Skye Face Kingussie Test In cottages.com MacTavish Cup | |
08 April 2021 Skye Camanachd will play Kingussie in the cottages.com MacTavish Cup first round following the draw which took place on Thursday 8 April 2021. In attendance were Camanachd Association CEO Derek Keir and Camanachd Association Chieftain John MacKenzie MBE. Skye face a tough test as they travel to the Dell to face Mowi Premiership champions and Artemis Macaulay Cup holders Kingussie. The sides met in the 1990 MacTavish Cup Final when an injury time Angus MacIsaac goal gave the Kings a 5-3 victory following a thrilling contest at the Bught Park. This year’s draw is follows: cottages.com MacTavish Cup – First Round Saturday 3 July 2021 Fort William v Kilmallie Kingussie v Skye Camanachd Lovat v Glenurquhart Newtonmore v Inverness Kinlochshiel v Lochaber Bye - Beauly Bye - Caberfeidh Bye – Strathglass Camanachd Association President Steven MacKenzie said: “The drawing of the first Round of the cottages.com MacTavish Cup gives our member clubs yet another thing to look forward to as we move ever closer to the return of competitive shinty. Looking over the draw, I think that the Lochaber derby with Fort William welcoming Kilmallie to An Aird will be a hard fought match and I look forward to keeping an eye on Glenurquhart’s trip to Kiltarlity to take on Lovat.” Derek Keir, Camanachd Association CEO, said: “The cup draws always bring with them tremendous excitement and this year that excitement is enhanced as it represents the return to competitive shinty for adults from Saturday 5 June 2021. The support we receive from cottages.com allows us to run an amazing competition that so many communities are involved in and we deeply appreciate cottages.com for their continued support to help provide opportunities and protect our historic game.” Mark Whitehouse, Regional Sales Director at cottages.com added: “We’re particularly proud to be sponsoring the MacTavish Cup this year and doing our bit to get such an important event back on track following last year’s enforced break due to covid. Shinty has huge cultural significance in this part of the world and we know how much people are looking forward to once again playing and watching the game they love. We can’t wait for the matches to get underway and are really looking forward to witnessing the fantastic community spirit the game generates in what promises to be a brilliant season ahead.” |