cottages.com MacTavish Cup Final - Kingussie v Skye Camanachd | |
09 June 2023 The first cup final of the season takes place on Saturday when holders Kingussie and inaugural winners Skye Camanachd meet at the Bught Park, Inverness to contest the cottages.com MacTavish Cup. Skye Camanachd captain John Gillies said: “It is an honour to be leading Skye out in their first major final in 33 years, hopefully it won’t be the last time I do it! We have a lot of leaders in our team anyway but being the captain is definitely an honour. “We know the quality of Kingussie, winning the Grand Slam last season, hopefully we will stop that this year! But in all honesty, we are just focusing on ourselves and what we can control, we have a good squad together and morale is high. “The backing of the fans spurs us on, there should be well over 1,000 people here for us and of course the Skye Camanachd under-17s making the Juvenile Final is going to help so I am really looking forward to the game.” Kingussie skipper James Falconer added: “Winning the Grand Slam last year was amazing, but it will mean a good bit more leading the team out as captain and hopefully defending the first of our trophies. “Skye are a hard team, strong at the back and quick up front, very similar to ourselves in fact, so it is going to be a good final I’d say. “Kingussie will take a good crowd, you never get tired of playing in finals. We train so hard to make sure that we can last the 90 minutes and push on if needs be towards the end of games. “After last year’s winner in the Camanachd Cup Final it’s going to be hard to top, but leading the team out will be a proud moment for me.” Throw up is at 4.05pm and Martin MacLean is the match referee. The final will be broadcast live on BBC ALBA. |