with their first team visiting Castle Leod in Marine Harvest North Division 1. Beauly ran out 6-3 winners with Andrew Fraser getting a hat-trick and Calum Morrison scoring twice. Lewis Camanachd 1 Caberfeidh 6 Caberfeidh returned from Shawbost with both points thanks to a 6-1 win over Lewis Camanachd. Ardnamurchan W/O Inverness Inverness were unable to raise a team for their trip to Ardnamurchan so the points were awarded to the home side. |