Kingussie 4 Skye Camanachd 0 | |
27 February 2017 Kingussie beat Skye Camanachd 4-0 at the Dell to win The Hoteliers Cup on Saturday 25 February 2017. Kingussie’s pitch beat the elements despite the wintery weather to hit the area, surviving pitch inspections on both Friday evening and Saturday morning. Kingussie started with James Hutchison at full back, Lee Bain at buckshee back and Ryan Borthwick at full centre. Skye’s plans suffered a double blow ahead of throw up when Steven Morrison and Shockie MacLennan both suffered injuries in the warm up and had to withdraw. Captain Kenny Campbell and Neil MacVicar were back in the side after missing the team’s first two pre-season games. Ally MacDonald went into the full back position. It was an even start to the game but Kingussie went in front through Roddy Young. Ryan MacWilliam played a deep shy in on the visiting goal. Skye keeper Iain MacLeod did well to keep the ball out of the net but Roddy Young ran in to score. James Falconer made it 2-0 when he reacted well to slot the ball low into the net from 15 yards out. Neil Bowman has had the Kingussie players working hard through the pre-season and they finished strongly, adding two more goals to their tally. James Falconer’s second was the pick of the afternoon’s strikes. Falconer played the ball to Chris Holleysong on the wing before taking a return pass and finishing well to make it 3-0. When the ball deflected into the path of Chris Holleysong, he made no mistake, adding goal number four to round off the win. Skye withdrew Kenny Campbell midway through the second half with Ally “Spod” MacLeod coming on in his place. The Kingussie forwards were inventive although a hamstring injury to Savio Genini will be a concern. Scotland U21 defender John Gillies was excellent for Skye. Skye Camanachd from: Iain MacLeod; Ally MacDonald, Neil MacVicar, Iain Nicolson, John Gillies; Kenny Campbell (captain), Gilleasbuig MacDonald, Stewart Grant; Will Cowie, James Pringle, Jordan Murchison, Danny Morrison; subs Ally “Spod” MacLeod |