Openers Matthew Harrington and Carwyn L Williams both scored half-centuries as second-place Bethesda romped to a nine-wicket win over Abergele on Monday.
Gele won the toss, elected to bat, and were bowled out for 151, having been 20-4 early on.
Richard Lee Williams took 3-15 off nine and Andrew Day 3-37 for the hosts, who reached 157-1 off 26.4 overs, Harrington 64 and captain Williams 58 not out, for a 15-0 points victory.
Good contest at Bodlondeb ended in a 17-run triumph for Conwy.
The hosts opted to bat and were all out for 193 in 44 overs, Evan Williams and extras sharing top-score on 33, Mali Auty 3-52 for the visitors, who were then limited to 176-9 with Tom Hooson unable to bat.
Brody Camp made 59, Lee Davies 39 not out and skipper Darren Leach 37, Tom Plank snapping up 4-37 and Evan Williams 3-22 for the home side.
Ben Roberts had an amazing day, scoring a half-ton and taking five wickets for Halkyn in a superb home success over Mold.
Roberts topped the chart with 58 as the hosts were restricted to 163-8 off 45, Isaac Allen picking up 3-40 for the visitors, who were then blitzed out for just 81. Roberts bagged 5-22 from nine, James Beresford 2-6 and Sam Hamilton 2-16.
Victory by just a single run for Hawarden in a thriller at Moor Lane.
Park set 150-7 off 45, Evan Shaw 58, Gareth Pugh 3-46 for the Steelmen, who ended agonisingly close to the winning post on 159-9.
Opener Sam Aplin made 58 for the visitors, putting on 80 for the first wicket with Pugh (25), Campbell Marr 3-26 and Philip Bradfield 2-16 for the Park.
With a 31-point lead at the summit and four rounds of matches to go, champions-elect Northop 2nds took a big step towards the title with an eight-wicket beating of Buckley.
Tom Sudder nabbed 4-16 as the hosts sent Bucks packing for 124, Josh Griffiths 2-22 and Joe Griffiths 2-23, and Northop required just 19.4 overs to reach 125-2, Charlie Collins 56 not out.
Dolgellau’s Sion Francis struck a crucial 76 not out as the visitors edged home by a two-wicket margin in the final over at Alder Meadow.
Pont posted a formidable 207-5, Gethin Thomas 79 not out and Nick Thomas 50, Lafras Van Vuuren 3-29 for the away side, who made it to 210-8 off 44.1, Francis’ main innings well supported by Van Vuuren (39), Rhys Jones 2-26 and Ryan White 2-27 for the hosts.
Chris Barry and Jamie Davies both scored 76 not out in leading Bangor seconds to a crushing 10-wicket win at home to Llay.
The visitors were kept down to 169-9 off 40 overs, Jack Edwards 59, Hari Griffith Williams 4-46 and Gareth Edwards 3-36 for the Citizens, who then needed just two batsmen to guide them to victory.
Hosts Bersham were dismissed for 140, Venkata Kanyadari 44, David North 3-19 and Chetan Upadhyaya 3-30 for the visitors, who then clinched victory on 141-5, Tim Cloete 33 not out, Jagath Magulagama 2-20 for the Colliers.
James Gilman hit 43 as Mochdre seconds posted 153-8 at Pen-y-Gelli, Amer Jamil 3-21 and Lee Rowles 2-12 from eight for the home side, whose response ended on 153-7, two scored off the final ball, thus a tie was the outcome, Jeivishnu Prithivaraj 45 for Carmel, Munim Khan 2-28 for the travellers.
Skipper Danny Griffin (64) and Robert Clark (41) guided a Gresford seconds team which was put into bat to concoct a winning total of 190, William Pooler a magical 5-19 for the hosts, who could only muster 139-7 in reply, Simon Harrison 52 not out and skipper William Pooler 33, visiting bowler Gez Jones scooping 3-20.
A hard-earned three-wicket victory for the Bridge at Tyn-y-Caeau Drive.
Nic Bould led the way with 35 in the Rwsters’ vulnerable-looking effort of 119 all out, John Duffy 4-19 and Phil Smith 2-17 for the islanders, who hit back with 120-7, Edward Gadsby 48, Dewi Parry 2-20 and Aron Hughes 2-22.
Martin Hinton (64), skipper Haseeb Hanif Bikya (60 not out) and Luke Bennett (31) did most to ensure Park set a winning figure of 251-5, Elen Weigh 2-26 and Tom Pool 2-33 for the hosts, who were all out for 122, Jon Whitnall 46, Ahmed Javed 4-24 and Jack Williams 4-28 for the victors.
Runs galore for victorious Caernarfon as Mohsin Khan (76), Monis Altaf (55), Steffan Roberts (38) and Paul Williams (30 no) combined to set an imposing 210-4 off 40 overs, Halkyn 2nds offering 173-8 in response, Shaun Gibson (63 no) and Finlay Rooke-Hart (39), Jonathan Peris-Jones 3-38 and Simon Davis 2-34 for the Cofis.
An unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 83 between opener Jez Shea (59 no) and Gethin Hughes (39 no) was key in steering Bethesda to a six-wicket triumph.
Quay were all out for 165, Liam Cappiello 30, Gethin Hughes 3-32 and Dylan Hughes 3-47 for the visitors, who made it to 167-4 in 33.1.
Conwy recorded a weak-looking 110-9 off 40, Bailey Davies 33, Josh Jones 3-15, Umer Farrukh 2-14 and Joe Threlfall 2-18 for the hosts, who reached the winning line at 111-6, openers Ethan Botterill (33) and Farrukh (31) the most effective, Davies 4-21 for the away side.
Fifties from Shashika Meistry and Jack Watkins did much to enable Gwersyllt Park seconds to amass a big enough score to thrash former division leaders Ruthin.
Meistry retired hurt on 54, Watkins posted 52 no and Cai Pearson added 41 in Park’s 212-5, Jonny Clayton 2-28 for the visitors, who were restircted to just 116-8, Joshua Duckworth 30, home bowler Michael Griffiths 4-20, Cai Pearson 2-14 and Ryan McCarthy 2-15.
Opener Daniel Pigott was chief contributor with 56 as Division Three leaders Pwllheli celebrated a four-wicket win at Chester Road.
No scorecard available for Mold seconds.
David Holmes’ impressive 61 helped Abergele seconds register a winning total at Pentre Mawr, Mike Lee with 2-31 for Marchwiel and Wrexham seconds, who could only manage 59-8 in response, Sebin Sebastion 4-17 and Ebin Sebastian 2-19 for Gele.
Aneesh Pattali (47) and Salastine Paily (37) were the main providers in Bersham’s innings of 210-9, Aryaman Arora 3-10 off eight and Jeremy Scanlon 2-20 for the hosts, who were then toppled for just 83, Paily 5-22 and Salu Sebastian 3-10.
Leon Doran produced a double career-best as he starred with 81 runs and took five wickets as Llanrwst seconds piled up a challenging 204-5 at Ruthin.
Aled Hughes added 50 for the visitors, Ian Goldston 3-34 for Ruthin seconds, who were then dismissed for 117, Ieuan Wynne Lewis 45, Doran a stunning 5-10 off eight to complete a magnificent all-round display, Oliver Egelstaff-Thomas 2-25.
For Doran, it was a first half-century and a debut five-wicket haul for the Rwsters.
Premier Division and Division One matches covered by Grassroots North Wales on Saturday evening.
Bangor 2nd XI (14) 156-3 (Chris Barry 69 not out, Jamie Davies 35 no, Peter Jones 31)
Menai Bridge 2nd XI (1) 153-9 (Luke Robinson 51)
Bersham (2) 147-10 (Sathyajith Ihalagama 76, Jack Honey 6-26)
Llay Welfare (13) 150-4 (Jack Honey 56 not out, Matthew Cross 35, Joe Howell 31)
Llanrwst (12) 148-5 (Aron Hughes 40, Trefor Williams 35, Aled Hughes 30, Lee Rowles 2-22)
Carmel and District (3) 111-9 (Trefor Williams 4-23, Caron Williams 3-26)
Marchwiel and Wrexham (15) 238-5 (George Forgrave 74, Scott Lawrenson 56, Sam Shoemark 52)
St Asaph 2nd XI (0) 87-10 (Gareth Evans 2-9, Luke Davies 2-12)
Mochdre 2nd XI (4) 79-10 (Simon Harrison 4-15, Llyr Jones 2-10)
Corwen (11) 93-10 (Harry Pooler 34, Finlay Jones 5-17, Alex J Davies 2-16)
Pontblyddyn 2nd XI (4) 182-4 (Dylan Pearn 60, Gareth Jones 55)
Gresford 2nd XI (11) 183-9 (Sam Burke 53, Gez Jones 52, Christian Wrathhall 3-40)
Bethesda 2nd XI (3) 97-10 (Robert Buchanan 51, Ioan Roberts 3-13, Kartik Bhardwaj 3-28)
Pwllheli (12) 98-6 (Sopan Patil 3-26)
Buckley 2nd XI (14) 173-3 (Jon Whitnall 38 no, Steven Eltham 35)
Connah’s Quay 2nd XI (1) 172-10 (Jake Chare 34, Abbey Mayers 3-26)
Clwb Criced Caernarfon (14) 248-6 (Naimul Islam 72, Paul Williams 42, Monia Altaf 41, Ian Morgan 33, Fraizer Tierney 2-19)
Conwy 2nd XI (1) 152-10 (Toby Watson 58, Latham Tawhai 30, Islam 2-14, Llyr Erddyn Davies 2-29)
Gwersyllt Park 2nd XI (15) 172-9 (Ted Pearson 66, James Collier 53, Ryan Ferguson 5-46)
Halkyn 2nd XI (0) 65-10 (Michael Griffiths 5-11)
Mold 2nd XI (3) 154-8 (Craig Roberts 58, Chris Boulton 31, Ahmed Javed 4-30)
Hawarden Park 2nd XI (12) 158-7 (Haseeb Hanif Bikya 87 no, Martin Hinton 30, Luca Davies 4-29, Henry Roberts 2-10)
Ruthin (3) 156-10 (Murray Whitehead 34, Ted Evans 32 no, Joe Threlfall 4-12, Gerallt Lyall 3-32)
Denbigh 2nd XI (12) 157-6 (Lyall 41, Darren Nixon 30 no, Joshua Duckworth 4-25)
Carmel and District 2nd XI (0) 67-10 (Ebin Sebastian 3-8, Osian Murray Williams 2-6, Sam Painter 2-9)
Abergele 2nd XI (15) 258-3 (Sebin Sebastion 111 not out, David Holmes 94)
Corwen 2nd XI (-15)
Ruthin 2nd XI (15)
Corwen 2nd XI conceded
Dolgellau 2nd XI (13) 134-4 (Alex Yorke 54 no)
Llanrwst 2nd XI (2) 132-7 (Matty Lloyd 36, James Conde 2-11, Lowri Parry 2-12)
Llandudno 2nd XI (11) 166-7 (Lucas Hughes 41, Andrew Christian 35, Satheesan Sinosh 2-14, Nithin Mr 2-15)
Bersham 2nd XI (4) 141-10 (Sujeesh Vazhadan 53, Aneesh Pattali 45, Mike Gwynne 4-13, Jake Sumbland 3-31)
Mynydd Isa and Maeshafn (12) 189-6 (Stuart Applewhite 63 not out, Will Webster 40, Michael Forgrave 2-28)
Marchwiel and Wrexham 2nd XI (3) 188-10 (Nick Husbands 80 not out, Anthony Morris 31, Jonathan Fagan 3-42, Peter Ford 2-8)
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