2022 cottages.com MacTavish Cup draw

Continued from page 47. visit Glengarry, just as they do in the Ferguson Transport & Shipping Balliemore Cup, whilst last year’s beaten finalists Kingussie received a first round bye.

First round – Saturday March 26: Kilmallie v Inverness; Caberfeidh v Glenurquhart; Newtonmore v Lochaber; Strathglass v Fort William; Kinlochshiel v Lovat; Glengarry v Skye Camanachd. Byes – Beauly and Kingussie.

The second round draw will be made following the first round ties.

Camanachd Association chief executive officer Derek Keir said: ‘The Camanachd Association is delighted to have had the opportunity to take one of our cup draws to the West Coast of Scotland and engage with the community in Portree.

‘Our thanks go to the club for accommodating us and to Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Righ pupils for conducting the draw in such a professional manner.

‘Community is at the very heart of shinty which is one of the reasons cottages.com has supported the MacTavish

Left to right: Luke Smith, Christine Roberts, Stuart Walkden, Karen Whiteford and Mark Whitehouse of MacTavish Cup sponsors cottages.com behind Grace Pert and Lucy Henderson from Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Rìgh following the draw.

cup and it was great to visit the island of Skye to connect with some of our members in the area.’

Christine Roberts, cottages. com business development manager, added: ‘We at cottages.com live and work in these communities and that is a core reason we want to provide this support to shinty. We know just how important the sport is to the people in rural communities across the north of Scotland.’

The cottages.com MacTavish Cup Final is the first cup final of the season and takes place at the Bught Park, Inverness, on Saturday June 11.