Lovat Fund Raiser | |
16 July 2017 Members from Lovat Shinty Club are about to tackle a 400 mile fund raising cycle around all ten Marine Harvest Premiership shinty clubs. The Lovat cyclists will be led by manager Fraser Gallacher who is joined by first team players Stuart MacDonald, Drew Howie, Daniel Grieve, Callum Cruden and Greg Matheson and they will hold a penalty shoot-out at each pitch. The journey, which has a 16,000ft climb, begins on Monday 31 July 2017 at 8am at Glasgow Mid Argyll’s Yoker pitch. From there, the players make their way to Oban Camanachd’s Mossfield Stadium via a stop-off at Kyles Athletic’s Tighnabruaich ground – 127 miles in total. The following day, the group head up the A82 to visit Kilmallie at The Canal Parks before branching off to Lochaber’s Spean Bridge ground and then finishing the day at The Eilan, Newtonmore and Kingussie’s The Dell, covering another 104 miles in the process. The third day, Wednesday 2 August 2017, consists of a 91 mile cycle west to Kinlochshiel’s Kirkton home. The fourth and final day is on Thursday 3 August 2017 when the players add the last 78 miles to their total, setting off at 8am to Glenurquhart’s Blairbeg pitch at Drumnadrochit. The players will then be greeted at the near-by Belladrum Music Festival main stage once they complete the challenge on their home turf at Balgate. All proceeds from this mammoth challenge will be split between Highland Hospice and the Lovat Shinty Club New Community Clubhouse Fund. You can support this ambitions challenge by donating at the Lovat website www.lovatshintyclub.co.uk |