Marine Harvest North Division 1
Newtonmore 2 Kinlochshiel 0
The match between the Kinlochshiel and Newtonmore second teams was switched to the Eilan on Saturday morning as Kirkton was unplayable.
Newtonmore boss Cammy MacDonald was without John MacKenzie who served a one-match ban for passing the disciplinary points threshold.
Kinlochshiel were also light up front as boss Willie MacRae travelled without Neil Fraser.
’Shiel must have feared the worst when Iain Robinson on four minutes and Duncan Gorman on nine minutes gave them a 2- 0 early lead.
That was the end of the scoring but not the drama as referee Callum Duff red carded ’More’s Struan Kish and Colin MacDiarmid from ’Shiel.
The win takes Newtonmore to the top of the table, a point ahead of Strathglass, although they have played a game more.
Kinlochshiel and Newtonmore are scheduled to meet again at Kirkton in early June in the Aberdein Considine Sutherland Cup quarter-finals.
Kingussie 8 Glenurquhart 0
The Kingussie young guns were to the fore as their second string took the points with a convincing 8- 0 win over their Glenurquhart counter-parts in a noon throw up at the Dell.
Glenurquhart were without Bradley Sneddon who completed a two-game ban following his red card against the Lovat second team a fortnight earlier and a number of their youth players were missing because of a school trip.
Glenurquhart, with Callum Smith at full forward, were on top during the opening half hour and created several chances without scoring.
Kingussie’s first real chance came when Kevin Thain collected the ball in space but his shot went just past the post.
There seemed little sign of the goal avalanche to follow when Dylan Borthwick gave the Kings a1- 0 first half lead with a terrific strike from around the penalty spot just four minutes before the break.
He almost scored again just moments later when he took a Roddy Young pass but sent the ball over the bar.
Kingussie took control after the break and Roddy Young made it 2- 0 after 46 minutes.
The Kingussie forward line, with veteran Kevin Thain urging on youngsters Dylan Borthwick, Ruaridh Anderson and Roddy Young, were now in full flow.
Kings made it 3-1 on 51 minutes when Roddy Young got past Ross MacAulay and broke down the wing. With keeper David MacFadyen coming off his line, Young showed great composure to slip the ball past him and into the net from the tightest of angles with a couple of defenders racing back to try and clear the danger.
Dylan Borthwick got his second on 56 minutes with a shot from distance before Roddy Young completed his hat-trick to make it 5- 0 with an hour played. This time Young kept the ball in play on the by-line before beating a defender and rolling the ball over the line for a good finish.
A strike from Dylan Borthwick went over the bar on 66 minutes.
Kingussie didn’t let up and Ruaridh Anderson added his name to the scoresheet with a stunning sixth goal a minute later.
Kingussie substitute Russell Menzies, who had come on for Roddy Young, crossed and Anderson raced in to send a first-time shot into the net.
Dylan Borthwick took his tally for the afternoon to four goals with strikes on 72 and 83 minutes to round off an 8- 0 win.
The Kings are now just three points off the top and they have played a game fewer than leaders Newtonmore.
Beauly 5 Fort William 4
The Beauly colts edged out the Fort William colts in a nine-goal thriller at Braeview Park.
Beauly’s Marc MacLachlan sat this one out as he served a one-match ban for passing through the disciplinary points threshold.
With no first team match, Fort were able to include Cal Brown.
Padraig McNeil put the Fort ahead on 10 minutes but Rory Campbell levelled nine minutes later.
A Martin Davidson strike on 27 minutes and a second from Rory Campbell on 32 minutes made it 3-1 for Beauly but a Grant Disher goal on 40 minutes meant Neil Brindle’s side took a 3-2 lead into the break.
A second Grant Disher goal three minutes after the re-start made it 3-3 but Beauly got their noses back in front when Martin Davidson nabbed his second goal of the game to make it 4-3 on 67 minutes.
When Beauly’s Josh Ironside made it 5-3 on 77 minutes, the home side looked favourites to take the points.
Cal Brown netted eight minutes from time to make it 5- 4 and set up a nervy end for the home support.
But Beauly held on to take the points and remain in fourth place in the table.
Skye Camanachd P Lovat P
Heavy overnight rain led to the postponement of the noon meeting between the Skye Camanachd reserves and the Lovat reserves as the Pairc nan Laoch pitch was unable to take two matches.