Golspie win SWL Cup 2008
Congratulations to Golspie Sutherland Football Club for a spectacular comeback in Saturday's SWL Cup Final at Seaboard Park in Balintore. Muir of Ord dominated the first half and the scoreline was 1-0 to Muir at half time. But then came the turnaround and Golspie's Andrew Keveren scored four goals in the second half to secure a 4-1 victory and the silverware went north.
As an aside, Golspie's victory highlights (again) the problem with some of our local papers relying on spec shooters to get their sports photos. Muir of Ord is a Ross-shire team, so the Ross-shire Journal commissioned photos from this match in case Muir won. Golspie is a Sutherland team, so the Northern Times should have commissioned photos, but didn't. As it turns out, Muir didn't win so the RSJ probably won't use a pic from the match, but they still pay, and that's how it should be. Meanwhile, when any Golspie players or supporters look in their local paper, they won't see any photos of their team's victory because nobody shot the match on spec and the NT hadn't commissioned anyone. This is bad for the team, it's bad for the supporters, it's bad for the sponsor, and it's bad for the newspaper, but that's the way it works round here and I'm not seeing any signs of it changing.
about 3 years ago
Could you not have offered your shots to the other paper, or are they the sort of paper that won’t pay unless they commissioned it?
about 3 years ago
The reason why some papers don’t commission sports photos is because people shoot sports on spec. I’ve done this myself, and I regret it, because doing it hurts the business as a whole.
If I happen to get a random newsworthy pic then I’ll offer it to a paper, of course. But when a big football match has been known about for weeks, there’s no excuse for a newspaper not commissioning someone to cover it.
about 3 years ago
That’s a shame.
Can you contact the winners and offer prints?
about 3 years ago
I supply prints if people want them, but I don’t approach them to offer. Everyone knows who I am and how to contact me, so I leave it up to them to get in touch if they want.