Gareth Evans.
The 2018 shinty season was always going to be a testing one for Lochside Rovers and their manager Gareth Evans.
The successes of 2017 were rewarded with a league and national cup double but a surprise semi-final defeat to a strong Inveraray second team in the Bullough Cup semis ended hopes of an historic treble. Normally a championship winning season would leave a solid base to build on but the loss of veteran Stephen Sloss through retiral and youngsters Daniel Sloss, Evan MacLellan, Chrissie MacMillan, Cameron Sutherland and Craig MacDougall to the Oban Camanachd squad meant 2018 was always going to be a period of transition.