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It’s another weekend of shinty and football action coming up on BBC ALBA and we’ll be producing Camanachd Cup and Scottish Premiership on a super Saturday of sport.

In the first of our programmes, Lovat and Kingussie go head to head in the second of this year’s Camanachd Cup semi-finals. Lovat made their way to the semis with a 3-0 win over Skye in the second round, and a 7 – 0 thumping of Bute in the third. In their second round tie, Kingussie drew 1 – 1 with Caberfeidh before winning the replay 3 – 2. They then saw off Fort William 3 – 0 to seal their place in the semi-final. At half-time, we look at how…

It’s a busy weekend for us as we produce live coverage from the Shinty Premiership, as well as full match coverage from Hibernian v Motherwell on the opening weekend of the Scottish Premiership season.

On Friday night (3rd August), we’ll be in Kingussie for the battle of Badenoch as rivals and neighbours Kingussie and Newtonmore go head to head at The Dell. As well as league points being up for grabs, the teams will also compete for the Sir Tommy MacPherson trophy. Our half-time package is the second part of our feature on Ross Brown, the former Lochcarron player turned referee, Ross discusses what he was like as a player and…

What a weekend of Ladies Gaelic Football action!

Our production team were in Roscommon for the final round of the TG4 All Ireland Senior Championship Group stages!

Check out some of the best bits here!

After the summer break, we’re straight back into shinty action this weekend as we produce live coverage of the first of this year’s Camanachd Cup Semi-finals.

Holders Newtonmore take on Kilmallie on Saturday afternoon in a bid for a place in the final of arguably the most prestigious trophy in the sport. Newtonmore’s passage to the semi-final stage involved two away wins, beating Lochaber 1 – 0 before then seeing off Kinlochshiel 4 – 2. Kilmallie got off to the best possible start in the competition, thumping Ballachulish by fourteen goals to nil. In the second round, they were held to a 0 – 0 draw by Inveraray before…

We’ll be producing more live shinty action on BBC ALBA this Saturday (30th June) as the final of this year’s Glasgow Celtic Society Cup is held in Taynuilt.

In a repeat of last year’s final, Kyles Athletic take on Oban Camanachd, with the former looking to succeed in the oldest competition in Scottish shinty for a 6th consecutive time. The Tighnabruaich side saw off Glasgow Mid Argyll by 4 goals to 2 in their semi-final match in Yoker. Home advantage helped Oban Camanachd as they defeated Inveraray 2 – 0 at Mossfield to seal their place in the final for the second year running.

At half-time, we hear from Kyles Athletic…

This weekend sees the first major silverware of the shinty season up for grabs in the form of the MacTavish Cup final. We’ll be producing live coverage for BBC ALBA from Bught Park in Inverness as Kinlochshiel take on Newtonmore on Saturday afternoon (16th June).

Kinlochshiel booked their place in the last two with a series of high-scoring wins. The 1st Round saw them defeat Inverness 5 – 0 before a 7 – 2 win over Lochaber in the 2nd Round. They then saw off Caberfeidh in the semi-final by the same scoreline.

Newtonmore had an equally high-scoring start to defending their title, striking seven goals without reply past their…