Mowi National Division
Kilmallie 5 Inveraray 3 Kilmallie are early National Division leaders after beating Inveraray 5-3 at the Canal Parks.
Kilmallie manager Johnny Morrison was unavailable so club stalwart Peter Jackson took the side. He was without Lewis Birrell and Frankie Innes.
Inveraray manager Andy Watt had Allan MacDonald free of his one-game ban and he started in attack.
The hosts went ahead on 16 minutes through Shane O’Rua. Kilmallie again fielded former boss Martin Stewart at full forward, and he gathered a long ball before playing in the impressive Shane O’Rua who finished well past Inveraray keeper Scott MacLachlan.
Calum MacDougall added a second from a tight angle on the right on 20 minutes and Martin Stewart made it 3-0 on 38 minutes when he held off his marker and pushed the ball by a defender before crashing a half-volley into the net.
Inveraray’s Fraser Watt was always a threat and he pulled a goal back on 40 minutes to make it 3-1 at half-time.
Watt scored again, beating keeper Kevin Toye, to make it 3-2 just a couple of minutes into the second half but there was to be no comeback as Calum MacDougall completed his hat-trick with efforts on 73 and 82 minutes.
His second goal was again on the angle on the right whilst his third came when Martin Stewart got to the ball ahead of his marker before flicking the ball back between his legs to MacDougall, who was making an overlapping run, and he made no mistake.
Watt completed his hat-trick on 84 minutes to make the final score 5-3. Aidan Love followed up his excellent showing in the previous week’s win at Strathglass with another stand-out performance.
Kilmallie make the short journey to An Aird on Saturday for their much-anticipated derby with Fort William.
Glenurquhart 1 Col Glen 2 Col Glen are settling well into their first season in the Mowi National Division as they followed up the previous week’s draw with Oban Celtic with a 2-1 victory over Glenurquhart at Blairbeg.
Col Glen took the lead after just three minutes through Andrew MacVicar and Dan MacDonald made it 2-0 on 22 minutes.
Glen’s David MacLennan pulled a goal back on 29 minutes but Col Glen were not to be denied.
Oban Celtic P Strathglass P The match between Oban Celtic and Strathglass was called off early on Saturday morning as the Mossfield pitch was frozen.
Oban Celtic’s next opponents are Glenurquhart who visit Oban this coming Saturday.
However, Celtic will have to do without Lennon Campbell and Peter Currie who both face a spell on the sidelines due to injury.