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Shinty: Premiership title rivals go head-to-head
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BBC News
3 days ago
- BBC News
Kingussie beat rivals Newtomore to boost title hopes
Defending champions Kingussie moved a point off the top of the Mowi Premiership with a 3-0 home win over local rivals Newtonmore in both sides' game in took a step towards safety when they edged visitors Kyles 3-2. Skye overwhelmed bottom side Beauly 4-0 at an astonishing game, relegation-threatened Lovat went 3-0 up on Caberfeidh before the home side stormed back to win Genini scored in each half for Kingussie before Toby Thain's stoppage-time strike. The two sides meet again in Inverness in the Tulloch Camanachd Cup final on 20 took a 2-0 half time lead through Kieran Martin and Keith MacRae, but Liam Arnott and Roddy MacDonald brought Kyles level before Archie MacRae's winner for held out almost until half-time when Skye's Ross Gordon broke the deadlock. Ruairidh MacLeod then settled the issue with a second half hat Matheson and James MacPherson both scored for Lovat in the first two minutes and Matheson's second just before half time appeared to have them on easy an astonishing four goals in six minutes, all from Blair Morrison, suddenly put Cabers in front, and Lovat's collapse continued late on when they conceded to Logan Beaton and to Morrison for the fifth leaves Lovat, in the second relegation place, still two points behind Kyles who have a game in hand, and in continuing danger of joining neighbours and rivals Beauly in the drop.
