Skye Camanachd 7 Aberdour 0 | |
06 August 2022 Skye Camanachd go second in the Mowi National Division after beating bottom side Aberdour 7-0 at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree on Saturday 6 August 2022. James Pringle and Connor Gilpin were missing for this 2.30pm throw up but James Morrison and Jordan Murchison returned whilst there was a first call-up for under-17 player William James Sutherland. Ross Gordon gave Skye a 6 minute lead with what turned out to be the only goal of the first half. Will Cowie played a diagonal ball to John Gillies on the right. Gillies placed a good ball to Gordon who turned his marker before firing a clean back-hand strike to the keeper’s left corner of the goal. John Gillies started at full forward for Skye but he had to come off after just 15 minutes with a thigh injury. Jordan Murchison took over. Skye were wasteful in front of goal with over twenty attempts in the first half alone. Aberdour showed plenty of fight and effort though and they passed up a great chance to equalise just before half-time when a hit-in from the left came to Eoin Burns but his shot went wide of keeper Murphy Henderson’s right post. Skye didn’t score a second goal until 56 minutes with Ross Gordon again on target as his looping shot went over keeper Craig Callaghan’s club. Skye added gloss to the win with four goals in the final 16 minutes. Will Cowie converted a penalty on 74 minutes to make it 3-0 after Ross Gordon was pushed to the ground by David MacKenzie. Ross Gordon scored his third and fourth goals on 76 and 78 minutes. First, he was played through by Archie Millar before slotting the ball to the keeper’s right. Then Will Cowie won possession on the left before evading a couple of challenges and knocking a lovely ball to Gordon on the D and he fired low into the goal. Skye were awarded a second penalty by referee John Angus Gillies a minute from time as the official penalised keeper Craig Callaghan for a kick, Youngster Archie Millar, who was given a good 60 minutes from the bench, struck a peach of a penalty low inside the keeper’s left-hand post for his first senior goal for the club. There was still time for Will Cowie to get his second as his low shot from the right screamed into the net to make it 7-0. Young Skye defender William James Sutherland made his debut for the final half hour. Skye Camanachd from: Murphy Henderson: William MacKinnon, Jamie Gillies, James Morrison, Martin Pringle: Ally “Cleodi” Macleod (captain), Ross MacKinnon, Iain MacLellan, Will Cowie, Taylor Matheson, Ross Gordon, John Gillies, Jordan Murchison, John Gillies: subs Jordan Murchison, Archie Millar, William James Sutherland, Chris Rose Match Referee – John Angus Gillies Skye Camanachd home fixtures are sponsored by Macleod and MacCallum solicitors, estate agents and letting agents, serving the Highlands & Islands for more than 50 years. |