The Saturday Shinty Snapshot – Saturday 4 August 2012 | |
05 August 2012 Inveraray reached the Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup Final on Saturday 4 August 2012.
Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup – Semi Final Kinlochshiel 1 Inveraray 3 Inveraray are the first side through to next month’s Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup Final as they beat Kinlochshiel 3-1 at the reopened An Aird. Two goals in the first 4 minutes gave Inveraray the early advantage. First Garry MacPherson slotted the ball low into the corner of the net following a poor clearance from the ‘Shiel defence with less than two minutes played. Inveraray went 2-0 up after just 4 minutes when Euan McMurdo got on the end of a flowing move which started when Davie MacPherson played a long ball out of defence. Ruairidh Graham collected possession on the right and passed to Chris Crawford who swept the ball to Euan MacMurdo and he blasted the ball into the roof of the net, giving stand-in keeper Scott Kennedy no chance. However ‘Shiel recovered from their nervous start and first Finlay MacRae collected a ball from his brother John MacRae, turned his marker and bulleted a shot off Graham MacPherson’s right post. A minute later they pulled a goal back as Keith MacRae capitalised on a mistake by Inveraray keeper Graham MacPherson. John MacRae won the ball in midfield and played it out to Fraser MacVicar on the ‘Shiel right. MacVicar played a first time pass to the edge of the D and Inveraray keeper Graham MacPherson seemed to have the ball covered but he missed his hit and Keith MacRae nipped in to steer the ball into the net to make it 2-1. ‘Shiel finished the first half strongly but they were unable to achieve parity. The killer goal came 6 minutes into the second half when a reverse pass from Chris Crawford cut open the ‘Shiel defence and Euan McMurdo rolled the ball past Scott Kennedy to make it 3-1. The remainder of the game was stop-start and never flowed as much as the first period which suited Inveraray and they held onto their two goal advantage and they now have a place in the Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup Final in September to look forward to.
Orion Group Premiership Fort William 1 Kyles Athletic 3 Kyles Athletic go top of the Orion Group Premiership with a 3-1 win over Fort William at Black Park. Roddy MacDonald and Thomas Whyte put the title challengers 2-0 up at the break. Alan Knox pulled a goal back for the Fort on 69 minutes but a trademark goal from Fraser MacDonald 12 minutes from time gave Kyles the points. Kingussie 0 Glenurquhart 1 Glenurquhart picked up two valuable points with a 1-0 win over Kingussie at the Dell. The only goal of the first half came on the stroke of half time when referee Graham Cameron awarded the visitors a penalty. Goal Judge Brian Davis had flagged to indicate that Iain Borthwick had pushed Neale Reid in the back and Cameron pointed to the spot. The Glen’s success from the penalty spot has not been great over the last couple of years but keeper Stuart MacKintosh strode forward to thump the ball, low and hard into the net. This proved to be the only goal of the game against a Kings side who were without talisman Ronald Ross.
Marine Harvest North Division 1 Skye Camanachd 0 Lochaber 0 Title contenders Skye Camanachd and Lochaber shared the points following their 0-0 draw at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. This was a thoroughly entertaining clash with chances at both ends but keepers, Jamie Gannon for Skye and Calum MacDonald for the visitors, were on top form as they kept their opposing forwards at bay. Inverness 0 Caberfeidh 5 Caberfeidh go top of Marine Harvest North Division 1 following their 5-0 win over Inverness at the Bught Park. A Kevin Bartlett double put the visitors two up at the break. Two second half goals in two minutes from .Martin MacDonald and Craig Morrison made it 4-0. Inverness had Craig Nicolson sent off a couple of minutes from time before Stuart Kryzanowski made it 5-0 in the closing seconds of the game.
Marine Harvest South Division 1 Oban Camanachd 3 Taynuilt 3 Oban Camanachd trailed a spirited Taynuilt side three times before scoring late to earn a point in a 3-3 draw at Mossfield. Neil Gillies put Taynuilt ahead on 14 minutes but Iain MacMillan levelled 60 seconds later. Michael MacQueen put Taynuilt back in front 5 minutes before the break but Scott MacMillan made it 2-2 a minute after the restart. Michael MacQueen got his second on 62 minutes to put Taynuilt ahead for a third time and they held this advantage until 8 minutes from time when Scott MacMillan got his second to make it 3-3 and ensure a share of the points. Aberdour 1 Glenorchy 2 Glenorchy beat Glenorchy 2-1 in Fife as they bounced back from last week’s shock defeat against Taynuilt. Ruaridh Reid scored for the home side whilst John Sartain and Kieran MacKay gave Glenorchy the points which take them go top of the table. Oban Celtic 2 Glasgow Mid Argyll 3 Oban Celtic came back from two goals down before going eventually losing 3-2 to third place Glasgow Mid Argyll in Oban. Mark Bain gave GMA a 7 minute lead and Andy Mathie made it 2-0 on 53 minutes. Neil Carmichael pulled a goal back 3 minutes later and Carmichael got his second on 58 minutes to make it 2-2. However Innes MacMillan got what proved to be the winner for GMA on 76 minutes.
Marine Harvest North Division 2 Lovat 5 Glenurquhart 3 Lovat and Glenurquhart brought their match forward to Wednesday 1 August 2012 with a 7pm throw up. Click on the following match to read the match report in full Skye Camanachd 3 Fort William 1 Skye Camanachd beat Fort William 3-1 at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. John Angus MacInnes and Iain MacLellan gave the Islanders an early lead but Lewis Morrison pulled a goal back for the Fort before the break. However John Angus MacInnes got his second 5 minutes after the interval to seal a 3-1 win which takes Skye into third place in the table. Glengarry 0 Kinlochshiel 0 Glengarry and Kinlochshiel shared the points following a goalless draw at Craigard. Lochaber P Kingussie P Lochaber and Kingussie have agreed to put back their league meeting to Wednesday 8 August 2012. Throw up at Spean Bridge will be at 7pm.
Marine Harvest South Division 2 Tayforth 0 Lochside Rovers 7 Lochside Rovers clinched the Marine Harvest North Division 2 title with a 7-0 win at Tayforth. Gavin Stobbart grabbed a hat-trick with Martin MacEwan, David Lafferty, Keith Burnett and Craig MacDougall got the others. Kyles Athletic 7 Ballachulish 2 Hat-tricks from Roddy MacColl and Matthew MacColl helped second place Kyles Athletic to a 7-2 win over third place Ballachulish at Tighnabruaich. Glasgow Mid Argyll 1 Bute 6 Tam MacMillan scored twice as Bute beat Glasgow Mid Argyll 6-1 at Yoker. |