Noson y Darans – CPD Llanberis lift Cwpan Snowdonia

NORTH WALES COAST WEST PREMIER DIVISION – CWPAN SNOWDONIA FIRE AND SECURITY CUP FINAL 2023-24

CPD Llanberis 3 (I Mansoor 25, P Mansoor 59, Maxwell 64)
Glantraeth 1 (T Hughes 14)

It was a night of huge celebration for Llanberis as they lifted their first major trophy since winning the Welsh Alliance League Alves Cup back in 2000-01.

On that occasion 23 years ago, during a golden period for the Darans where they had not long won back-to-back Cookson Cups, Prestatyn Town were the team they defeated in the Alves final.

Fast forward to 2024, and it was the challenge of Glantraeth which was overcome by Carwyn Jones’ side in the Cwpan Snowdonia final at Maes Eilian, Llanfairpwll.

Anglesey outfit Glan took a 14th minute lead through Tomos Hughes, but Ifan Mansoor’s 19th goal of the season from a Peter Mansoor assist with 25 on the clock made it one-apiece at the break.

Cheered on by a large army of fans, Llanberis took the lead on 59 minutes through Peter Mansoor’s 11th goal of the campaign, Dion Owen with the assist.

Goal number eight of 2023-24 from substitute Gethin Maxwell made it 3-1 on 64 minutes, long-serving club icon Nidian Huws performing the assisting duties.

And that was enough to win the cup for the Darans, who in the past month had lost 4-0 at Glan in the league, but beaten them 3-0 at home.

There will be few more popular cup winners in North Wales football this season – llongyfarchiadau i Llanberis!

TEAMS

CPD LLANBERIS
Lee Williams
Dylan Parry
Dion Owen
Nidian Huws (c)
Craig Green
Kurt Hellfeld
Ifan Mansoor
Ben Rowlands
Tom Saynor
Ben Jones
Peter Mansoor
SUBS USED
Gethin Maxwell, Aled Pritchard, Caio Thomas, Thomas Collins

GLANTRAETH
Gwyndaf Owen
Gerallt Jones
Will Hughes
Dion Evans (c)
Huw Griffith
Shaun Monument
Iwan Sawicz
Gethin Davies
Darren Lewthwaite
Connor Gordon
Tomos Hughes
SUBS USED
Gareth Hughes, Luke Winter, Steven Jones