The Highland league's match of the day kicked off in glorious sunshine with a crowd 1,000 plus inside Victoria Park to witness this local derby.

Buckie had chances in the first half, falling to Macrae and Macmillan, but both were unable to connect  properly with the ball and Vale's Blanchard dealt with the efforts with ease.  Dolan of Deveronvale blasted over from the edge of the box after 18 minutes, then Lewis Mackinnon, who was later chosen as Man of the Match, responded with a cracking free-kick which narrowly flew over from 30 yards.

The Jags had a lot of the play as the first half drew to a close, forcing several corner kicks.

                                           half- time   0 - 0

Buckie started the second half brightly and came close to opening the scoring when Tony Low fired the ball across the Vale box, but there no takers, then Macmillan warmed the Vale keepers hands with a piledriver, which Blanchard did well to palm round for another corner.

Andy Low then came close to scoring when he curled a shot from the edge of the box, just missing the post narrowly.

Deveronvale were claiming for a penalty with minutes remaining but the Ref waved the protests away.  Brian Neill then had a late challenge on Vale's Ewan and was sent off for recieving his second booking of the day.

In the last minute Vale almost scored when substitute Mark Cowie side footed wide from around 10 yards after the ball had been blocked.

The Buckie team was .. MAIN, NEILL, DUNCAN, MACKINNON, SMALL, R DAVIDSON (MACDONALD 65), T LOW, MACRAE, A LOW, MACMILLAN (BRUCE 79), STEWART.  Unused Subs... SHEWAN, STRONG and MATHESON.