Rare off-day in front of goal sees gap at the top close on Kingussie
Kingussie’s lead at the top of the Mowi Premiership was cut to a single point after drawing 1-1 Kyles Athletic at The Dell on Saturday.
Ruaridh Anderson remained out through injury for Kingussie whilst Robert Mabon was on holiday but Rory MacKeachan returned after injury.
The Red and Blues had keeper Rory McGregor to thank for a good save in the first half whilst stand-in Kyles goalie John Whyte did likewise after the restart.
Roddy Young put Kingussie ahead on the stroke of half-time but Roan MacVicar levelled just 10 minutes from time to earn Kyles, who were without Ross Macrae and Scott Macdonald, a point.
Kingussie manager Iain Borthwick said afterwards: “We totally dominated the first half but couldn’t get many shots on target.
“They came at us at the start of the second half, and it was end-to-end but we didn’t really get going.
“Kyles played well and were in our faces, doubling up on a lot of challenges and working better as a team than us and I actually thought they were going to win it at one point.
“We badly missed Ruaridh Anderson and Robert Mabon.”
Kingussie lead the way with 13 points from eight games but Fort William are just one point behind and have played one less game.
Oban Camanachd also have 12 points but have played eiht games with Newtonmore now in fourth having played just six games and sitting on seven points.
This weekend, the Kings play their WM Donald MacTavish Cup semi-final tie against Lochaber at the Dell.
