Gwynedd and Anglesey Summer Netball League – the story so far….

HOGAN GWYNEDD AND ANGLESEY SUMMER NETBALL LEAGUE 2023

Three weeks into the new season and already plenty of outstanding games on show.

The two-division Gwynedd and Anglesey Summer Netball League got underway on June 6 and this week is the fourth of competition.

Some interesting new names have appeared alongside many of the regulars.

REPORTS

WEEK THREE

DIVISION ONE – JUNE 21

Walis Picton 44 Dyffryn Ladies 25
(14-5; 27-11; 37-17; 44-25)

New names Walis Picton (why would anyone ever think Walis teams are inspired by C’mon Midffild?) won their latest match comfortably over Dyffryn.

Players of the Match
Umpires and Players: Picton – Elen Edwards; Dyffryn – Ffion Jones

Pwllheli Panthers 38 Dolgellau 26
(9-8; 19-13; 31-19; 38-26)

Panthers led by just one goal after the opening quarter, but steadily built on their lead and finished up winners by 12.

PoM
Umpires: Warriors – Cassie Ogilvy; Dolgellau – Nieve Murphy Mayo
Players: Warriors – Cassie Ogilvy; Dolgellau – Llio Roberts

Arfon Ladies 22 Primos 26
(5-8; 9-10; 13-18; 22-26)

Primos enjoyed a great win over multi-time champions Arfon, leading by just one at halfway, but establishing some daylight in the third and holding on for the win in the curtain closer.

PoM
Umpires: Arfon – Elen Davies; Primos – Cherelle Jarvis
Players: Arfon – Elen Davies; Primos – Gwenan Williams

DIVISION TWO – JUNE 20

Fflamau Brynrefs 43 Wariars Walis 16
(8-4; 20-8; 35-10; 43-16)

It was Fflamau Brynrefs all the way in this Division Two encounter.

PoM
Umpires: Brynrefs – Erin Cox; Wariars – Alaw Fon
Players: Brynrefs – Madi Humphreys; Wariars – Anna Jones

Dreigiau Brynrefs 19 Porthmadog 25
(4-7; 10-15; 14-18; 19-25)

Porthmadog were always ahead but could never get complacent in this good contest against Dreigiau.

PoM
Umpires: Dreigiau – Laura Davey; Porthmadog – Catrin Thomas
Players: Dreigiau – Laura Davey; Porthmadog – Sara O’Neil

Bethesda 15 Pwllheli Hustlers 14
(5-3; 10-5; 12-13; 15-14)

Great match-up between Pesda and the Hustlers.
Bethesda were 10-5 up at the midway stage, but a big 8-2 win of the third quarter had Pwllheli in front entering the last.
However, the Ogwen Valley side took the fourth 3-1 to edge the tightest of victories. Am gem Howgets a Hwstlers!

PoM
Umpires: Bethesda – Nerys Jones; Hustlers – Cari Jones
Players: Bethesda – Nerys Jones; Hustlers – Ruby Jones

WEEK TWO

DIVISION ONE – JUNE 14

Pwllheli 25 Menai Mavericks 29
(5-11; 11-17; 20-21; 25-29)

At half time, the Mavericks were in command with a 17-11 advantage, but a great comeback in the third by Pwllheli brought them to within a goal going into the decider.
And it was the Anglesey side which took the last 8-5 to seal the success.

PoM
Players: Pwllheli – Steffi Studt; Mavericks – Mared Jones
Umpires: Pwllheli – Cerys Studt; Mavericks – Gwenno Davies

Primos 33 Walis Picton 20
(10-1; 17-5; 26-11; 33-20)

Rhodd Parry was outstanding for the Primos, who saw off Picton pretty comfortably.

PoM
Players and Umpires: Primos – Rhodd Alaw Parry; Picton – Saran Griffiths.

Dolgellau 33 Arfon Ladies 28
(13-6; 23-10; 28-19; 33-28)

Dolgellau are always tricky customers and they got the better of Winter League champions Arfon in this one.
Although Arfon battled hard to win the last 9-5, Dol were already too far in front to surrender their overall superiority.

PoM
Players: Dolgellau – Llio Roberts; Arfon – Rachel Southall
Umpires: Dolgellau – Llio Roberts; Arfon – Claire Roberts Wallis

DIVISION TWO – JUNE 13

Holyhead 60 Porthmadog 19
(15-3; 28-13; 44-15; 60-19)

Sixty goals? The league statisticians must have been consulting the record books after this one.
Holyhead scored 15, 13, 16 and 16 goals over the individual quarters. Porthmadog tend to score lots or concede many at times. Worth noting that Port were down to six players, which of course put them at a considerable disadvantage.

PoM
Players: Holyhead – Joanna Thomas; Porthmadog – Diane Williams
Umpires: Holyhead – Sophie Edwards; Porthmadog – Sarah Williams

Bethesda 34 Dreigiau Brynrefs 7
(7-1; 14-3; 24-6; 34-7)

No stopping Bethesda in this largely one-sided affair.

PoM
Players: Bethesda – Nerys Jones; Dreigiau – Tesni Jones
Umpires: Bethesda – Kirsty Jones; Dreigiau – Tesni Jones

Wariars 28 Pwllheli 10
(6-3; 11-4; 23-6; 28-10)

Wariars increased their lead in each segment over Pwll.

PoM
Players: Wariars – Anna Jones; Pwllheli – Daisy Doodson
Umpires: Wariars – Siwan Jones; Pwllheli – Daisy Doodson

WEEK ONE

DIVISION ONE – JUNE 7

Walis Picton 21 Arfon Ladies 30
(4-8; 8-16; 16-23; 21-30)

Not the dream start newbies Picton would have hoped for as Arfon ran out fairly emphatic winners.

PoM
Umpires: Picton – Ellie Gosset; Arfon – Beca Parry
Players: Picton – Ffion Jones; Arfon – Rachel Southall

Pwllheli 30 Primos 37
(8-9; 18-18; 24-29; 30-37)

Good high-scoring battle, but a strong second half display clinched it for Primos after the scores stood 18-18 at half time.

PoM
Umpires: Pwllheli – Cerys Studt; Primos – Gwenan Williams
Players: Pwllheli – Cassie Ogilvy; Primos – Catrin Williams

Menai Mavericks 42 Dyffryn Ladies 23
(9-5; 18-9; 30-16; 42-23)

Mavericks piled on the goals in this one, although Dyffryn did admirably to match more than half of their opponents’ score.

PoM
Umpires: Mavericks – Gwenno Davies; Dyffryn – Tesni Haf
Players: Mavericks – Collette Jones; Dyffryn – Tesni Haf

DIVISION TWO – JUNE 6

Bethesda 30 Walis 17
(8-2; 12-5; 21-12; 30-17)

Bethesda were the bosses in this one, although Walis showed promise in losing the third session just 9-7.

PoM
Umpires: Bethesda – Bethan Williams; Walis – Anna Jones
Players: Bethesda – Georgia Jones; Walis – Anna Jones

Pwllheli 21 Porthmadog 43
(5-11; 11-22; 16-33; 21-43)

Porthmadog were in ‘score a lot, concede a lot less’ mode as they won the Llyn Peninsula derby in some style, scoring 11, 11, 11 and 10 over the four quarters.

PoM
Umpires: Pwllheli – Daisy Doodson; Porthmadog – Diane Williams
Players: Pwllheli – Daisy Doodson; Porthmadog – Sarah Williams

Holyhead 41 Fflamau Brynrefs 32
(6-11; 21-16; 31-26; 41-32)

Holyhead began with a big total of 41 goals, but trailed 11-6 after the opener only to fight back and win the second 15-5.
This topsy-turvy encounter saw the third drawn 10-10, but Caergybi made sure of victory by taking the last 10-6.

PoM
Umpires: Holyhead – Joanne Thomas; Fflamau – Erin Roberts
Players: Holyhead – Ceri Williams; Fflamau – Pola Golaski