Abergele need just three points from Saturday’s home match against Pwllheli to secure a promotion spot.
The Pentre Mawr Park side put themselves into this strong position thanks to a superb win over champions Buckley last weekend.
Bucks were put into bat and limited to 164-9 off 40 overs, Jack Whitley making 49 and Ollie Fellows 33, Gareth J Edwards 3-31 and David Moulson 2-21 for the hosts.
Gele responded with a winning 168-4 off 36, captain Lewis Tolond 61, Gurwinder Singh 55 not out, Whitley 2-32 for the visitors.
Corwen’s long-held promotion hopes all but disappeared after a heavy home loss to St Asaph seconds.
The home side were bowled out for 154 after opting to bat, Harry Pooler 53 and Jordan Williams 30, Ankash Upadhyaya 3-25 for Saints, who hit back with 155-3 off 38, skipper Andy Mearns 49 not out, Eren Ranu 33 no.
Tom Parry claimed a stunning 7-6 for Llay as Llanrwst were skittled out for just 32, Nathan Humphreys 2-11, with the hosts easing to 34-1 off 10.2 for a 15-0 points breeze.
Captain Andrew Wannop led the way with 67 as Menai Bridge seconds set a winning 200 all out, Sam Andrews 4-36 and Dylan Pearn 2-14 for Pont, who were restricted to 182-6, Morgan Roberts and Christian Wrathall both 44 not out, David Owen 4-36 for the victorious islanders.
Supun Eranga’s 61 set up Carmel for a winning score of 124-7, Kalim Al Baloshi 3-36 and Kartik Bhardwaj 2-23 for the hosts, who were skittled out for just 82, Maneesha Ayomal Nissanka 3-10, Ben Sim 3-19 and Aled Proffitt 2-5 off eight for the Pen-y-Gelli outfit.
Sam Shoemark picked up 4-27 and Muhummad Ghufran 2-12 as the visitors dismissed Ruthin for 88, then set a revised target of 76 off 30 overs, Marchwiel and Wrexham got there in just 15.2 for the loss of five wickets, Gareth Evans 44 and Ned Roberts 3-23 for the home side.
Abbey Mayers scooped 4-15 and passed 150 career wickets as Buckley seconds blew Bethesda seconds away for just 50, Alyn Evans pocketing 2-4.
Bucks reached 53-3 for a 14-1 points success, Gary Mayers opening the batting with daughter Abbey on his farewell appearance.
Gary has played for the Lane End club since 2017, netting more than 2,000 runs across all teams and posting 15 half-centuries. He has also worked tirelessly to develop the club over numerous years, including winning the league title as coach of the Buckley Belles women’s team.
Caernarfon’s big total of 230-6 was never going to be seriously challenged.
Shahin Papon made 72, Monis Altaf 48 and Amdadul Hoque 41 for the Cofis, who then limited Hawarden seconds to 138-8, Tom Wilson 31, Ian Morgan 3-18 and Altaf 2-22 for the hosts.
Captain Noufal Khader (47) and Jayesh Jayan (36) topped the chart in Bersham’s effort of 151 all out, Stuart Watkins 3-31 and Rory Gray-Thomas 2-11 for the home side, who were all out for 104, skipper Guto Davies 37, Khader 5-21, Jijin Joseph 2-20 and Vipin Shylajan 2-25 for the 12-3 away winners.
Finlay Rooke-Hart and Thomas Schrimshaw both struck 59 for champions Denbigh seconds in their fine effort of 210-8, Mike Gwynne 3-22 and David Barlow 3-39 for Llandudno seconds, who give it a real go in reply but finished just short on 189-7, Mike Gwynne 45 no and Andrew Christian 42, Joe Threlfall 2-25 and Ciaran Lucas 2-39 for the home team.
Ted Pearson made his third ton of the season, a score of 107 not out helping Gwersyllt Park seconds amass an imposing 259-3 off 40 overs.
Daniel Jones added 72 and Ryan Collier 52 for the hosts, who then sent Gresford seconds packing for just 122, Gez Jones 34, Michael Griffiths 4-22, Ethan McCarthy 2-8 and Ryan McCarthy 2-24 for the overwhelming winners.
David Graham (80), Joseff Roberts (43) and Hayden Millington (33 no) helped Mold seconds pile up a total of 231-7, Berwyn Thomas 3-28 for Gele seconds, who were all back in the hutch for 142, Osian Thomas 32 and Owen Lynam 30, Craig Roberts 3-15 and Graham 2-7 for the comfortable home victors.
Shins Varghese and Derick Dineshan both scored 39 in Bersham seconds’ effort of 151 all out, the latter ending not out, Cameron Ackroyd snaring a brilliant 5-17 off eight for Carmel seconds, who were blasted out for only 80, Sujeesh Vazhadan 4-25, Varghese 2-13 and Thushardath Ep 2-20 for the visitors.
Callum Ferguson took 4-23 and Tony Green 3-9 as Halkyn seconds kept Bala down to 82-9, the hosts then reaching the winning post at 83-1, Jack Hawkins 42 not out.
Skipper Aled Hughes’ defiant 52 was the highlight of nine-player Llanrwst seconds’ 88 all out, Myles Bennett 2-12 and Jo Robisnon 2-26 for Hawarden thirds, who got home at 89-6, Daniel Jones 4-31.
Jamie Hughes hit an inspired 98 not out in Ruthin seconds’ winning score of 188-6 at Marchwiel Hall, Zahid Sharif 2-19 for the hosts, who were restricted to 154-6 in reply, Sharif 51, Osian Roberts 4-21 and Jonas Roberts 2-20 for the visitors.
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