Saturday catch-up – Ardal North East: Aelwyd hit seven, Cefn Albion perfect record remains

ARDAL NORTH EAST REPORTS – SATURDAY, AUGUST 13

Penycae 1 Corwen 1

Report and pictures: Gavin Billington

It ended 1-1 at The Riverside where Ben Duffy’s 82nd minute strike rescued a point for hosts Penycae.

Corwen goalkeeper Rhys Jones was tested early on by a low shot from the prolific Nicky Williams.

Jones also denied former Corwen player Liam Sklenar soon after.

Five minutes before half time, the home side collected the ball in their own half and put a quick move together which saw Duffy’s shot clear keeper Jones but come back off the post.

The visitors had to twice clear off the line before threatening at the other end, Morgan Daykin’s shot flying just wide of the far post.

Shortly after the restart, Penycae’s Daniel Holland had a strike tipped over the bar by Jones.

A minute later Corwen were awarded a free kick for handball. Henry Evans floated the ball into the path of his cousin Scott Evans, who ran on and found the far top corner of the net to open the scoring.

Not long after Penycae were awarded a free kick in a dangerous position.

Nicky Williams was able to curl the ball around the wall, but also narrowly wide of the target.

Scott Evans had a chance to make it 2-0, but missed from close range.

In the 82nd minute the visitors gave the ball away, allowing Duffy to beat the advancing keeper and score for 1-1.

Corwen pushed to regain the lead, but keeper Benjamin Darlington foiled Daykin and Kian Harrison.

Cefn Albion 3 Llanrhaeadr YM 0

Played three, won three, goals scored 13 goals conceded 0.

Albion’s perfect start to the 2022-23 season continued on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Llanrhaeadr at Clywedog Park.

A brace of goals from Callum Mannion and a bullet header on his debut from new signing Chris Budrys secured the points.

Rhos Aelwyd 7 Builth Wells 1

James Haynes was a hat-trick hero as Rhos hit a magnificent seven against a Builth Wells team which had won its opening two league games.

Rhos started with a high tempo and moved the ball quickly. As a result of the pressure, the hosts opened their account with a quality header from Tomos Smith via a cross from player-manager Aled Parry.

Ryan Jenkins added a second goal with his head following a cross from Daf Robertson.

James Rumsey made it three with a calm finish and the Aelwyd continued to dominate with Haynes scoring a fourth after a quality run and he added a fifth before the break.

Builth Wells came out strongly for the second half and pulled one back via an own goal from a corner.

The Aelwyd then started to play again and got on top.

Declan Molyneux added with a sixth goal with a cool finish in the box. Not long after, Haynes completed his hat-trick after pressing the opposing keeper into a mistake.

Bow Street 2 Llandrindod Wells 0

Richy Ricketts and Rhydian Davies provided the goals that sealed the spoils for Bow Street at Cae Piod.

Caersws 2 Llangollen Town 0

The Bluebirds came up with a solid controlled display to win 2-0 at home against newcomers Llangollen.

Luke Evans (pen) and a Scott Williams header clinched the points.

Dolgellau Athletic 3 Welshpool Town 0

David Edwards’ magnificent goal was the highlight of a comfortable Dolgellau success at The Marian.
Jake Jones and Gerwyn Williams were also on the mark for the hosts.

Llanfair United 4 Rhayader Town 0

Jake Brown, Carl Seliaerts and Nyasha Mwamuka shared the goals as Llanfair overcome Rhayader at Mount Field.