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Kyles Athletic sealed second place in the Marine Harvest Premiership, Skye Camanachd U17 and Fort William U17 will meet in the London Shield Final and Dunadd Ladies sealed the WCA Marine Harvest South Division 2 title following the shinty action on Saturday October 27.
Marine Harvest Premiership Kyles Athletic v Glenurquhart – points shared
Kyles Athletic clinched second place in the Marine Harvest Premiership after they agreed to share the points with Glenurquhart from their match at Tighnabruaich.
Kyles Athletic’s goal difference was such that they only needed a point from the match to finish ahead of Kinlochshiel and Lovat and they take the runner-up spot for the fourth successive season.
This counted as Glenurquhart defender Ally MacKintosh’s final match of a three-game suspension.
Kyles now begin the search for a new first team manager after boss James Perlich announced his decision to stand down.
James occupied the hot seat for two seasons and had a number of years as first team coach prior to that.
Glenurquhart, who didn’t record a league victory all season, now look forward to life in the Marine Harvest National Division and they too will be under new management next term.
Iain MacLeod previously intimated he won’t be in charge next season and the club has already advertised for a new boss.
Marine Harvest North Division 2 Kilmallie walk-over v Beauly
The Kilmallie second team were given a walk-over when the Beauly second team was unable to raise a side for their trip to Canal Parks.
Kilmallie were awarded the points and this completes their season.
The Beauly colts were to travel to Spean Bridge this Saturday to finish their campaign against their Lochaber counterparts but they have conceded that game too, bringing the 2018 shinty league fixtures to an end.
WCA round up
The Women’s Camanachd Association league fixtures are drawing to a close with a couple of matches taking place on Sunday October 28.
Marine Harvest North Division 2 Lochaber 1 Inverness 5
Inverness overcame the Lochaber second team 5-1 in their 1.30pm throw-up at Spean Bridge.
Kira MacDonald scored for Lochaber but five-goal Katie McMillan and a Melissa MacKay strike gave Inverness victory.
Marine Harvest South Division 2 play-off Ardnamurchan 2 Dunadd 5
Dunadd were crowned Marine Harvest South Division 2 champions following their 5-2 play-off win over the Ardnamurchan second team in their 1pm throw-up at Taynuilt Sports Field.
The sides finished the league campaign joint top of the division and with goal difference not counting, a play-off ensued.
A goal from Grace Drummond and doubles from Eilidh Cameron and Leone Airlie gave Dunadd a title clinching victory.
Hannah MacDonald and Aine O’Rua scored for Ardnamurchan.
WCA Challenge Match Scotland U18 3 Scotland Development 2
Scotland U18 twice came from behind to overcome the Scotland development squad 3-2 at Braeview Park.
Niamh Donnelly put the development squad ahead after five minutes, however, there was an instant reply from the U18s as Mairi Duncan levelled quickly.
Natalie MacDonald put Scotland Development back in front on 15 minutes and it stayed that way until the break.
The young Scots fought hard to get a leveller but the development squad stayed in front until the closing stages of the game when Leona Falconer made it 2-2 with a goal right at the death.
Referee Steven MacLachlan took the match into extra-time, during which a second Leona Falconer goal put the U18s 3-2 ahead – the first time they had been in front in the match.
The final whistle signalled success for an U18 squad coached by Ardnamurchan’s Lyndsay Bradley.
Scotland development captain
Youth shinty
Rhona MacIntyre called her squad up for their runner-up medals, whilst Scotland U18 skipper Emma Gordon led her team-mates to receive their medals and the trophy.
London Shield semi-finals Skye Camanachd U17 7 Kingussie U17 0
Skye Camanachd U17 reached the London Shield Final with a 7-0 win over Kingussie U17 at Blairbeg.
Skye head coach Kenny MacLeod was without injured defender James Morrison, whilst his Kingussie counter-part Russell Jones was minus Dylan Borthwick who was unavailable.
Skye took the lead on six minutes following a flowing move which carved open the Kingussie defence and ended with Ross Gordon hammering the ball over the keeper from the left of the ‘D’ despite Kieran MacPherson’s efforts to block.
Taylor Matheson added a second three minutes later when he went one-on-one with Kingussie keeper George Taylor-Ramsay and slipped the ball home.
A Cameron MacKay shot from distance on 14 minutes made it 3-0 and Ross Gordon got his second a couple of minutes later. There was a melee in which Gordon felt he’d been impeded but when the ball broke to his side, he lashed it home.
William MacKinnon added another following a break from midfield which saw him flick the ball home to make it 5-0 at the break.
Skye’s Ruaraidh MacLeod played well throughout and he added a sixth straight from the restart with a waist-high shot from around the penalty spot. Ross MacKinnon rounded off the scoring after a surging run forward from midfield saw his waist-high shot flying past the keeper to make it 7-0.
Brian MacKay was the match referee. Fort William U17 4 Glenurquhart U17 1 Fort William U17s came from a goal down to reach the London Shield Final, defeating Glenurquhart U17s 4-1 at Castle Leod.
Donnie MacLennan gave Glenurquhart the lead on 31 minutes.
Davie Duncan equalised seven minutes later, the goal coming from a corner. The ball came into the danger area and came off Lachie Shaw’s stick, dropping to Duncan just in front of the penalty spot and he steered it past the keeper on the goal’s right side.
It was 1-1 at half-time but Marine Harvest National U17 player of the year Lachie Shaw put Fort William ahead four minutes after the re-start.
A good Paul Patterson strike produced a good save but, with the ball bouncing off the keeper’s feet, Shaw was quickly on hand to slot the rebound into the net.
Lewis Clark made it 3-1 on 56 minutes.
Clark found the net from the left side of the penalty area with a low driven shot into the opposite corner of the net.
Fort William gave themselves a three-goal cushion just a couple of minutes later when Greig Kelly scored from inside the ‘D’.
Referee Archie Ritchie’s final whistle signaled another final for Fort William who have already lifted the MacTavish Juvenile Cup this season. 2018 London Shield Final preview The London Shield Final between Fort William U17 and Skye Camanachd U17 takes place at Blairbeg, Drumnadrochit, this
Saturday, November 3. Both sides qualified for the semi-finals without dropping a point in their respective sections.
They have met once already this season, in the MacTavish Juvenile Cup semi-finals at Craigard at the end of May. Skye took the lead in that game through Ruaraidh MacLeod but goals from Victor Smith and Lachie Shaw gave Fort William a 2-1 win, sending them through to the final where they defeated Kingussie 2-1 with Lewis Clark and Victor Smith netting.
Throw-up at Blairbeg is at 1.30pm and Steven MacLachlan is the match referee.