Beauly 2 Skye Camanachd 4 | |
31 July 2017 Skye Camanachd kept their Marine Harvest National Division title push on track, but they had to come from two goals down to beat Beauly 4-2 at Braeview Park on Saturday 29 July 2017. Skye Camanachd first team manager Willie Cowie made a couple of changes to the fourteen-man squad which beat Inveraray in their league meeting a week earlier as Ally MacDonald, John Gillies and Gilleasbuig MacDonald replaced Connor Gilpin and Daniel Morrison who will both travelled to Aberdeen with the second team. Beauly were without Marc MacLachlan for this 2.30pm throw up as he has signed for neighbours Lovat. Beauly had the wind in their favour in the first half and they took the lead after just 4 minutes. Iain MacLeod in the Skye goal made a save but Jack MacDonald struck home the rebound. Ian MacLeod made a couple of good stops from close-range to deny Daniel Lamont before Lamont eventually found the back of the net on 24 minutes to make it 2-0. Skye had their keeper to thank again when he thwarted Colin MacDonald who shot 15 yards from goal. Jordan Murchison was just an inch away from making it 2-1 with the ball going just the wrong side of the post following an Iain Nicolson free-hit into the goal area. However, Danny Morrison did pull a goal back 5 minutes into the second half. The ball broke to Morrison 20 yards out and he hit a half-volley through a ruck of players, low into the bottom left corner of the net. Skye introduced John Gillies for Kenny Campbell who had suffered a head knock. Will Cowie squared the match on 55 minutes when he netted a rebound after Josh Grant had made a good save with his hand to parry a Jordan Murchison effort. Skye took the lead for the first time in the match on 58 minutes when a James Pringle half-volley from the edge of the D went into the bottom corner of the net - off the post – after being played in by Danny Morrison. Robbie Brindle cleared a Jordan Murchison effort off the line and Josh Grant made a save as he was getting back up, keeping out a rebound attempt from Will Cowie. Jordan Murchison sealed the win a minute from time with a back-hand shot from the left; 18 yards from goal, with the ball going in off the post. There were similarities to Skye’s Camanachd Cup visit to Braeview Park earlier in the season when they also fought back from 2-0 down to win 4-2. Skye stay a point behind Caberfeidh but with a game in hand. Skye Camanachd from: Iain MacLeod; Ally MacDonald, Ally “Cleodi” MacLeod, Allan MacLeod, Neil MacVicar; Iain Nicolson, Kenny Campbell (captain), Stewart Grant; Danny Morrison, James Pringle, Jordan Murchison, Will Cowie; subs Iain MacLellan, John Gillies, Gilleasbuig MacDonald Match Referee – Willie MacDonald |