Highland Industrial Supplies Sutherland Cup – First Round

Fort William 1 Lochside Rovers 0

Fort William colts edged out Lochside Rovers 1-0 at An Aird.

Promising Fort youngster Reece Kennedy scored the only goal of the game on the halfhour mark.

Lochside, who included former Newtonmore player John MacKenzie in their side, had chances in the game but Fort William keeper Stuart Disher was in fine form.

Kilmory 5 Lochaber 0 Kilmory were 5-0 winners against the Lochaber second team in their 2pm throw up at MacRae Park. The early exchanges were even before Bruce Johnston gave the hosts a 27-minute lead.

Kilmory had chances to add to their lead before the break and although Lochaber were strong after the restart, Kilmory benefited from an own goal on 73 minutes.

Kilmory scored three more times late in the tie to put gloss on the win. Davie MacAlister added a third on 85 minutes with Alex Cunningham’s late brace coming on 89 minutes and then again five minutes into stoppage time.

Kyles Athletic 1 Bute 1

(Bute won 2-1 on penalties) It took a penalty shoot-out to separate the Kyles Athletic seconds and the Bute seconds in their 3pm throw up at Tighnabruaich.

Kyles included both Thomas Whyte and Gordon Whyte but they fell behind on eight minutes when David Whitelaw scored.

However, ever-green Roddy McColl levelled on 76 minutes, sending the ball low into the corner of the goal following a good run forward by Roan MacVicar.

With no further scoring, referee Craig Scott took the tie to an extra-time period and when that failed to separate the sides, they lined up for a penalty shoot-out. In the end, Roddy McColl was the only player to convert for Kyles whilst Bute pair Neil McKirdy and Ryan Tierney netted with their keeper Gordon Currie playing his part, saving two of Kyles Athletic’s penalties.

Inveraray 4 Strachur-Dunoon 2

David MacPherson and Ewan Donnan both scored twice as the Inveraray juniors beat Strachur-Dunoon 4-2 in their noon throw up which was moved from the Winterton to the Dunoon Stadium.

The sides were paired at the same stage in last year’s competition when it took an Allan MacDonald’s goal in extra time to see Inveraray through.

David MacPherson put Inveraray in control with early goals on 13 and 15 minutes. His first was a tap-in from close range whilst the second took a slight deflection on its way by the keeper.

Strachur-Dunoon’s Sam Bulloch pulled a goal back on 37 minutes to make it 2-1 at the break.

Inveraray’s Ewan Donnan scored twice in last year’s tie between the sides and he did so again with goals on 76 and 79 minutes.

When referee Cat Whyte awarded the visitors a penalty in the final minute, Ian MacLennan made it 4-2 from the spot.

Glasgow Mid Argyll 2 Tayforth 1

The Glasgow Mid Argyll juniors defeated Tayforth 2-1 at Peterson Park. All the goals came in the second half with Andy McGhee on 53 minutes and Ross Brown on 73 minutes putting GMA two up.

Tayforth’s Michael MacLeod halved the deficit on 81 minutes.