Oban Camanachd have a lot to thank Iain Hay for as their former first team manager looks back on almost four years in the first team hot seat.
When Oban Camanachd turned to Iain Hay to replace Ian ‘Gussie’ Campbell in July 2015, he wasn’t sure what he was letting himself in for. ‘I didn’t know what to expect,’ he said. ‘I didn’t want to leave the guys in the lurch and I knew they were a capable bunch. I was doing the training for Gus at the time and we had only taken something like three points from ten games and it looked like we would go down.’
Ian Campbell had worked hard with the squad so what did the management switch bring the Mossfield men? Iain said: ‘I suppose the change gave us a fresh start and the opportunity to draw a line in the sand. I told the players at the time I would give the job 100 per cent but I was looking for them to give me 100 per cent in return.’