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BBC News
02-08-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Holders Kingussie into Camanachd Cup final as music festival curtails card
Holders Kingussie won through to the final of the Camanachd Cup with an eventually comfortable 3-0 victory over Fort William at Bught Park, Inverness. Kingussie will now return there on 20 September to meet Newtonmore or Oban Camanachd, who contest the second semi-final in Fort William next took Dylan Borthwick just two minutes to give Kingussie an early advantage. The tie then hung in the balance, with chances for both sides, but just after the hour Thomas Borthwick put the holders into the driving seat with their second before Ruaridh Anderson added the shinty programme was severely reduced on Saturday after no fewer than 15 teams requested a free Saturday, mainly to attend the Belladrum music the Premiership does have new leaders following Oban Camanachd's 5-1 victory on MacMillan, Daniel MacVicar, Daniel MacCuish and Joe MacVicar had Camanachd 4-0 up by half time in Portree. Willie MacKinnon pulled one back but Malcolm Clark restored Camanachd's four- goal advantage just a minute later to secure their ninth consecutive Oban side now head Fort William by a point, with Newtonmore one and Kingussie two further adrift. However both have a game in now require only two points from their last three games to gain promotion back to the Premiership following a 3-1 success at Inveraray, where Ben Delaney scored two. Glasgow Mid Argyll reduced Col Glen's cushion in the second promotion place to two points with an away victory over their rivals by the same Auryn Kerr pulled the score back to 2-1, the outcome was in doubt until John Sweeney's late third for Mid remained in distant promotion contention when Josh Cowan scored four in their 8-3 home win over Kilmallie.
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Kinlochshiel end Kingussie's 52-game unbeaten run
Kinlochshiel ended Kingussie's 52-game unbeaten run across almost two years with a 2-1 Mowi Premiership victory at dropped Kingussie to fourth and allowed newly-promoted Fort William to hit top spot with a 5-0 eclipse of Lovat at An Aird. Shiel's success, combined with Beauly's 10-1 defeat by Oban Camanachd, also confirmed Beauly's came from behind to defeat visitors Kyles 6-1 and extend their winning run to 12 edged Caberfeidh 2-1 in the other Premiership Borthwick got an early opener for Kingussie but Archie MacRae levelled before half-time and young Jay MacRae hit the winner with 11 minutes left. This was Kingussie's first defeat in all competitions since they lost 1-0 to Caberfeidh at Strathpeffer on 23 September, 2023.A Lachie Shaw hat-trick, including a penalty, and goals from Ewan Campbell and Archie MacKinnon took Fort to the summit of the top division after several seasons in the lower Mossfield, Daniel MacVicar opened Oban's goal rush in the first minute and ended it in the 84th. In between, Daniel MacCuish got a treble, Malcolm Clark a double and there were singles from Ross Campbell, Lorn Dickie and Ross MacMillan. Louie MacLellan replied for Beauly at Pringle scored for Kyles after just four minutes at The Eilan and they held on for most of the first half before crumbling. Joe Coyle equalised, Iain Robinson spread a hat-trick across the interval and Euan Dingwall and Conor Jones completed the MacDonald and Ruaraidh MacLeod gave visitors Skye a 2-0 half-time lead and, despite Blair Morrison narrowing the gap in the penultimate minute, Skye held on to break the mid-table William, with an extra game played, are a point clear of Newtonmore, who head Oban Camanachd on goal difference, with Kingussie a further point strengthened their grip at the top of the National Division with a 2-0 victory at home over Bute while Col Glen in second boosted their chances of a first ever season in the Premiership when they defeated visitors Glenurquhart Celtic won the Chieftain's Cup for single team clubs, 4-2 against Ballachulish in the final at Cannich.
BBC News
31-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Beauly enjoy rare win in Camanachd Cup
Beauly won their first game of a nightmare season when they edged visitors Caberfeidh 3-1 on penalties after 120 goalless minutes in the last 16 of the Tulloch Camanachd Division leaders Lochaber came close to creating an upset when they scored first against Lovat at Balgate but lost 2-1. Holders Kingussie had to work hard to edge Skye by the same scoreline and Newtonmore made short work of Glenurquhart, winning 4-0 at the William overwhelmed local rivals Kilmallie 6-1 and the biggest winning margin of the round was Kinlochshiel's 6-0 victory over Inverness, the only survivors from the third Camanachd defeated Kyles 2-0 at Tighnabruich and in the other all-south area tie, Inveraray progressed 3-0 against Glasgow Mid Beauly had to show for 13 previous games was two Premiership draws and two exits from other cups, albeit one of them on penalties against Kingussie.,Ben Delaney gave Lochaber an early breakthrough and it was almost on the hour before Calum Cruden equalised with a penalty, with Graeme MacMillan's winner for Lovat coming soon Borthwick's first-half opener for Kingussie was quickly cancelled by Dan MacDonald before Roddy Young kept Kingussie's defence and hopes of repeating their 2024 Grand Slam on Robinson and Matthew Sloss put Newtonmore well in charge just before half time, before Joe Coyle and Robinson's second completed the was largely one-way traffic at An Aird where Victor Smith scored four for Fort William and Lachie Shaw two, while Lewis Birrell got Kilmallie's consolation at 5-0. Kilmallie's Calum MacDougall was sent for the first time, all of Kinlochshiel's goals were scored by members of the Clan MacRae, with doubles from John and Archie and one each from Keith and MacVicar and Garry Lord both scored in the first 20 minutes to secure Oban Camanachd's progress. All of Inveraray's goals came in the second half with one each from Euan Donnan, Campbell Watt and Coll MacKay.
