Fraser Mackenzie

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Shinty players step up with charity fundraiser contest

SHINTY players may not be able to compete during the ongoing sporting shutdown but the athletes at Women’s Camanachd Association (WCA) will still be making the most of the time available to them by raising funds for charity.

Shinty: Kings crowned champions despite final-day defeat

IN their final match of the 2019 Mowi Premiership season, champions Kingussie lost 1-0 to Kyles Athletic away at Tighnabruaich. The Badenoch side would lift the Premiership trophy after the match regardless, with the title already in the bag going into this one.

Kings close in on regaining crown after rivals slip up

KINGUSSIE took a further step towards winning the Mowi Premier League with a hard-fought 5-4 away win over Caberfeidh at Strathpeffer on Saturday. Coming as it did on the day that main challengers Newtonmore slipped up at home, losing both points to Oban Camanachd, Kingussie now have a three-point breathing space over their Badenoch rivals.

Shinty: Match survives downpour but Lewis washed away by Boleskine

WITH Saturday’s torrential rain wiping out the action in the Premiership, the focus switched to Smith Park. Farr on the south shore of Loch Ness is where home side Boleskine defeated visitors Lewis 5-0 in what was for both sides’ final game of the season in Mowi North Division 2.