Kingussie U17 won the 2016 Strathdearn Sixes at the Bught Park, Inverness on Thursday 23 June 2016.
Ten teams entered the competition and they were draw into two leagues as follows:
League 1
Beauly
Caberfeidh
Kinlochshiel
Fort William
Kingussie
League 2
Glenurquhart
Inverness
Kilmallie
Lovat
Strathglass
Semi-Finals
Following a series of round-robin matches, Kingussie and Beauly progressed from League 1, with Fort William just missing out on goal difference. Glenurquhart and Kilmallie progressed to the semi-finals from League 2.
Kingussie beat Kilmallie 4-0 in their semi-final tie whilst Glenurquhart defeated holders Beauly, 3-0.
Final
This set up what promised to be an exciting final, with both Kingussie and Glenurquhart unbeaten all evening, and neither team having even conceded a goal.
Kingussie took a 1-0 lead early on in the game but Glenurquhart didn’t let that dishearten them and they came back into the game, scoring at the end of the first half to make it 1-1.
The second half was a close affair with nothing between the sides. In the last couple of minutes, Kingussie’s Ruaridh Anderson, who had been excellent all evening, scored what proved to be the winning goal.
Referees Martin MacLean and Neil Ferguson presented the Strathdearn Sixes Cup to Kingussie captain Ruaridh Anderson.
Martin McLean, Neil Ferguson, Ronald Ross and Graham Cormack were the match referees whilst Peter Gow was the score-keeper and Inverness Shinty Club provided refreshments and snacks.
(Picture of Winning Kingussie squad courtesy of Donald Cameron)