Kingussie to decide last silverware of the season with Kinlochshiel
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2021’s two national shinty champions are set to do battle on Saturday at Bught Park in the Highland capital.
A 2pm throw-up will see Kinlochshiel and Kingussie battle it out for the cottages.com MacTavish Cup Final, as the cream of North shinty goes head to head.
It's the final senior silverware decider in this season's shinty calendar.
Tulloch Homes Camanachd Cup Champions Kinlochshiel will be looking to add the MacTavish Cup to
their trophy cabinet for the first time in their history.
Kingussie, on the other hand, are 27-time winners of the competition, although they will be appearing
in the final for the first time in a decade.
Tickets are on sale now at www.shinty.com with adult tickets available from £15 and concession
from £10 plus booking fee.
Team captains Rory MacKeachan (Kingussie) and Keith MacRae (Kinlochshiel) sat down to give their
views ahead of the huge occasion.
MacKeachan said: “We were disappointed with the result in the Scottish, but we have dusted ourselves down and are
eager to win the cottages.com MacTavish Cup.
"As a group we have yet to win the MacTavish and it would be one more cup than we managed in 2019, so it would still be a step in the right direction for us.
"The end goal is obviously a grand slam.
"I’d say two out of three cups and beating our local rivals four times would amount to a pretty successful year though, especially for the age of the squad.”
Kinlochshiel captain MacRae said: “It’s obviously been a challenging season for shinty, so it’s been great for Shiel to come back to it and have cup success.
"We haven’t won the MacTavish before and it would be a brilliant achievement to be able to bring that back to Dornie too, but Kingussie won’t make it easy for us, I’m sure.”
Stuart Walkden, cottages.com said: “For the fourth consecutive year, we are absolutely delighted to be title sponsors for the MacTavish Cup - community is at the heart of the cottages.com ethos so to be able to support and contribute to the future of this much celebrated and unique sport is fantastic.
"We are keen to see the growth of shinty from grassroots right through to the national team.”
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Mark MacDonald (Kinlochshiel) tussles with Roddy Young (Kingussie).
