North Wales Women’s Football League kicks off this Sunday back under its original name

The North Wales Women’s Football League will kick off its new season this Sunday, September 4.

It was revealed earlier this summer that the competition would be renamed the North East Wales Women’s and Girls Football League in 2022-23.

However, the league’s AGM tonight is expected to support reverting to the original name.

Holywell have pulled out of the league for this season and will be replaced by Flint Town United.

Other newcomers are Llanfairfechan Town and Caernarfon Town, while Denbigh Town join the league following relegation from the Tier 2 Adran North last term.

Pwllheli also drop down to tier 3 after withdrawing from Adran North.

In a statement, CPD Pwllheli said: “The club faced a perfect storm over the summer as it became clear that, despite an intensive recruitment drive, we were unable to recruit a suitably qualified B licensed coach once our original choice had to withdraw.

“Added to this problem was the fact that squad strength was likely to be an issue as several members of last season’s squad were likely to be unavailable due to personal and educational reasons.

“Our geographic position always makes recruitment of coaching and playing staff a challenge, and that is one of the drivers for our decision that we need to grow our own talent pool organically.

“Rather than cross our fingers and hope for the best, we took the painful but honest decision to step down a level and apply to compete in the North Wales Women’s Football League. Our successful application to drop down one level gives us the breathing space required to address not only the strenuous coaching and administrative demands of Tier 2 competition.

“It also allows us to work on ensuring the long-term sustainability of women’s football in Pwllheli by developing a solid structure from the juniors upwards. What had been identified as a development area for our club did, eventually, prove to be our main weakness.

“However, whilst always sad to take such a step, the positive experiences both on and off the pitch, and our ambition to be a club for all in our locality has made us even more determined to ensure it won’t happen in the future. We are busy developing an exciting new coaching strategy and structure which will be announced very soon.

“Our plan is to strengthen training, playing and coaching opportunities for girls and women in Pwllheli which will enable us to return to Tier 2 as soon as possible.”

Leaving the North Wales League are last season’s champions CPD Y Rhyl 1879, who are promoted to Adran North.

North Wales Women’s League Fixtures
Sunday, September 4 (2 pm kick offs)

Amlwch Town v Northop Hall
Llanfairfechan Town v Denbigh Town
Llangefni Town v CPDM Bangor 1876
Llanystumdwy v CPD Pwllheli
NFA v Caernarfon Town
Trearddur Bay v Flint Town United