Kinlochshiel end Kingussie's 52-game unbeaten run

6 days ago

Kinlochshiel ended Kingussie's 52-game unbeaten run across almost two years with a 2-1 Mowi Premiership victory at Rearaig.This dropped Kingussie to fourth and allowed newly-promoted Fort William to hit top spot with a 5-0 eclipse of Lovat at An Aird. Shiel's success, combined with Beauly's 10-1 defeat by Oban Camanachd, also confirmed Beauly's relegation.Newtonmore came from behind to defeat visitors Kyles 6-1 and extend their winning run to 12 games.Skye edged Caberfeidh 2-1 in the other Premiership game.Dylan Borthwick got an early opener for Kingussie but Archie MacRae levelled before half-time and young Jay MacRae hit the winner with 11 minutes left. This was Kingussie's first defeat in all competitions since they lost 1-0 to Caberfeidh at Strathpeffer on 23 September, 2023.A Lachie Shaw hat-trick, including a penalty, and goals from Ewan Campbell and Archie MacKinnon took Fort to the summit of the top division after several seasons in the lower leagues.At Mossfield, Daniel MacVicar opened Oban's goal rush in the first minute and ended it in the 84th. In between, Daniel MacCuish got a treble, Malcolm Clark a double and there were singles from Ross Campbell, Lorn Dickie and Ross MacMillan. Louie MacLellan replied for Beauly at 5-0.James Pringle scored for Kyles after just four minutes at The Eilan and they held on for most of the first half before crumbling. Joe Coyle equalised, Iain Robinson spread a hat-trick across the interval and Euan Dingwall and Conor Jones completed the job.Dan MacDonald and Ruaraidh MacLeod gave visitors Skye a 2-0 half-time lead and, despite Blair Morrison narrowing the gap in the penultimate minute, Skye held on to break the mid-table deadlock.Fort William, with an extra game played, are a point clear of Newtonmore, who head Oban Camanachd on goal difference, with Kingussie a further point behind.Lochaber strengthened their grip at the top of the National Division with a 2-0 victory at home over Bute while Col Glen in second boosted their chances of a first ever season in the Premiership when they defeated visitors Glenurquhart 3-0.Oban Celtic won the Chieftain's Cup for single team clubs, 4-2 against Ballachulish in the final at Cannich.

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Trump: Millions being spent to make my Scottish golf course ready for Open

Telegraph

2 hours ago

Telegraph

Trump: Millions being spent to make my Scottish golf course ready for Open

Donald Trump said the golf governing body Royal and Ancient (R&A) had laid the groundwork for the Open to return to Turnberry, after landing in Scotland for a five-day visit. The Ayrshire course remains in the rotation for the Open but has not held the tournament since 2009. The US president said the sports governing body had spent millions updating Turnberry's broadcast and communications facilities. 'The infrastructure of the course is good,' he told The Telegraph under the wing of Air Force One after it landed at Glasgow Prestwick Airport. 'In fact, the Royal and Ancient, I don't know you're aware of this ... they spent a lot of money, hundreds of thousands of dollars, probably into the millions of dollars. 'And they've laid all the wire for television and for electricity under the holes of Turnberry, so that when the Open gets there, they have it all done.' Officials had previously suggested that Mr Trump's divisive politics might prove a distraction to the golf championship were it to return to his Scottish course. But a change of leadership appears to have opened the way to possible return. The sports governing body now says the main barrier is the lack of transport infrastructure needed to ferry almost 300,000 golf fans to and from its rural location. Only 120,000 people attended the last time the Open was held at Turnberry and new facilities are needed to cope with the growing ticket sales, it says. Eric Trump, the president's son who runs his businesses, held what insiders called 'productive' talks with R&A officials recently, as the Trump family presses for the Open to return. The next open slot is 2028 although waiting until 2029 would mean that Mr Trump would have left the White House. Mr Trump arrived at the golf club on Friday evening. He is expected to spend the weekend playing golf and holding meetings at the club. Although the president is due to meet Sir Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister on Monday, most of the trip is centred on golf. Mr Trump will open a links course in Aberdeenshire on Tuesday. It is named in honour of his mother Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born and raised on the Scottish island of Lewis before she emigrated to New York in 1930 when she was 18. He added that he did not know anything about building new transport infrastructure at Turnberry. 'All I can tell you is that it would be the best place anywhere in your country to have,' he said. 'There's no place like it. There's no place like Turnberry, the best … probably the best course in the world.' The trip was originally planned as a private visit although White House officials say it is a 'working visit'.

Have your say on Scotland's disruptive World Cup build-up

BBC News

2 hours ago

BBC News

Have your say on Scotland's disruptive World Cup build-up

Scotland were beaten 34-29 by Italy on Friday in their first World Cup warm-up match as their difficult preparations for the tournament continued. With uncertainty surrounding player contracts and head coach Bryan Easson leaving his role after the World Cup, what do you make of the current state of women's rugby in Scotland?Do you think there is any chance of success on the field amid such disruption?Send us your thoughts.

Aberdeen beaten by Ipswich in final friendly

BBC News

3 hours ago

BBC News

Aberdeen beaten by Ipswich in final friendly

Aberdeen completed their pre-season fixtures with a 3-1 defeat by Ipswich Town at striker George Hirst played a key role as the Tractor Boys went into half-time two goals in combined with Sammie Szmodics to set up Jaden Philogene for the opener, before tapping in for a goal of his own after Szmodics' shot was saved by Dimitar got his second just before the hour mark to make it 3-0, before Aberdeen's Peter Ambrose tapped in a late consolation moments after being brought on as a Thelin's side start their league campaign away to Hearts on Monday, 4 August.