Skye Camanachd : A Century Remembered.

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Lovat reached the Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup Final following the shinty action on Saturday 6 August 2022. Promotion hopefuls Lochaber and Inveraray met at Spean Bridge with visitors taking the points following a comfortable 5-0 victory. The Oban youngsters, coached by David MacMillan, beat their Glasgow Mid Argyll counterparts 5-4 in a close semi-final with Scott Campbell scoring four times and the excellent Fraser MacMillan getting the other to seal victory.

Kirsty Deans didn’t settle for four as she took her count to seven goals with efforts on 50, 55 and 57 minutes to make it 14-0. The South made a storming start to the second half, and Murphy Henderson in the North goal had to be at his best to keep them at bay, saving from Scott MacVicar on 52 minutes. Officers have since launched an appeal for information and have asked anyone who may have witnessed the incident to come forward. Police Scotland initially confirmed a 65-year-old man had died at the scene while the drivers of the other vehicle had received treatment for minor injuries.Oban Camanachd and Kingussie meet in the second Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup semi-final at An Aird on Sunday 14 August 2022. Throw up is at 4.05pm and Willie MacDonald is the match referee. The game will be broadcast live on BBC ALBA.

Duncan MacDougall was booked by referee Brian Davis after only 8 minutes meaning that one wrong move over the next 112 minutes would result in an early bath. Murchison again brought out a brilliant Chisholm save when he was on the end of a flowing move involving Willie MacRae, and Peter Gordon. Martin Macdonald was born in 1937 and brought up in the crofting township of Achachorc, Portree. He became a newspaper reporter in 1960, and five years later joined BBC Gaelic Department as a radio producer. After a period as a television director, he returned to radio in 1971 as editor of English news and current affairs programmes, including a period at Westminster to launch parliamentary broadcasting on radio. Since 1976 he has been based in Inverness, working as a freelance journalist in English and Gaelic for a variety of newspaper, radio and television outlets. He is married, with two of a family. Oban Camanachd open their pre-season programme against Fort William at Mossfield on Saturday February 4. Skye sealed victory on 65 minutes. A ball out of the GMA defence came to Caitlin Maclean, who was just outside the centre circle, and her high ball into the D dropped by the keeper and into the net.Fort William had two more “goals” disallowed – one for offside and one which the goal judge ruled had hit the post and not crossed the line.

The South squad were led by Stephen Campbell and Alec MacVicar whilst North Kenny MacLeod and Iain Nicolson took charge of the North. This match was originally scheduled for Saturday 24 March 1990 but fell foul to the wet weather that had dogged most of the season. The 1976-77 season proved to be a turning point in the fortunes of the club. The second team won the John MacRae Cup, the MaeGillivray League Division Three championship, after beating Kincraig 3-2 in an exciting play-off that ran to extra time. It was not one of the major trophies, certainly, but nonetheless welcome in an island that had been starved of any trophies for so long. The West Highland Free Press commented:Skye’s Jordan Murchison gathered more than 50 per cent of the vote to take one of the wing forward positions. It was closer for the other wing forward berth with Ross Forbes from Beauly outscoring Inveraray’s Fraser Watt and Penri Jones from Strathglass. Skye Camanachd were crowned Mowi Valerie Fraser Camanachd Cup winners following the shinty action on Saturday 2 September 2023 There had probably never been more popular winners of shinty’s greatest prize and this was confirmed in the many, many notes of congratulations received by the club in the weeks that followed. Newtonmore President, the late Sandy Russell, whose son John was one of More’s top performers, wrote the West Highland Free Press to congratulate the Islanders; a touch of class from one of shinty’s most influential figures. Skye were just two years short of their centenary celebrations but nothing was going to match how this victory was celebrated. hers Highland whisky and other liquors, and a substantial lunch supplied by Mr Macleod. A piper was also present, which afforded the youths an opportunity of varying their sport by dancing reels. A party from Dunvegan Castle was present part of the time, and Mr Macleod, in his usual hospitable manner entertained the gentlemen to dinner at Grishornish House after the day’s sport was over. Inverness Courier - 25/01/66 The South levelled on the hour when Scott MacVicar slammed a rebound into the roof of the net from inside the D.