Another fantastic week of shinty has just taken place with cup competitions stealing the headlines.

In addition to the usual weekend fixtures there was a smattering of mid-week games due to the Tartan Army’s exploits in London:

Mowi Senior League C

Inveraray                      2 – 1            Oban Celtic                    Lachie Wood

Coll MacKay 30                                    Lennon Campbell 15

Fraser Watt 65

Artemis Macaulay Cup 1st Round

Caberfeidh                     0 – 4           Lovat                             Calum Girvan

Fraser Heath 34, 36

Greg Matheson 58

Lewis Tawse 63

Cottages.com MacTavish Cup 1st Round

Newtonmore                 10 – 1          Inverness             Steven MacLachlan

Steven MacDonald 14, 35, 58              Charlie MacDonald 5

Struan Ross 32

Max Campbell 44, 54, 61, 73

Craig MacLeod 80, 83

 

Before an exciting weekend of action ensued.

Artemis Macaulay Cup 1st Round

Inveraray             0        v        1          Glasgow Mid Argyll       David Mitchell

Craig Anderson 59

Fort William         1        v        3          Kinlochshiel        Des McNulty

Craig MacDonald 63                             Keith MacRae 8

Donald Nixon 25

John MacRae 80

 

Scottish Sea Farms Glasgow Celtic Society Cup 1st Round

Bute                     3        v        0        Col Glen            Lachie Wood

Scott Harvey 57, 69(p)

Thomas Morrison 88

Strathdearn Cup 1st Round                       

Fort William         4        v        1          Lochaber              Calum Girvan

Greig Kelly 15, 51                               Neil MacDonald 38(p)

Graham Campbell 17

John Macleod 80

Kinlochshiel         2        v        0          Aberdeen Uni       Deek Cameron

Callum Coghill 15

Johnny MacAskill 86

Caberfeidh            0        v        3          Lovat                    Martin MacLean

Gary Marshall 10, 42, 57

Inverness             2        v        8          Glenurquhart       Scott Campbell

Ruairidh Hughes 10                             David MacLennan 12, 20, 47, 59

Steven Bellshaw 11                             Jed Stoddart 13, 17

Charlie MacLeod 15

Hazel Hunter 62

Beauly                            P – P            Strathglass Rescheduled for 21st June 

Bullough Cup 1st Round

Glenorchy            0        v        1          Inveraray             Alex MacVicar         

Euan McMurdo 37

Glasgow Mid Argyll 4    v        0          Bute                     Ross Brown

Jamie MacLeod 6

Nick Lavin 11

Cailean MacInnes 46

Iain Luke 53

Kilmory                5        v        0    English Shinty Ass        Willie MacDonald

Bruce Johnstone 21, 32, 71, 74

Andy Cunningham 57

 

Mowi Senior League B

Strathglass          3        v        5          Beauly                  Andy MacLean

Penri Jones 9, 66                                 Sandy Elrik 35, 68

Steven Hyslop 69                                Sean Stewart 40

Jack MacDonald 60, 62

 

Mowi South League B

Kyles Athletic      5        v        1          Aberdour              Craig Scott

Cairn Limbert 1                                   Tom Aitchison 88

Luke Thornton 19, 60

Stewart Taylor 75

Innes MacDonald 85

Mowi Central League

Oban Celtic          1        v        5          Kilmallie               Ronnie Campbell/Les Kinvig

Pearce MacBeth                                   Ben MacKinnon 3 

                                                          Aiden Love 1

Michael Rodger 1

 

Congratulations to all teams involved in what was another exciting weekend of shinty action up and down the country. Special congratulations to GMA, Lovat & Kinlochshiel who all booked themselves a place in the next round of the Artemis Macaulay Cup and to Newtonmore & Bute who will be continuing their exploits in the 2nd round of their respective area cups.

Did things go as predicted – give the Half-Swing Shinty Podcast a listen to find out…