Oban Camanachd thrash Glasgow Mid Argyll to retain Celtic Society Cup

Oban Camanachd won the Scottish Seafoods Celtic Society Cup for shinty’s south area for a fourth consecutive year with a resounding 8-1 eclipse of second-tier opponents Glasgow Mid Argyll at Yoker.

Mid Argyll produced an early shock when Ross Brown deftly slipped the ball home from close range within four minutes of the start.

But it took Daniel MacVicar just three more minutes to open the floodgates with a low struck equaliser.

Ross Campbell, Lewis Cameron and Andy MacDonald quickly raised Camanachd’s tally to four within the first quarter before MacVicar, with a penalty, and Campbell with a superb strike both completed doubles to make the half-time score 6-1.

The interval only provided a brief respite for Mid Argyll since the second half was only two minutes old when Cameron became the third Camanachd player to score a double with their seventh.

And he wasn’t content to rest at two since, with nine minutes remaining, he strolled through a ruck of defenders to complete his hat-trick and the scoring with a right-handed backsweep.

Meanwhile, in the MKM Oban MacAulay Cup quarter-finals, holders Kingussie progressed comfortably with a 4-1 win at The Eilan against local rivals Newtonmore, just a week after Kingussie prevailed 2-0 in a tightly and robustly fought MacTavish final.

Dylan Borthwick gave Kingussie the breakthrough and Iain Robinson equalised close to half time, but there was still time for Roddy Young to put Kingussie back in front.

Thomas Borthwick made it 3-1 and Dylan Borthwick rounded it off with his second just before the hour.

In this national trophy’s north semi-final, Kingussie will meet Skye who comfortably disposed of Fort William 4-0.

Neil MacVicar’s opener, followed by Archie Millar’s hat-trick, gave Skye a result that should also come as a big morale booster in their efforts to escape the Premiership relegation zone.