Skye Camanachd 5 Lochcarron 0 | |
26 July 2021 Skye Camanachd were 5-0 derby winners against Lochcarron in their Alvance Balliemore Cup first round tie at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree on Saturday 24 July 2021. Skye and Lochcarron had each only played twice this season ahead of this meeting. Skye’s Will Cowie remained out injured whilst John Gillies was unavailable. Martin Pringle and Ross Gordon were late call-offs so Chris Rose, David Grant and Kenny MacLeod made up the home bench. Lochcarron boss Murdo John Fraser was also without a number of players including Sean MacCuish and Liam Arnott who is in Boston. There was a place for Matthew Young who has rejoined for the summer from Glasgow Mid Argyll. They travelled with just twelve players. This was Skye’s first outing for three weeks and the whole match was broadcast LIVE on Radio Skye’s “Camanachd LIVE” show. The match was played in sweltering conditions with water breaks in both halves. Skye opened the scoring after 17 minutes. The goal came from back to front with Ryan Morrison’s long goal-hit played wide to the left by James Pringle to Jordan Murchison. William MacKinnon made a wonderful run at the heart of the Lochcarron defence to get onto Murchison’s first-time low cross into the middle and he netted from right in front of goal. James Pringle made it 2-0 on 37 minutes with a fierce shot from left of centre which gave the keeper no chance, going low into the net from 20 yard’s range. Jordan Murchison exchanged passes with Iain MacLellan before going on to stroke the ball home from the front of the D on 57 minutes William Mackinnon’s second on 62 minutes was the goal of the game. MacKinnon fought to win possession in the middle of the field before surging forward and juggling the ball before driving it past the keeper from a central position to make it 4-0. Jordan Murchison got his second 3 minutes from time. William MacKinnon’s clever pass found James Pringle whose smart shot was saved but Murchison was on hand to turn home the rebound. Skye Camanachd from: Ryan Morrison: Jamie Gillies, Sam Macphee, Ally "Cleodi" MacLeod, James Morrison: John MacKenzie, William MacKinnon, James Pringle: Ross MacKinnon, Iain MacLellan, Daniel Morrison, Jordan Murchison (captain): subs Chris Rose, David Grant, Kenny MacLeod Lochcarron from: Ian Cameron: Ross Matheson, Kenny Cushnie, Ali Shillaker, David MacCuish: Angus Urquhart, Crisdean Finlayson, Matthew Young: Niall Arnott, Dougie MacKenzie (captain), Calum Dean Morrice, Peter MacKenzie: subs none Match Referee – John Angus Gillies Goal Judges – Murdo Morrison & Robbie Gordon
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