The Saturday Shinty Snapshot – Saturday 9 June 2012. | |
09 June 2012 Lovat go top of the Orion Group Premiership and Inveraray, Fort William and Glenurquhart have made it through to the Artemis Macaulay Cup semi-finals following the shinty matches on Saturday 9 June 2012.
Artemis Macaulay Cup – Quarter Finals Fort William 6 Kinlochshiel 2 Gary Innes scored four as Fort William beat Kinlochshiel 6-2 at the Black Parks. A Gary Innes brace either side of a Bryan Simpson goal put the Fort three up after just 18 minutes. However ‘Shiel fought back and Duncan “Ach” MacRae netted twice before the break to reduce the deficit to a single goal. The game’s main talking back came when Keith MacRae netted to make it 3-3. However referee Graham Irving ruled out the strike on the advice of the goal judge and this decision was hotly contested by the west coast side. Fort William went on to extend their lead as Gary Innes scored two more either side of a Gordie MacKinnon effort to seal a place in the last four with a 6-2 victory. Glenurquhart 3 Kingussie 1 Glenurquhart beat Kingussie 3-1 at Blairbeg. Neale Reid put the Glen ahead on 26 minutes and he added a second 3 minutes into the second half. James MacPherson got his first goal for the senior Glen side on 68 minutes to make it 3-0. Ronald Ross scored his customary goal 10 minutes from time but it was too late, too late for the Kings. Glasgow Mid Argyll 0 Inveraray 5 Chris Crawford scored four as Inveraray beat Glasgow Mid Argyll 5-0 at Yoker. Garry MacPherson got the other.
Bullough Cup – First Round Lochside Rovers 5 SCOTS Camanachd 0 Lochside Rovers ran out 5-0 winners against forces side SCOTS Camanachd at Mossfield. Lewis Cameron scored a goal in each half for the Oban side.
Orion Group Premiership Lovat 3 Newtonmore 0 Lovat go top of the Orion Group Premiership following their 3-0 win over reigning champions Newtonmore at Balgate. Duncan Davidson scored the only goal of the first half a minute before the break. Fraser Gallacher added a double on 70 and 85 minutes as Lovat beat Newtonmore for the second time in the league this season. Kilmallie 10 Bute 0 Kilmallie are off the bottom of the table after hitting double figures against Bute at the Canal Parks. Michael Rodger was their top scorer with four goals whilst John Stewart, Grant MacKenzie and Liam MacDonald got two each.
Marine Harvest North Division 1 Lochcarron 2 Beauly 1 The meeting at Battery Park between Lochcarron and Beauly was brought forward to Thursday 7 June 2012 to allow players from both sides to attend the weekend Rockness Music Festival. Gregor Cushnie put the home side ahead on 14 minutes and he added a second 15 minutes from time. However a goal from Jamie MacLennan on 84 minutes got Beauly back into it but it was Lochcarron who edged this close encounter.
Marine Harvest South Division 1 Aberdour 1 Oban Camanachd 11 It was top versus bottom as Oban Camanachd travelled to Fife to play Aberdour. The visitors proved too strong, running out 11-1 winners with Andrew MacCuish getting five first half goals. Glenorchy 5 Kilmory 0 Glenorchy beat Kilmory 5-0 with Grant MacPherson, Kieran MacKay, John MacNulty, Scott Livingston and Lorne Brown got the goals. Taynuilt 2 Strachur 2 Sixth place Tayforth went 2-0 down against Strachur with early strikes from Ally Mirlees and Duncan MacNicol. However the home side fought back to earn a point thanks to a second half Willie Neilson double.
Marine Harvest North Division 2 Glenurquhart 1 Newtonmore 2 Glenurquhart and Newtonmore brought their Blairbeg meeting forward to Wednesday 6 June 2012 to allow players from both sides to attend the weekend Rockness Music Festival. The Glen ran out 2-1 winners following this entertaining mid-week tussle. The home side took the lead on 24 minutes when James MacPherson collected a shy and strode forward before thumping the ball into the net. The Glen extended their lead a minute before the break when a shy from the left was knocked down to Ben Hosie and he produced a delightful chip to beat Sean MacQuarrie to make it 2-0. If the Glen were on top in the first half, it was ‘More who dominated the second period. However all they had to show for their efforts was a 70 Drew MacDonald strike when he latched on to a rebound off Glen keeper Cameron MacLennan to make it 2-1. ‘More continued to press until the end but the home defence, brilliantly marshaled by Donald Fraser and for whom Bradley Dickson was excellent, held out until referee John Angus Gillies blew final whistle. Kinlochshiel 6 Lochaber 4 There were goals galore at Kirkton as second top Kinlochshiel beat an under-strength Lochaber side 6-4. ‘Shiel raced into a 4-1 lead at the break, which included a goal in his first start from U17 player Alasdair Nixon. However Lochaber squared the game at 4-4 with Martin Patterson netting twice. ‘Shiel were not to be denied though and late goals from substitute Steven Fraser and Conall Fraser gave them the points. Kingussie 5 Glengarry 0 Kingussie beat Glengarry 5-0 at the Dell with John Gibson scoring twice. Fort William v Lovat The tie between Fort William and Lovat at the Black Parks has been put back to Wednesday 13 June 2012. Throw up is at 7.30pm.
Marine Harvest South Division 2 Ballachulish 2 Tayforth 2 Ballachulish and Tayforth shared the points following a 2-2 draw. Darren Sutherland and David MacPhee netted for Ballachulish with Neil Shearer and Derry Barton on target for Tayforth. Glasgow Mid Argyll 1 Ardnamurchan 0 Euan Forsyth got the only goal of the game at Yoker as Glasgow Mid Argyll beat Ardnamurchan 1-0 in their noon clash. Aberdour W/O v Inveraray Inveraray were unable to raise a team for their trip to Fife to play Aberdour so the points go to the home side.
Marine Harvest North Division 3 Beauly 5 Inverness 1 League leaders Beauly had Martin Davidson available again following a two match ban and he scored twice as the greens beat Inverness 5-1 at Braeview Park. Scott MacLean also got a brace and Marc MacLauchlan the other. Graeme MacInnes got a consolation strike for the visitors. Strathglass 3 Kilmallie 3 Josh Fraser and Graham Mitchell each scored twice as Strathglass and Kilmallie shared the points in a 3-3 draw at Cannich. Lewis Camanachd 1 Caberfeidh 5 Caberfeidh were the latest club to cross the Minch to play Lewis Camanachd at Shawbost and they returned home with both points following a 5-1 win. The visitors raced into a 12 minute 3-0 lead thanks to a Craig Morrison hat-trick. Donald Lamont scored a goal from his own half on 16 minutes but Aaron Ross netted for the visitors a minute later. Donald Lamont was red carded 15 minutes later for retaliation by referee Ronnie Campbell. Lewis rallied well but Colin MacLeod added to Cabers tally and the real damage was done in the opening 12 minutes. |