Lochcarron 3 Skye Camanachd 2 | |
18 August 2021 The Skye Camanachd second team lost 3-2 in their Mowi North League A derby with Lochcarron at Battery Park on Tuesday 17 August 2021. Lochcarron boss Murdo John Fraser suffered a blow ahead of this 7pm throw up when the influential David MacCuish was ruled out because of work commitments. Gregor Cushnie was also working. Skye player / manager Allan MacLeod was missing full centre Gilleasbuig MacDonald. Sam Macphee was to take his place but was unavailable so John Gillies was given the full centre role. Skye, playing towards the top goal, struck first with U17 player Archie Millar scoring his first goal at second team level on 5 minutes. John Gillies played a ball from midfield out to the right to Iain MacLellan whose lobbed ball to the back post found Archie Millar and he finished well. It didn’t take Lochcarron long to level with Peter MacKenzie’s 22 yard shot from the left taking a wicked bounce on its way past keeper Calum Nicolson. Both goalies were called into action as Iain MacLellan’s shot from the left was saved with his feet by home keeper Iain Cameron before Calum Nicolson made a terrific stop with his foot to keep out Peter MacKenzie’s strike from close in and Skye scrambled the ball away for a corner. Lochcarron took a 2-1 lead when Niall Arnott scored on 40 minutes. Peter MacKenzie flicked the ball diagonally to the left and Arnott ran into the D to slip the ball low past the keeper from close range. Indeed it took a brilliant double save from Calum Nicolson late in the half to prevent Lochcarron increasing their lead. Nicolson kept out Peter MacKenzie’s shot following a corner from the right and again denied MacKenzie from the rebound at the expense of another corner. Referee John Matheson blew for half-time as the second corner was played across goal. Skye levelled 6 minutes into the second half with a well taken goal from Dan MacDonald. Substitute Lachlan MacPherson’s hit-in from the left was touched on by Iain MacLellan and Dan MacDonald ran into the D from the right before hitting the ball hard into the ground and it bounced past a helpless keeper on his left side to make it 2-2. However Peter MacKenzie’s second goal restored Lochcarron’s lead on 63 minutes when his shot evaded the keeper. Iain MacLellan blasted into the side-netting before Iain Cameron made good stops from Iain MacLellan and Archie MacDonald as Skye went back on the attack. Skye pressed hard for a leveller in the closing stages and it then took a great touch from Ben Dalgety to clear Calum Gibb’s lob into the D away for a corner. Iain MacLellan then went on a run into the D from the left but the Lochcarron defence managed to push the ball out for a corner. Lochcarron were defending valiantly and Skye’s last attempt at goal was Dan MacDonald’s shot which went wide of the keeper’s right post. Skye are back in league action on Saturday when they welcome Glengarry to Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. Lochcarron from: Iain Cameron: Ross Matheson, Daniel MacRae, Fraser Stewart, Kenny Cushnie: Ben Dalgety, Crisdean Finlayson, Sean MacCuish: Niall Arnott, David Bauermeister, Peter MacKenzie, Douglas MacKenzie (captain): subs Calum Flanagan Skye Camanachd from: Calum Nicolson: David MacInnes, Cameron MacKay, Ian MacPherson (captain), Calum Gibb: Archie MacDonald, John Gillies, James Robertson: Archie Millar, Dan MacDonald, Taylor Matheson, Iain MacLellan: subs Raghnall Robertson, Lachlan MacPherson, Angus Gilpin Match Referee – John Matheson |