Caithness county league teams do battle in cup competitions
LOCAL teams battled it out in the Eain Mackintosh Memorial Cup first round and the Colin Macleod Memorial Cup quarter-final this week.
Results – Eain Mackintosh Memorial Cup first round: Acks 0, Staxigoe United 4; Halkirk 1, Castletown 3; Ormlie Hotspurs 0, Thurso Pentland 5; Keiss 0, Pentland United 5; Rovers 0, John O’Groats 7; Wick Groats 9, Lybster 1; Swifts 3, Wick Thistle 2.
Colin Macleod Memorial Cup quarter-final: John O’Groats 1, Halkirk 3; Staxigoe United 1 Pentland United 0; Ormlie Hotspurs 1, Acks 3; Thurso Pentland 0, Wick Thistle 4.
Fixtures, tomorrow – Macleod IFA Highland Amateur Cup second round: Brora Wanderers v Golspie Stafford; Castletown v Kyleakin; Culbokie v Top Joe’s; Halkirk v Thurso Pentland; Fortrose v Kirkwall Rovers; Kirkwall United v Keiss; Lairg Rovers v Kyle; Pentland United v Kirkwall Hotspurs; Portree v Blackrock Rovers; Sleat & Strath v Rendall; Stromness Athletic v Acks; Wick Groats v Gairloch Aultbea United.
Tuesday (7.30pm) – Division two: Keiss v Lybster Phoenix; Ormlie Hotspurs v FSC; Rovers v Thistle; Thurso Pentland v Top Joe’s.
Wednesday (7.30pm) – Division one: Halkirk v Acks; Pentland United v Swifts; Staxigoe United v John O’Groats, Wick Groats v Castletown.
Thursday (7.30pm) – Division two: FSC v Keiss; Lybster v Ormlie Hotspurs.
To find out more read tomorrow’s John O’Groat Journal.
