Oban Camanachd make cup final - shinty round up

Kyles Athletic 3 
Glasgow Mid Argyll 1 
After extra time

 

Kyles Athletic will play Oban Camanachd in the final after they overcame Glasgow Mid Argyll (GMA) 3-1 after extra time at Tighnabruaich. 

 

Kyles Athletic’s Andrew King is likely to miss another couple of weeks yet with a hamstring injury, but Conor Kennedy returned and Will Cowie was able to take a place on the bench.  

 

GMA’s John McNulty and Gary Luke were still out with leg injuries, but Calum McLay was fit to play.
After a goal-less first half, GMA led through Craig Anderson on 62 minutes. 

 

Kyles brought Will Cowie off the bench and David Zavaroni levelled on 68 minutes. With no further scoring, referee Graham Fisher took the tie to extra time. 

 

Luke Thornton put Kyles ahead for the first time on 97 minutes and Ross Macrae rounded off the 3-1 win on 115 minutes to send Kyles through. 

 

Kyles player/coach Roddy Macdonald said: “That was a difficult game in the heat. GMA were up for it and started well. We came more into it later on and I thought we deserved to win. 

 

“It was good to see Will Cowie return after not playing since March. He made a difference when he came on and we are getting bodies back so can hopefully kick on from here.

 

“We look forward to the final against Oban Camanachd.”

Mowi National Division
Beauly 2 
Bute 1

 

Beauly extended their lead at the top of the Mowi Premiership to six points when they beat Bute 2-1 at Braeview Park.

 

Bute led through Scott Harvey’s opener, but Euan MacCormick levelled on 56 minutes. Bute’s Scott Harvey was sent off on 62 minutes for something said to referee Jamie MacPherson.  
Beauly pressed for a winner, but they left it late with Angus Renwick making it 2-1 in the final minute.

 

Kilmallie 6 
Oban Celtic 2 

 

Kilmallie beat Oban Celtic 6-2 in their 3pm throw-up at Canal Parks.

 

Calum MacDougall scored in the opening minute before adding a second on 20 minutes. 

 

Shane O’Rua made it 3-0 on 29 minutes, although Ewen Campbell pulled a goal back five minutes later. 

 

The second half was just five  minutes old when Shane O’Rua scored again and there was a late glut of goals as Calum MacDougall took his tally to four with a quick-fire brace on 85 and 86 minutes, with Kyle MacFarlane countering to make it 6-2 a couple of minutes from time. 

Camanachd Association Single Team Cup Competition  quarter finals
Ballachulish 1 
Lochcarron 1 
After extra time. Ballachulish won 4-3 on penalties. 

 

It took a penalty shoot-out to separate Ballachulish and Lochcarron following their 1-1 draw at Jubilee Park. 
Angus Urquhart put Lochcarron ahead on 68 minutes, but Lewis Moran made it 1-1 with seven minutes remaining. 

 

Extra time couldn’t separate the sides and Ballachulish won the resulting penalty shoot-out 4-3.  
David Grant of Ballachullish was sent off by referee James Munro.

 

Strachur-Dunoon 0 
Kilmory 5 

 

Kilmory beat Strachur-Dunoon 5-0 in their 1pm throw-up at Strachurmore. 

 

This was Strachur-Dunoon’s  first match in the village since last August and they were without Liam Robertson who completed his two-game suspension following his red card against Kyles in April. Kilmory’s Sandy Leiper was also banned.  

 

Kilmory took the lead through Nairn Jackson on nine minutes and Craig Taylor rattled home a hat-trick with goals on 23, 40 and 81 minutes.

 

Nairn Jackson got his second six minutes from time.

 

Boleskine P 
Ardnamurchan P 
The tie between Boleskine and Ardnamurchan will be rescheduled following a bereavement.

 

Mowi South Division 2 

 

Robert Lowrie and Aiden MacGregor gave the Bute juniors an early two-goal lead against Uddingston in their 12.30pm throw-up at the Meadows. 

 

Robert Lowie got his second with 10 first half minutes remaining before completing his hat-trick on 42 minutes. Robert Walker senior on 51 minutes and Ruairidh Soane on 88 minutes completed the scoring.

Women’s Camanachd Association
Mowi National Division
Dunadd 2 
Glenurquhart 10

 

Zoe Smith scored six times as Glenurquhart beat Dunadd 10-2 in their 1pm throw-up at MacRae Park. 

 

Aberdour 8 
Ardnamurchan 0

 

Aberdour were 8-0 winners against Ardnamurchan in their 1pm throw-up at Silversands.
All throw-ups were at 2.30pm unless the match report states differently.

 

Cup draws

 

The draws for the Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup and Mowi Challenge Cup quarter finals were made at Spean Bridge following the Mowi National Division match between Lochaber and Badenoch. 

 

Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup
Glenurquhart v Lochaber
Inverness v Skye Camanachd  
Badenoch v Dunadd
Kinlochshiel v Glasgow Mid Argyll  

 

Mowi Challenge Cup 
Tayforth v Strathglass
Glasgow Mid Argyll v Inveraray
Badenoch v Glenurquhart
Inverness v Lovat

 

The ties will take place over the weekend of June 14/15. 

 

Youth shinty

 

Macaulay Sixes return

 

The Macaulay Sixes will return to Mossfield, Oban, on Sunday June 2 for the first time since 2019. 

 

This year’s competition is open to teams in the south of Scotland and the Fort William area. There is a senior tournament for players aged primary seven  and under and a junior event for players aged primary 5 and under.

 

The entry form can be found on the Camanachd Association website and any queries can be directed to Will Cowie at will.cowie@shinty.com.

 

The closing date for entries is Friday May 25.

 

Oban youngsters make MacMaster progress
Oban Camanachd’s under 14s  beat Fort William’s under 14s 6-4 at An Aird to progress in the national MacMaster Cup competition. 

 

It took extra time to separate the sides as doubles from Kian Crawford and Daniel Duffy and efforts from Max Walker and Aidan Steeman secured a 6-4 win.