Holders Kingussie into Camanachd Cup final as music festival curtails card

Holders Kingussie won through to the final of the Camanachd Cup with an eventually comfortable 3-0 victory over Fort William at Bught Park, Inverness.

Kingussie will now return there on 20 September to meet Newtonmore or Oban Camanachd, who contest the second semi-final in Fort William next Saturday.

It took Dylan Borthwick just two minutes to give Kingussie an early advantage.

The tie then hung in the balance, with chances for both sides, but just after the hour Thomas Borthwick put the holders into the driving seat with their second before Ruaridh Anderson added the third.

The shinty programme was severely reduced on Saturday after no fewer than 15 teams requested a free Saturday, mainly to attend the Belladrum music festival.

But the Premiership does have new leaders following Oban Camanachd's 5-1 victory on Skye.

Ross MacMillan, Daniel MacVicar, Daniel MacCuish and Joe MacVicar had Camanachd 4-0 up by half time in Portree.

Willie MacKinnon pulled one back but Malcolm Clark restored Camanachd's four- goal advantage just a minute later to secure their ninth consecutive win.

The Oban side now head Fort William by a point, with Newtonmore one and Kingussie two further adrift. However both have a game in hand.

Lochaber now require only two points from their last three games to gain promotion back to the Premiership following a 3-1 success at Inveraray, where Ben Delaney scored two.

Glasgow Mid Argyll reduced Col Glen's cushion in the second promotion place to two points with an away victory over their rivals by the same score.

After Auryn Kerr pulled the score back to 2-1, the outcome was in doubt until John Sweeney's late third for Mid Argyll.

Bute remained in distant promotion contention when Josh Cowan scored four in their 8-3 home win over Kilmallie.