Mowi Premiership
Oban Camanachd 5 Caberfeidh 1
Oban Camanachd bounced back from the previous week’s defeat to Kinlochshiel by beating Caberfeidh 5-1 at Mossfield.
Garry Lord returned for the Oban side. Scott McKillop and Scott MacMillan were back too and both started on the bench.
Suspended pair Craig Morrison and Ryan Symonds missed out for Caberfeidh who continued with Blair Morrison in attack following his hat-trick against Glasgow Mid Argyll.
That proved a good call by boss Jodi Gorski as there were only six seconds on the clock when Caberfeidh won the centre and Kevin Bartlett’s ball from the right found Blair Morrison around the penalty spot who turned before sending the ball low into the net.
Oban defender Daniel Cameron had been carrying a rib injury ahead of the game and swapped positions with Daniel Sloss, the latter going in at full back.
Oban Camanachd settled into the game and were awarded a penalty when referee Iain Kennedy penalised a rash swing on Louie MacFarlane. Daniel Cameron struck the penalty well enough, down the middle, but Caberfeidh Iain McCall saved. Connor Howe regained possession and Daniel Madej flicked the ball into the bottom corner of the net to make it 1-1 with half an hour played.
Oban Camanachd switched to a two-two in attack, with Louie MacFarlane and Daniel Madej up top and they caused the visiting defence all sorts of problems.
Daniel Madej got his and Oban Camanachd’s second goal on 41 minutes when he chested down Craig Easton’s long ball from the right before netting from around the penalty spot.
The second half was just a couple of minutes old when Louie MacFarlane went on a zig-zag run through the visiting defence before scoring a fine individual goal.
Then, on 50 minutes, Daniel MacVicar beat two players before firing home on his backhand.
Louie MacFarlane got his second with a tap-in on the hour after another Craig Easton ball out of defence caused Caberfeidh concern.
Daniel Sloss and Evan MacLellan were excellent for the hosts, with Blair MacFarlane also starring.
Scott MacMillan got some game time for the first time this season with Scott McKillop also introduced.
Next up for Oban Camanachd is a trip to Balgate to play unbeaten Lovat on Saturday.
Kingussie 2 Kyles Athletic 0 Kingussie scored a goal in each half to beat Kyles Athletic 2-0 at the Dell, meaning they return to the top of the Mowi Premiership.
Rory Mackeachan and Fraser Munro made timely returns for Kingussie with Ryan Borthwick and Liam Borthwick both missing.
Kyles were without Colin MacDonald and Conor Kennedy, but Innes MacDonald returned to the side.
Kingussie took the lead on 14 minutes. Ruaridh Anderson played in a corner and Savio Genini got to the ball ahead of Callum Millar, before producing a great finish from the back of the ‘D’.
Kyles passed up a chance to level three minutes later when
referee John Angus Gillies penalised home full back Robert Mabon for falling on top of the ball. Ross MacRae sent the spot-hit towards the keeper’s top left corner, but Rory MacGregor produced a fantastic save to keep his side in front.
Kingussie doubled their lead three minutes into the second half when Dylan Borthwick went on a great run from the right before passing the ball by keeper John Whyte by his left post to make it 2-0.
Glenurquhart had their designated ‘free Saturday’.