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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Shinty: Kingussie maintain advantage at Mowi Premiership summit
Victories for the top four left the business end of the Mowi Premiership unchanged, with Kingussie maintaining their slender one-point lead at the summit. The league leaders had to work hard for a 1-0 win at the home of determined bottom side Beauly. Advertisement Oban Camanachd edged Kinlochshiel by the same score in Wester Ross and Fort William defeated Kyles 2-1 at Tighnabruich. Newtonmore extended their run to seven straight league and cup victories, 4-0 against visitors Caberfeidh and in Portree, Skye escaped the second relegation place, consigning Lovat to it on a 5-2 scoreline. Ferguson Balliemore Cup favourites Lochaber ground out a 2-1 victory over Oban Celtic at Mossfield Park. Thomas Borthwick's goal midway through the first half was all that separated champions Kingussie and a Beauly side which looked far better than their league position suggests. Advertisement A first-half Daniel MacVicar penalty kept Oban Camanachd in second place. Fort William kept in pursuit when Calum Shepherd scored just before half-time and Ewen Campbell just after, with Roddy MacDonald's counter insufficient to salvage anything for Kyles. Fourth-placed Newtonmore opened up a four-point gap over their opponents when Joe Coyle and Iain Robinson made it 2-0 at the interval, before Robinson's second and a goal from Conor Jones completed the job. Willie MacKinnon, Ross Gordon and Ruaraidh MacLeod all scored for Skye late in the first half. James MacPherson pulled one back for Lovat and Dan MacDonald made it 4-1 before Cameron MacMillan grabbed the visitors' second and MacLeod completed a double in stoppage time to round it off. Advertisement Lovat now contemplate the MacTavish Cup final against Kingussie from second bottom place in the league with an extra game played. Oban Celtic created a whiff of a Balliemore upset when Kyle MacFarlane put them ahead as the interval beckoned, but a Shaun Nicholson double eventually put Lochaber through. Inverness rushed to a 4-0 lead against Strathglass from the league above them before prevailing 4-2. Cup specialists Inveraray disposed of Aberdour 4-0 including a Lewis Montgomery hat-trick and Col Glen progressed 3-0 on penalties after 120 minutes of play produced a 3-3 draw with Glasgow Mid Argyll.
BBC News
15-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Kingussie & Fort William extending winning runs
Champions Kingussie, 5-2 winners over Lovat, and newly promoted Fort William who defeated Beauly 1-0, extended their winning Premiership runs to all three games this contrast Skye, 4-0 losers away to Oban Camanachd, and Kyles who went down 4-2 to Caberfeidh, still seek their first points along with flying start in the National Division received a setback when they were pegged back to a 1-all draw on The Dell, Marc MacLachlan's early opener for Lovat was soon cancelled by Thomas Borthwick before Ruaraidh Anderson and Roddy Young put Kingussie 3-1 up. Into the second half, Danny Kelly made it 3-2 but Anderson completed his hat trick to clinch it for William's game at An Aird against the other newly-promoted side Beauly remained goalless until Victor Smith broke the deadlock after 70 from Ross Campbell and one each from Ross MacMillan and Scott Campbell saw Oban Camanachd comfortably strolled to a 3-0 half time lead at home to Kyles with a double from Logan Beaton and one from Craig the second half, the sides had a penalty apiece where Connor Kennedy pulled one back for Kyles before Kevin Bartlett made it 4-1. An Ian McCall own goal then proved too little too late for the second tier, Ben Delaney struck for Lochaber before Scott Harvey equalised for Bute in the penultimate Glasgow Mid Argyll edged visitors Kilmallie 1-0, Inveraray had a 3-1 home win over Strathglass and Col Glen overwhelmed Glenurquhart 4-1 in Drumnadrochit.
