The Saturday Shinty Snapshot – Saturday 7 July 2012. | |
08 July 2012 Oban Camanachd and Glenurquhart will meet in the Artemis Macaulay Cup Final and Kyles Athletic are the last Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup quarter-finalists following the shinty fixtures on Saturday 7 July 2012.
Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup – Second Round Kyles Athletic 7 Glasgow Mid Argyll 1 Five goals in the last half hour earned Kyles Athletic the last place in the quarter finals of the Scottish Hydro Camanachd Cup as they beat Glasgow Mid Argyll 7-1 at Tighnabruaich. Gordon Whyte got the home side off to a great start with a goal after just 3 minutes and a 41 minute David Zavaroni strike made it 2-0 at the break. However Andy McGhee pulled a goal back a couple of minutes into the second half and it remained 2-1 until Roddy MacDonald struck on the hour mark. The 2011 Marine Harvest Player of the Year got his second 6 minutes later and a late Fraser MacDonald double and a Dunkie Kerr goal earned Kyles a 7-1 win and a trip to Portree next weekend to play Skye in the quarter-finals.
Artemis Macaulay Cup – Semi Finals Fort William 0 Glenurquhart 3 Second half goals from David Smart, Ruaraidh Cameron and James MacPherson gave Glenurquhart a 3-0 win over Fort William at the Bught Park, Inverness. The Blairbeg men now have a final to look forward to at Mossfield, Oban on Saturday 18 August 2012. Oban Camanachd 4 Inveraray 3 Oban Camanachd were surprise 4-3 winners in their noon semi-final against Inveraray at Mossfield. Andrew MacCuish put the home side ahead on 8 minutes only for Russell MacKinlay to level 20 minutes later. MacCuish got his second on 35 minutes to give Oban Camanachd a 2-1 lead at the interval. Aidan MacIntyre made it 3-1 on 72 minutes but Garry MacPherson just 5 minutes later and Ruairidh Graham 3 minutes from time squared the game at 3-3. With just 60 seconds of the 90 minutes remaining, Oban Camanachd’s Iain MacMillan fired home to give his side a meeting with Glenurquhart on their own Mossfield pitch in the final next month. The only sour note for Oban Camanachd was the dismissal of Gareth Evans by referee Graham Cameron for two bookable offences.
Orion Group Premiership Kinlochshiel 0 Newtonmore 2 With league leaders Kyles in cup action, Newtonmore took the chance to return to the top of the Orion Group Premiership with a 2-0 win over Kinlochshiel at Kirkton. Newtonmore had the better of a goalless first half but a couple of blistering second half strikes from John MacKenzie and Danny MacRae gave them victory. Bute 1 Lovat 2 Lovat came from a goal down to beat Bute 2-1 at the Meadows. Ally Carmichael but Bute ahead after 16 minutes only for Owen Ferguson to level a couple of minutes before the break. Greg Matheson scored what proved to be the winner a minute into the second half. Lovat are third whilst Bute remain rooted to the bottom of the table. Kilmallie 0 Kingussie 4 Kilmallie find themselves in relegation trouble following their 4-0 defeat to Kingussie at the Canal Parks. The home side conceded a soft opener when Barrie Dallas netted after just 5 minutes. Ronald Ross hit a goal in each half before Rory Borthwick made it 4-0 on 77 minutes. Kilmallie are level on points with Glenurquhart and Inveraray in the league’s second relegation spot. However they only have three league matches remaining - at home to Newtonmore and away to Inveraray and Fort William.
Marine Harvest North Division 1 Lochaber 7 Caberfeidh 2 Lochaber go second in the table following their 7-2 win over Caberfeidh at Spean Bridge. Goals from Ben Delaney for the home side and Alan Ross for the visitors left the game level after an hour. However a Shaun Nicolson hat-trick, another Ben Delaney strike and goals from Ryan Toal and Stuart Callison made it 7-1 before Craig Morrison got a late consolation for Cabers. Lochcarron 3 Strathglass 1 Lochcarron led 2-1 against Strathglass at half time before having to settle for a share of the points in a 3-3 draw at Battery Park. An Iain MacKenzie double and a Gregor Cushnie penalty counted for the home side whilst player / manager Robert Geddes and a Robbie Stokes brace earned Strathglass a point. Beauly P Skye Camanachd P The match between Beauly and Skye Camanachd at Braeview Park was postponed at Skye’s request because of a bereavement.
Marine Harvest South Division 1 Oban Celtic 2 Kilmory 0 Oban Celtic were 2-0 winners over Kilmory in Oban thanks to early goals from Alan Duffy and Kieran Gallagher. Aberdour P Glenorchy P The match between Aberdour and Glenorchy was postponed because of an unplayable pitch in Fife.
Marine Harvest North Division 2 Newtonmore 7 Fort William 0 League leaders Newtonmore beat Fort William 7-0 at the Eilan to go six points clear at the top of the table. Evan Menzies and Calum Stewart each bagged hat-tricks whilst Conor Jones got the other from the penalty spot. Kinlochshiel 1 Glenurquhart 1 Ewan Menzies gave Glenurquhart a 10 minute lead against Kinlochshiel at Kirkton. However John MacRae, who played for the first team against Newtonmore earlier in the day, squared the game 10 minutes from time. Skye Camanachd 5 Kingussie 1 First half goals from Alan Palmer and Iain MacLellan gave Skye Camanachd a 2-0 interval lead against Kingussie at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. Nathan Grant pulled a goal back for the Kings only for Alan Palmer to go on to complete his hat-trick before substitute John Angus MacInnes sealed a 5-1 win. Lovat 3 Lochaber 1 Lovat’s win over Skye Camanachd last weekend took them off the bottom of the table at Lochaber’s expense and the sides met at Balgate. Lovat came out on top with all the goals coming in the first half. Martin Porter gave Lochaber a 7 minute lead but Laura Gallacher levelled a minute later. Two goals in two minutes just before the interval from Rory Cruden and Connell McIlleachair gave Lovat the points.
Marine Harvest South Division 2 Ballachulish 1 Kyles Athletic 4 Third place Ballachulish went down 4-1 at home to Kyles Athletic. Darren Sutherland scored for the home side but a Roddy MacColl hat-trick and a David Martin effort gave Kyles the points. Col Glen W/O v Inveraray Inveraray were unable raise a team for their trip to play Col Glen so the home side were awarded the points. Ardnamurchan W/O v Bute Bute were unable to raise a team for their trip to Ardnamurchan so the home side were awarded the points.
Marine Harvest North Division 3 Beauly 6 Lochbroom 0 League leaders Beauly need only two more wins to clinch the title and promotion to Marine Harvest North Division 2 following their 6-0 win over second place Lochbroom at Braeview Park. Martin Davidson was amongst the goals again with a hat-trick. U17 starlet Calum Morrison also netted whilst Conor Ross chipped in with a second half double. Boleskine 4 Caberfeidh 1 Ewan Fraser scored twice as Boleskine beat Caberfeidh 4-1 at Farr. Iain Grant and Lewis Smith got the others whilst veteran Archie Ritchie was on target for Caberfeidh. Lochcarron 11 Strathglass 1 Lochcarron continued their good recent league form by making it four wins on the trot with a crushing 11-1 victory over Strathglass at Battery Park. Gregor Cushnie, who scored for the Lochcarron first team when the sides’ senior teams met earlier in the day, grabbed a hat-trick. Andrew Slaughter, David Cameron and Iain Cameron notched doubles whilst Kenny Cushnie and Sean MacCuish also found the back of the net. Ewan Harper got a consolation goal for Strathglass. Lewis Camanachd 3 Inverness 1 A Scott Murray double on 18 and 23 minutes put Lewis Camanachd 2-0 up against Inverness at Shawbost. Calum Stamper made it 3-0 on 36 minutes although Iain Greenhouse pulled a goal back for Inverness a minute before the break. Lewis had played with the wind in the first half but Inverness were unable to make the most of that advantage in the second period. Indeed Lewis had the ball in the net for a fourth period during the second 45 minutes but the goal was disallowed by referee John MacLeod. The win means that Lewis climb to seventh place in the table. |