PICTURES: Kingussie sub Eoin Baikie secures opening weekend win with late brace
Eoin Baikie came off the bench to score twice during the final 10 minutes in Kingussie’s 3-0 win against Beauly at The Dell.
His manager Iain Borthwick noted Baikie’s contribution, saying: “Eoin did really well. He’s been training hard this preseason, and he is so good in and around the penalty area.”
Roddy Young broke the deadlock on 12 minutes, sweeping home Lee Bain’s pass.
With 10 minutes to go, Baikie’s first followed good work from both Lee Bain and Cameron Bremner and a minute from time, he was in the right place to turn home a rebound off the keeper after Thomas Borthwick’s shot was saved.
Borthwick remarked: “It’s always good to get that first win of season, especially considering most of boys haven’t played any friendly matches this year and we had four players out.
“It was a tough game, maybe a bit scrappy at times, but we did enough to win and our fitness at this stage of the season pleased me.”
Father and son Garry Munro and Rory Munro both scored twice as the Kingussie seconds won 4-0 in their Mowi North Division 1 game against the Beauly seconds at The Dell.
Next up for Kingussie first team is a league visit to Portree to play Skye whilst the Kingussie seconds host their Skye counterparts at The Dell, also in the league.
WCA Mowi Premier League
Badenoch ladies beat Inverness 3-0 in their opening Mowi Premier League fixture at the Bught Park. The teams played 12-a-side on a fill sized pitch and the goals came from Megan Ralph, Rhona McIntyre and Zoe Reid.
Other results:
Mowi Premiership: Fort William 3 - 1 Kyles Athletic; Lovat 2 - 1 Skye; Oban Camanachd 1 - 1 Kinlochshiel.
Mowi National Division: Glasgow Mid Argyll 4 - 0 Strathglass; Glenurquhart 2 - 2 Kilmallie; Lochaber 7 - 1 Col Glen.
Mowi North Division 1: Beauly 0 - 4 Kingussie; Inverness 0 - 2 Fort William; Kinlochshiel 3 - 4 Glenurquhart.
Mowi South Division 1: Ardnamurchan 2 - 3 Lochside Rovers; Ballachulish 0 - 3 Oban Celtic; Inveraray 2 - 2 Aberdour; Kilmory 1 - 1 Glasgow Mid Argyll.
Mowi North Division 2: Boleskine 0 - 3 Inverness; Lochaber 3 - 0 Lovat; Strathglass 0 - 3 Aberdeen University.
Mowi South Division 2: Aberdour 0 - 3 Tayforth; Strachur-Dunoon 0 - 7 Kyles Athletic.