Scottish Sea Farms Glasgow Celtic Society Challenge Cup - semi finals
Inveraray 0
Oban Camanachd 4
Oban Camanachd reached the Scottish Sea Farms Glasgow Celtic Society Challenge Cup final with a 4-0 victory over Inveraray in their 3pm throw up at the Winterton.
The pitch was in excellent condition and a healthy crowd created a boisterous atmosphere.
It was lively on the park, too, and there was an early booking for Inveraray’s Ross MacMillan following a sliding challenge on Daniel MacCuish.
Things boiled over on 18 minutes when MacMillan and MacCuish clashed again and following an altercation, both players were sent off by referee Graham Fisher.
Inveraray continued with three defenders and Oban Camanachd with three forwards, and it was the Oban side who took the lead on 25 minutes. Daniel MacVicar played the ball from midfield to the right corner where Matthew Sloss ran out. Sloss found Malcolm Clark at the back post and, on his backhand, Clark fired confidently into the top right corner of the goal.
Matthew Sloss made it 2-0 just three minutes later where he took one touch to a ball to feet before turning and driving the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.
Oban Camanachd kept pressing and Malcolm Clark got his second and Oban Camanachd’s third on 38 minutes. Inveraray keeper Scott MacLachlan saved a 20-yard shot from Matthew Sloss and Clark got to the rebound just before the goalie and did just enough to roll the ball over the line.
Daniel MacVicar, who had now moved up front, rounded off the scoring on 79 minutes with the only goal of the second half. Blair McFarlane, now at centre, sent the ball forward and although it was stopped by a home defender, Daniel MacVicar nipped quickly in, and he despatched a good low finish to the keeper’s right to make it 4-0. This coming Saturday, Oban Camanachd welcome Kinlochshiel to Mossfield in what is surely the Mowi Premiership’s match of the day. The Oban side will be without Evan MacLellan for the coming months as he has ruptured ligaments. Daniel MacCuish will be suspended but Daniel Lafferty returns.
Kyles Athletic 5
Glasgow Mid Argyll 5
(GMA won 1-0 on penalties)
Holders Glasgow Mid Argyll won through to the final after beating Kyles Athletic 1-0 in a penalty shoot-out following their epic 5-5 draw in their 1pm throw up at Tighnabruaich.
Kyles were missing defenders Callum Millar and John Kennedy as well as wing centre Innes MacDonald.
James Macleod and Finlay Ralston were both unavailable for GMA so Matthew Young and Rory Mcdiarmid were added to the squad.
There were goals galore in this one and there could have been more. Will Cowie set the ball rolling when he put Kyles ahead but strikes from Cailean MacLeod and Ruairidh Ralston swung the tie GMA’s game. Connor Kennedy equalised and a second from Will Cowie, late in the first half, gave Kyles a 3-2 interval lead.
When Roddy MacDonald made it 4-2 soon after the restart, it looked good for Kyles. However, GMA’s Calum McLay cut the host’s lead to a single goal.
A second from Connor Kennedy restored his side’s two-goal cushion with around 20 minutes to go but a late John McNulty brace made it 5-5.
With no further scoring, referee Alec MacVicar took the tie to a penalty shoot-out. GMA have keeper Jonathon Oates to thank for three great saves and his teammate John McNulty converted the decisive spot-hit to send Alan MacRae’s side through.
Single Team Cup second round
Ardnamurchan 0
Ballachulish 7
Balla’ were minus the suspended Finlay McMahon but that didn’t stop them taking a five-minute lead through Alan Clark.
David Grant on 10 minutes and Pat MacLean a couple of minutes later made it 3-0 with Alan Clark’s second on 24 minutes and Ellis Nicolson on 41 minutes accruing a 5-0 advantage at the turnaround.
Second half goals from Nathan MacLeod on 73 minutes and Dan MacLean just two minutes after made it a magnificent seven.
Kilmory P Boleskine P
Kilmory’s tie with Boleskine will be rescheduled. The game was called off following the sudden passing of Boleskine player Scott Knox.
Mowi South Division 1
Bute 4 Lochside Rovers 0
The Bute first team were 4-0 winners against Lochside Rovers in their 3pm throw up on a hot day at the Meadows.
Lochside were dealt a major blow after just five minutes when full back Calum MacMillan had to leave field with nasty gash to shin.
Bute pushed for an opener but the battling Lochside defence held out until 33 minutes when Craig Fisher controlled the ball at the edge of the D before taking it into the goal area and claiming the only goal of the first half.
Calum MacMillan defied the odds to come back on in the second half, replacing Ross MacKay, as the Oban side pushed Craig Easton up front and started to take control.
The second half was just 10 minutes old when Lochside introduced coach David Macmillan, pushing him straight up front, and the switch almost paid immediate dividends when MacMillan smashed a shot off crossbar. Bute pair Arran Dunn and Iain MacDonald also hit the bar.
Lochside began to tire and the inevitable happened as Bute added three more goals during the final 10 minutes. Rory McDonald controlled a clearance out of the visiting defence to score on 80 minutes, Ryan Craig’s dipping shot from distance made it 3-0 on 85 minutes and Iain McDonald’s bullet-effort a couple of minutes after completed the scoring.
Mowi South Division 2
Bute 2 Oban Celtic 2
The Bute seconds came from two goals down to draw 2-2 with the Oban Celtic seconds in their 1pm throw up at the Meadows.
Gabriel Tidser on five minutes and Ewen Campbell on 39 minutes had Celtic 2-0 ahead but Neil McKirdy pulled a goal back a couple of minutes before the break. Leon McMillan earned Bute a point with a leveller on 49 minutes.