Cymru North: Mold beat Rhyl in tight tussle, Denbigh edge a seven-goal thriller, Holyhead and Ruthin building nice runs

NOVIRA CYMRU NORTH REPORTS – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31

Brickfield Rangers 1 Bala Town 1

Cymru North top-scorer Andrew Vale’s 12th league goal of the season earned leaders Brickfield Rangers a point at home to Bala.
Vale made it 14 goals in all competitions this term in the 75th minute when he capitalised on an excellent Lewis Wyne assist.
Bala had taken the lead on the stroke of half time when Okera Simmonds tapped home from a free kick.

Caersws 1 CPD Dinas Bangor City 1876 1

Substitute Sam Parry’s first goal for the senior side in the 85th minute was not quite enough to secure three points on the road for Bangor.
Eighteen-year-old Parry, a goal machine for the City and Llandudno reserve sides over the past two seasons, came off the bench in the 78th minute and was soon celebrating getting off the mark for the first team at the Recreation Ground.
However, two points slipped away when Ashley Harries struck an equaliser for Caersws with 88 on the clock.

Gresford Athletic 1 Ruthin Town 2

After falling behind early on, Ruthin fought back to claim maximum points and make it five matches unbeaten.
First half goals by Luka Graham and Ethan Davies were enough to secure the win after Tyler Berry had handed Gresford an 11th minute lead.

Guilsfield 2 Porthmadog 2

Spencer Parrish denied Porthmadog three points by bagging a 95th minute equaliser for Guilsfield at Clos Mytton.
The hosts edged ahead in first half stoppage time through Joe Haycock, but second period strikes from Osian Ellis (68 minutes) and Gruff John (82) put Port in front.

Holyhead Hotspur 3 Penrhyncoch 1

Hotspur picked up their first home league win of the campaign at the expense of basement boys Penrhyncoch.
Darren Garmey’s side also stretched their undefeated run to five games in all competitions.
Rhydian Davies struck first for the Roosters on 11 minutes, but Connor Owen equalised from a Tomos Owen assist after 36.
Cory Williams made it 2-1 on 67, Tomos Owen again the supplier, before Sam Jones added a third with 77 on the clock, Jake Roberts setting this one up

Llanuwchllyn 3 Denbigh Town 4

Denbigh boosted their run of victories over Llanuwchllyn to six matches after making it back-to-back away wins in the Cymru North,
Ffranc Vaughan-Evans put Eddie Maurice-Jones’ men ahead in the ninth minute before James Davies made it one-apiece on the quarter-hour.
No further goals arrived until four minutes into the second half, when Tom Kelly restored the away lead with a wonder strike.
Kelly added another on 62, Harry Martin assisting, but Ilan Ap Gareth Jones responded for the home team after 66.
Town took a big step towards the points when a brilliant set-up from Nathan Brown enabled Findlay Starkey-Jones to make it 4-2.
Gwydion Ifan cut the deficit back to one with a third for Llan deep into added time, but Denbigh held on for the honours and edge out of the bottom four.

Mold Alexandra 2 CPD Y Rhyl 1879 1

Mold stay third in the table after recovering from going a goal down to grab a much-wanted victory at Alyn Park.
Having lost the services of manager Barry Owen in the week to their Saturday opponents, Alex had coach Gareth Thomas in temporary charge.
Owen does not take up his duties until Sunday, so Steve Giblin and Zion Hopkins led the Lilywhites for a second successive game.
Things started well for the Lilywhites when Max Moore delivered them an 11th minute lead, but Luca Hogan levelled after 15 via a Kieran Owens assist before Rhyss Nash made it 2-1 with 26 gone.
That was the end of the scoring

Newtown 2 Buckley Town 0

In Saturday’s evening kick-off clash at Latham Park, goals from Josh Astley on two minutes and Jamie Hyne after 93 banked the points for second-place Newtown.