Ardal Northern round-up: East – Queens Park lose unbeaten record at Penycae; West – Thomas treble boosts Pwllheli
LOCK STOCK ARDAL NORTH WEST – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
CPD Pwllheli 5 Bethesda Athletic 0
Seventeen-year-old ace Osian Thomas notched his second hat-trick of the season for a Pwllheli side who were in sparkling form at The Rec.
The teenager scored twice in the first half then completed his treble early in the second period to make it 12 goals for the season.
Sion Roberts and sub Charlie Griffith. two more tremendous young talents in this Pwllheli squad, added further goals for the fourth-place Llŷn Peninsula side.
Connah’s Quay Town 1 Penmaenmawr Phoenix 4
Toby Jones struck twice for a Penmaenmawr team which recovered from going a goal down and being reduced to 10 men to win convincingly at Deeside Stadium.
Toby Lemon gave Connah’s Quay a 22nd minute lead which they held till half time.
Toby Jones levelled for Pen two minutes into the second half, but with 68 on the clock the visitors had Logan Williams red-carded.
Undeterred, Phoenix scored three times in the closing minutes, Toby Jones, Sam Ashton and Jay Sutton finding the net to clinch the points.
Llangefni Town 4 Llanrwst United 0
Math Jones and Osian Jones bagged two goals apiece for a Llangefni outfit which claimed a first league win in four attempts.
For Llanrwst, it was a fifth defeat in six matches.
Math Jones struck after 1 and 45 minutes, while Osian Jones found the target on 42 and 45+1. A rush of goals at the end of the first half won the day for Cefni.
Llay Welfare 0 Nefyn United 2
Goals from Tomi Evans after 23 minutes and Rhys Williams on 53 sealed a first away win of the campaign for Nefyn.
Mynydd Isa 0 Llannefydd 2
Two goals as many minutes apart early in the second half from Elgan Roberts and Llyr Morris banked three points for Llannefydd.
CPD Y Felinheli 0 Broughton United 0
All-square at Cae Seilo where Felinheli suffered the heartbreak of an 88th minute missed penalty from Cal Macdonald.
NFA 3 Trearddur Bay 4
A dramatic late winner from Iolo Hughes sent unbeaten Trearddur Bay to the top of the table.
Bay led 2-0 through an Ashley Ainsworth double, but NFA rallied to lead 3-2 courtesy of Tyler Joyce, Harrison Bellis and Owen Herbert.
Callum Parry converted an away penalty to make it 3-3 before Hughes delivered the decider.
This match was reported on in more detail by Grassroots North Wales on Saturday.
Kinmel Bay 0 Prestatyn Town 0
A well-earned point for Kinmel Bay who went closest to scoring when Antonio Jacovelli hit the upright.
This game was covered more extensively by GNW on Saturday evening.
LOCK STOCK ARDAL NORTH EAST
Penycae 2 FC Queens Park 1
Queens Park suffered a first league defeat of the season at the hands of a Penycae side which hit top spot as a result.
Sub Evan Davies knocked in the all-important winner four minutes past the 90.
Park led 1-0 at half time courtesy of Matthew Worrall, but also missed a penalty when Nicky Williams was unable to find the net.
Josh Mazzarella levelled on 58 minutes then the visitors suffered another blow with a red card for Michael Pritchard just past the hour.
It still looked like the Park would get a point until Davies came up with the clincher from a Ryan Dacey assist.
Carno 1 Llanfair United 3
Harvey Morris, Rob Andrew and Karl Seliaerts all scored in the first half to give Llanfair a 3-0 interval lead.
Although the visitors did not add to their total in the second half, they still took the points as all Carno could manage was a late consolation from Norton Collins.
Cefn Albion 4 Bow Street 1
Albion were far too good for Bow Street on the day, goals from Declan Molyneux, Callum Mannion, Dion Gibbins and Thomas Broadhurst putting them four-up before the visitors managed a stoppage time reply via Steffan Williams.
Kerry 1 Dolgellau Athletic 1
Neil Mitchell put Kerry in front on the half-hour, but a Gerwyn Williams penalty after 44 earned Dolgellau a point.
Home team manager Ben Davies was shown a red card just before the break.
Knighton Town 2 Rhos Aelwyd 1
Luke Boundford’s first-half double was enough to win the contest for Knighton, Scott Reeves pulling one back for Rhos in the second stanza.
Llangollen Town 4 Builth Wells 0
Strong showing from Llangollen with goals by Oliver Clowes, Paige Wilding (pen), Jamie Hands and Edward Baker securing them an emphatic victory.