Shinty round up
Fort William, Kingussie and Newtonmore have good league wins in Saturday’s action
cottages.com MacTavish Cup – quarter-final Fort William P Glenurquhart P
The tie between Fort William and Glenurquhart at An Aird was called off because of Covid restrictions and will be rescheduled.
Mowi Senior League A Fort William 5 Skye Camanachd 2
With both Fort William and Skye seeing their original fixtures postponed, a meeting between the sides at An Aird was quickly arranged.
With Victor Smith unavailable, Fort William co-manager Adam Robertson took sole charge of the side. Johnny Foster and Ally MacRae were missing so Gordon Stephenson and Lewis Murphy came into the defence, with Alexander Cameron going to full back.
Calum Shepherd was out with a broken knuckle suffered in the last outing against Lochaber. Jack Fraser lined-up in midfield. Skye boss Kenny MacLeod was still without John Gillies so William MacKinnon continued at full back. Iain MacLellan started with Jamie Gillie dropping onto the bench.
Skye lost defender Martin Pringle after just five minutes.
Pringle was taken off as a precautionary measure with a tight hamstring and the forthcoming Alvance Balliemore Cup final in mind.
Jamie Gillies came on in attack; James Pringle dropped back into midfield with Ally ‘Cleodi' MacLeod moving into the defence.
Fort William went in front on 32 minutes. Arran MacPhee and Lewis Morrison were high up the park and when the ball came to Morrison, he drew two defenders as he went to shoot but flicked the ball to Arran MacPhee instead.
MacPhee was free outside the D and the Fort skipper wasn't going to miss and he sent the ball into the bottom corner of the net. Lachie Shaw made it 2-0 just three minutes before the break.
The ball came in low from a corner on the left and fell to Shaw around the penalty area and he turned and shot goalwards, not catching the ball as crisply as he'd have liked but it hit Skye keeper Ryan Morrison's foot and went into the net.
The Fort added a third a minute after the restart. The ball came in from a shy and Lachie Shaw turned his marker before letting the ball bounce twice and his shot flew into the net, hitting the middle of the left stanchion.
Skye's Somhairle MacDonald scored his third goal in two weeks when he cut in from the left before shooting from around the penalty spot.
Fort keeper Paul MacKay got his hand to the ball but couldn't keep it out so it was now 3-1 with 52 minutes on the clock.
The islanders cut the deficit to a single goal on 72 minutes with a great finish from Jordan Murchison on the right.
However there was to be no comeback and when the hosts were awarded a free-hit on the left side of the D, Padraig McNeil played the ball across the penalty area where Lewis Morrison fired into the middle left-hand side of the goal.
Fort William wrapped up the points from a good overall performance three minutes from time when Cam Stephen made it 5-2. Lachie Shaw's shot was saved with his feet by Ryan Morrison but as the ball flew into the air, Cam Stephen finished calmly with a tap-in.
Speaking afterwards, Fort William co-manager Adam Robertson said: ‘We played really well and it was a good win. We are using the league to build our squad up for next season and youngsters Gordon Stephenson and Lewis Murphy came into the side and really impressed.
‘Craig MacDonald and Cam Stephen also showed up well when they came on for the final 20 minutes, whilst Astie Cameron did very well as we moved him to full back.
‘We have a good forward line on paper but we've not always shown it on the pitch this season.
‘I thought we clicked on Saturday though. We got to the ball first and that made a difference. I thought Victor Smith had his best game of the season. He won just about every ball and he is so hard to shift off the ball when he gets possession.
‘It was a good performance and a good result.'
Skye Camanachd P Lochaber P
Skye Camanachd's fixture with Lochaber at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree was postponed because of Covid restrictions.
Kilmallie P Kinlochshiel P
Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup finalists Kinlochshiel were unable to fulfil their meeting with Kilmallie at the Canal Parks.
Mowi Senior League B Kingussie 5 Caberfeidh 1
Kingussie came from a goal down to beat Caberfeidh 5-1 at the Dell.
Caberfeidh's Kevin Bartlett scored the only goal of the first half on 39 minutes but Kingussie made a smart start to the second period with Roddy Young levelling on 46 minutes.
Liam Borthwick on 55 minutes and Dylan Borthwick a couple of minutes later made 3-1.
Dylan Borthwick added a fourth on 78 minutes whilst Roddy Young got his second to round off the scoring on 82 minutes.
Strathglass 0 Newtonmore 7
Newtonmore were 7-0 victors against Strathglass at Cannich.
Iain Robinson's brace on 27 and 35 minutes had 'More two up.
Referee Willie MacDonald penalised a blatant hack to award 'More a penalty on
45 minutes and Struan Ross converted.
Struan Ross got his second a minute after the restart. When a Strathglass defender was penalised for double-swinging inside the D, Conor Jones scored from the spot to make it 6-0.
Struan Ross completed his hat-trick with a brilliant solo effort as he played keepy-uppy with the ball as he ran forward before crashing a volley into the roof of the net.
Iain Robinson rounded off the scoring three minutes from time.
There were yellow cards for Newtonmore's Steven MacDonald for speaking out of turn to referee Willie MacDonald and to Strathglass captain Josh Fraser for persistent fouling.
Beauly P Lovat P
The derby between Beauly and
Lovat at Braeview Park was postponed because of Covid restrictions.
HIS Sutherland Cup - semi-final Lovat P Lochside Rovers P
The Lovat second team and Lochside Rovers will have to try again as their noon throw up at Spean Bridge was postponed because of Covid restrictions.
Mowi North League A Kinlochshiel 2 Glengarry 1
The Kinlochshiel seconds turned in a strong defensive performance to beat a good Glengarry side 2-1 in their 1pm throw up at Rèaraig.
Colin MacDiarmid started at full centre for 'Shiel with Callum Coghill and Lewis MacVicar either side of him