Wait goes on for Jags return to Highland League action
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The wait goes on for the Jags to return to competitive action after their home game at Seafield Park this afternoon was called off.
The match against an in-form Nairn County was postponed after a pitch inspection last night. The ground was deemed too frozen and dangerous to play on.
Strathspey Thistle' last league game was mid-December and the fixtures are starting to pile up for boss Rob MacCormack and his team.
The postponements will bring unwanted added costs for the Grantown club.
A Jags spokesman explained: "Very much on the down side is that we have now missed out on five Saturday games this season.
"Our choice of a 2pm kick off in order to save the cost of at least 45 minutes of floodlights has unfortunately been scuppered by the prospect of probably three hours per night of floodlighting for four mid-week games with an 8pm kick – coupled with a conservative estimation of at least a 50 percent loss on gate receipts."
Highland League's rearranged fixtures:
January 24 (8pm) kick off: Keith v Banks o Dee; Lossiemouth v Brechin City; Strathspey Thistle v Brora Rangers; Rothes v Formartine United.
January 31 (8pm): Forres Mechanics v Huntly; Wick Academy v Brora Rangers; Clachnacuddin v Inverurie Loco Works.
February 14 (8pm): Brora Rangers v Buckie Thistle; Strathspey Thistle v Wick Academy; Lossiemouth v Inverurie Loco Works; Keith v Turriff United; Banks O Dee v Rothes; Nairn County v Huntly.
February 21 (8pm): Buckie Thistle v Fraserburgh; Brora Rangers v Lossiemouth; Formartine United v Nairn County; Keith v Forres Mechanics.
February 24 (3pm): Brechin City v Wick Academy; Banks O Dee v Brora Rangers; Fraserburgh v Nairn County; Buckie Thistle v Clachnacuddin; Huntly v Strathspey Thistle; Keith v Rothes; Formartine United v Lossiemouth; Inverurie Loco Works v Forres Mechanics; Turriff United v Deveronvale.
