Kingussie win MacTavish Cup for fourth straight year

Kingussie won the WM Donald MacTavish Cup again with a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Lovat at the newly-refurbished Bught Park in Inverness.

This was Kingussie's fourth consecutive MacTavish success and it keeps them on track to repeat their 2024 Grand Slam of all four major shinty honours.

Lovat had the better of a fluid first half but Kingussie surged forward late on, forcing two fine saves from Ronan MacMillan, before living dangerously themselves when a goal-bound shot was deflected for a corner.

Kingussie were far better after the interval and Ruaridh Anderson hit the frame of the goal before the deadlock was broken 16 minutes from the end.

Savio Genini, 25 yards from goal and with space on the left, picked up a free hit and fired home a rocket shot.

Roddy Young then put the game beyond Lovat's reach with the last hit of the ball.

Lovat defender Craig Mainland won the Tom MacKenzie medal for man of the match despite ending up on the losing side.

Elsewhere, second-tier side Glasgow Mid Argyll shocked Kyles Athletic with a 3-1 win to reach the semi-finals of the Artemis MacAulay Cup, where they will meet Oban Camanachd, who prevailed 4-0 on Bute.

Fort William joined Kingussie at the top of the Mowi Premiership after coming back from 2-0 down to defeat bottom side Beauly 3-2.

And Skye took another step away from the relegation zone with a 3-0 away win over Kinlochshiel.