The South Shinty Round-up - May 11 2026

Oban Celtic 1 Aberdour 2

 

David Murray hit a great strike from distance, into the top corner of the net, to give Aberdour a 10-minute lead.

 

However, Duncan MacEwan shot through a crowded goal area, across keeper Sam Evans from outside the D on right to level on 26 minutes after the visitors failed to deal with Pearce MacBeth’s corner from the right.

 

Aberdour’s David Mackenzie scored what proved to be the winner on 54 minutes, bursting forward from midfield to score.

Oban Celtic, sponsored by The Oban Inn, don’t have a fixture this weekend.

 

Kyles Athletic 5 Glasgow Mid Argyll 2

 

Kyles Athletic scored twice in stoppage time to put gloss on their victory. 

Luke Thornton put Kyles ahead on 10 minutes but Ross Brown on 16 minutes and Calum Morrison on 26 minutes turned the tie GMA’s way.

 

However, a second from Luke Thornton on 51 minutes and Ethan Kerr’s goal on 66 minutes had Kyles back in front.

 

That’s the way it stayed until a couple of minutes into stoppage time when Ethan Kerr got his second and Scott Macdonald made it 5-2 straight from the restart.

 

Kyles are off to Aberdour in the quarter-finals.

 

This weekend, Kyles visit Kingussie in the league whilst GMA welcome Beauly in the Ferguson Transport & Shipping Balliemore Cup.

 

Col Glen 1 Bute 3

Mowi National Division side Bute pulled off a surprise result, beating an understrength Col Glen from the Mowi Premiership.

Col Glen had defeated the same opponents 5-2 at the same venue in the Scottish Sea Farms Glasgow Celtic Society Challenge Cup a fortnight earlier but they trailed 2-0 at the interval through Josh Cowan’s brace on six and 27 minutes.

 

Cowan’s opener came after some early pressure, and he blasted the ball into the roof of the net. His second came when he lost his marker to score.

 

Col Glen had the wind in the second half, but it was Bute who extended their lead on 52 minutes when, after some good passing, Robert Lowrie was played through on goal, and he kept his composure to beat the keeper.

 

Col Glen fought back, and Bute keeper Stewart Stirling Jnr made some good saves before Murray McClymont pulled a goal back with 11 minutes remaining.

 

Ollie Adrian, Brandon Wilson and Hunter Black came into they Col Glen side and all did well. It was Bute’s day though and they progress into the next round.

HIS Sutherland Cup – Second Round

Inveraray 1 Fort William 3

The Fort William juniors won 3-1 against the Inveraray juniors at The Winterton.

 

The Fort led through Cal Brown on 13 minutes, but Evan Robertson levelled for  Inveraray on 22 minutes.

 

A second from Cal Brown on 42 minutes and a strike from the returning Mark Grant on 73 minutes sent the holders through.

 

Lochside Rovers 5 Lochaber 3

 

Lochside Rovers progressed with a 5-3 victory over the Lochaber second team at Ganavan.

 

Scott MacMillan completed his two-game ban for the home side, whilst Joe MacVicar started having played the second half with Oban Camanachd. Logan Black was unavailable as he is now cup-tied having played five games for the seniors.

 

Lochaber lost Danny Delaney in the opening minute when he was left with a cut near his right eye, but he returned to the field bandaged up just 10 minutes later.

 

Daniel Duffy got the Oban side off to a good start with smart finishes on 18 and 22 minutes.

 

However, Rocco Berardelli punished the Lochside defence for not clearing their lines with a goal on 28 minutes.

 

Lochside responded well though and Lewis Buchanan fired over the keeper on 39 minutes to make it 3-1 at the break.

 

The Oban side added two more goals to their tally when Joe MacVicar finished smartly from the edge of the box on 57 minutes and, just a couple of minutes after,
16-year-old Finn MacKechnie netted from outside the box although his shot took a deflection off a defender.

 

Craig Macmillan was having a good game at full centre, bossing the midfield area but he was replaced shortly after receiving a booking from referee Cat Whyte.

 

Despite being 5-1 down, Lochaber kept fighting and Neil MacDonald on 69 minutes and Donald MacRae on 83 minutes cut the lead to two goals.

 

Lochside had to rely on goalie Ross MacKay who made a good save to prevent a very nervy ending to the game.

 

Lochside assistant manager Duncan MacMillan said: “It was a good game, I enjoyed it, and we don’t often get the chance to play teams from the north in competitive matches. Lochaber have big, strong players and a good mix of experience.

 

“We made a decent start with two goals from Daniel Duffy, he’s such a good hitter of the ball, and all the young boys played well including Finn MacKechnie who has a great engine. You can see that they are coming on really well against more physical players.

 

“It was a tough shift for the players on a hard, bouncy pitch and Lochaber still worked us at 5-1. We lost a bit of momentum after Craig Macmillan came off and we needed Ross MacKay to make a good save near the end.

 

“We’ll take it though and we’ll then see who comes out on top in the tie between Lochcarron and the Skye second team this weekend as they’ll be our next
opponents in the Sutherland.”

 

Lochside are at home again on Saturday, this time against the Inveraray second team in Mowi South Division 1.

 

Kyles Athletic 4 Strachur-Dunoon 1

The Kyles Athletic juniors won 4-1 against Strachur-Dunoon. 

 

Conor Guidici on eight minutes and Ollie MacVicar on 23 minutes made it 2-0 but Roddy Cairns beat John Whyte in the home goal on 37 minutes to make it 2-1 at the break.

 

Logan Sim struck twice on 70 and 89 minutes to complete the 4-1 win.

 

Mowi South Division 2

 

Kilmory 12 Tayforth 0

Niall Shaw netted five times as Kilmory thumped Tayforth 12-0 at MacRae Park.

 

Kian Crawford, Lewis McCullough and Blair McCullough all bagged doubles and Shane Bruce the other.

WCA Round Up

WCA Mowi Premier League

Badenoch 5 Glasgow Mid Argyll 0

Zoe Reid scored twice as Badenoch remain top of the league after beating Glasgow Mid Argyll 5-0 in their 1pm throw up at the Dr Johnnie Cattanach pitch.
Rhona Borthwick, Rona Stewart and Megan Ralph got the others.

 

Mowi National League

Dunadd 2 Badenoch 3

Badenoch B edged out Dunadd 3-2 in their 1.30pm throw up at MacRae Park.

 

Eilidh Cameron and Eilidh Cameron Jnr scored for the hosts, but Lexi Farquhar scored twice and Sinead Gow the other as Badenoch won this close encounter.

 

Inveraray 7 Strathspey Camanachd 4

Hannah MacDonald scored four times for Inveraray and Katie MacKay notched a hat-trick. Charlotte Bissett scored twice for Strathspey with Karen Mangan and Beth Shearer also on target.

 

Mowi South League

 

Ardnamurchan 3 Glasgow Mid Argyll 5

 

Glasgow Mid Argyll B beat Ardnamurchan 5-3 in their 1pm throw up at Ardnamurchan High School.

 

Ellen Munro scored twice for Ard’ and Ava Roberts got the other but Mairi Sine Fisher’s hat-trick and Rose Watson-Mazau’s double gave GMA victory.