2022 Sorley Maclean Quaich | |
29 March 2022 Plockton High School were double-winners in the Sorley MacLean Quaich matches against Portree High School on Monday 28 March 2022.
Portree High School 2 Plockton High School 3 (after extra-time) The boys’ sides contested the Sorley MacLean Quaich at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree with Ali Stewart giving Skye a first half lead. Archie MacRae levelled before the break and with no further scoring; the tie went into an extra-time period. Ali Stewart put Skye ahead once more during the first period of extra-time and Plockton suffered a blow when Seumas Martin was sent off. However Plockton fought back and another from Archie MacRae and a Rory Slaughter goal gave the visitors victory and their captain Fraser Reid raised the Sorley MacLean Quaich.
Portree High School 2 Plockton High School 4 The Plockton girls ensured it would be a double celebration as goals from Tegan Bruce, Niamh Morrison, Beth Murphy and Lexie MacKenzie cancelled out efforts from Portree’s Catherine Robertson and Teri MacLeod. Plockton’s Maree MacKenzie was presented with the Sorley MacLean Quaich.
Sorley MacLean The event remembers Sorley MacLean, a Gaelic poet commonly recognised as one of Scotland’s greatest poets. Sorley MacLean was born on 26 November 1911 and raised on Raasay and after attending Portree High School, and a spell at the University of Edinburgh, he returned to Portree High School as an English teacher in 1934. His teaching career eventually took him to Plockton High School where he became Head Teacher in 1956. It is as a Gaelic poet that Sorley will be best remembered, receiving numerous accolades, and he became the first ever Freeman of Skye & Lochalsh in 1987. Sorley passed away 24 November 1996 aged 85 years. With thoughts of shinty never far from his mind, it is entirely appropriate that Portree High School and Plockton High School contest the Sorley MacLean Quaich in Sorley’s memory each year with the cream of west coast youth shinty on show. |