Author: lesleymckerracher
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Award-winning musical duo take to the stage
Award-winning duo Leonard Brown and Maggie Adamson are travelling the length and breadth of Scotland and northern England on a 15-day tour in October-November. Leonard and Maggie are delighted to be incorporating the West Coast in their tour as they will be appearing at The Inveraray Inn on Wednesday October 25. Tickets, priced £10 can…
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Shinty round up – Saturday October 7 2023
Monsoon conditions across the country wiped out the entire shinty schedule on Saturday October 7. South shinty Mowi Premiership Oban Camanachd P Beauly P Levels of rainfall unseen for many years led to the postponement of the 1pm throw-up between Oban Camanachd and Beauly at Mossfield. This was to be Oban Camanachd’s final home game…
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Cyclist knocked off bike
On Monday September 18 around 6.30pm, a cyclist was riding down Miller Road, Oban, towards Soroba Road. A grey Hyundai Tuscon left Quarry Road, turning right into Miller Road, and collided with the cyclist causing him to fall off his bike. The Hyundai continued down Miller Road and turned left at the junction with Soroba…
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Women’s area representative shinty games return after three years
Sunday October 1 saw the return of shinty’s women’s area representative games, sponsored by the Macaulay Association. After a three-year break as a result of Covid, the Women’s Camanachd Association (WCA) was delighted to return to Oban to host its Macaulay area representative games, a fixture that showcases the finest of play throughout the game,…
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Saints see red as St Pat’s pick up the points
Oban Saints 0 St Patrick’s FP 4 SPAFA Premier Division The Saints from Oban entertained the other Saints in the Scottish Premier Amateur Football Association – old foes St Patrick’s FP from Dumbarton in a Premier Division league match at Glencruitten last Saturday. Despite a spirited performance, the Oban side went down 4-0 to their…
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Shinty round up – Saturday September 30 2023
South shinty Mowi Premiership Skye Camanachd 4 Oban Camanachd 0 Oban Camanachd suffered their heaviest defeat of the season when they went down 4-0 to Skye Camanachd in their 3pm throw-up at Pairc nan Laoch, Portree. Skye’s James Pringle was a late call-off when he failed to shake off a foot injury, whilst Neil MacVicar…