Inveraray knocked out of Balliemore Cup
Balliemore Cup - semi final Inveraray 1 Fort William 3
THE 2017 Balliemore Cup Final will be played between Fort William and Caberfeidh after the Lochaber side beat Inveraray 3-1 at the Taynuilt Sports Field.
With the pitch in immaculate condition, Inveraray started with the wind behind them and they created a number chances but the half, which was tousy at times, eventually ended goalless after a couple of minutes stoppage time.
Fort William now had the elements and al- though Inveraray made the better start to the second half, Fort William started to come more and more into the game.
Seamus Gall put Fort ahead on 68 minutes after a scramble around the penalty spot and Gall sent the ball low past the keeper to score.
Jack Fraser made it 2-0 with a well-worked goal just three minutes later.
The move started from the wing back position to wing centre and then to wing forward before being squared to Fraser just outside the D and he sent the ball into the top corner of the net.
Calum Shepherd added a third on 78 minutes after Inveraray keeper Scott MacLachlan saved a Jack Fraser shot and Shepherd was there for the rebound.
Inveraray never let their heads drop and Allan MacDonald pulled a goal back five minutes from time, but it was too little too late and Fort William progress to the final where they will play Caberfeidh at Blairbeg on Saturday 15 July 2017.
The defeat ends Inveraray’s five-match winning run as they prepare to face Oban Camanachd in Saturday’s Marine Harvest Camanachd Cup quarter-final at home.
Marine Harvest Premiership Glasgow MA 1 Kyles Athletic 2
KYLES Athletic stay out in front in the Marine Harvest Premiership but they had to work hard to beat Glasgow Mid Argyll 2-1 at Yoker.
Gordon Whyte gave Kyles the lead after five minutes with what was a scrappy goal.
GMA fought back and levelled after 15 minutes when a shot from the right was saved by visiting keeper John Whyte but Finlay MacMillan was there to pounce to make it 1-1.
Kyles went back in front on 26 minutes with a goal almost identical to the opener, with Thomas Whyte punishing some sloppy GMA defending and, although his shot lacked power, it found the net.
There was a moment of controversy on 72 minutes when a long looping ball dropped into the Kyles’ box and keeper John Whyte ended up on the ground, but both referee John Angus Gillies and his goal judged deemed that the keep- er was not endangering himself as he played the ball away.
League fixtures have reached the halfway point and Kyles have only one blemish on their record, a 1-1 draw against Oban Camanachd.
Next week they face Newtonmore in a Camanachd Cup quarter-final tie.