Women’s football round-up: Goals galore in North Wales Coast and North East Wales leagues, Welsh Cup glory for Foresters and Pwllheli
BUTE ENERGY WELSH CUP ROUND 1
Wrexham Foresters 1 Connah’s Quay Nomads 0
Anna Thomas’ 36th minute goal was enough to send Foresters into the last 16 of the Welsh Cup at the expense of Ardal North champions Nomads.
It was a first defeat of the season for the Deesiders, who had previously beaten the Wrexham team 5-1 in the Genero Adran Trophy before sharing a 0-0 draw in the league.
NFA 1 CPD Pwllheli 1 (Pwllheli won 6-5 on pens)
Sara Lacey produced two penalty shoot-out saves to help Pwllheli advance to the next round after a very close all-Tier 3 tie at Ffordd Derwen.
Cassandra Thomas put NFA ahead from a fifth minute penalty, but the same player missed a spot-kick on 72 – and that ensured Pwllheli remained well and truly in the tie.
Magi Hughes headed in a 79th minute equaliser and penalties were needed to decide the winner. It went to sudden death, with the visitors ending up 6-5 victoyrs.
A full match report has been published elsewhere on Grassroots North Wales.
Flint Town United OFF Guilsfield
NORTH WALES COAST WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Amlwch Town 0 Denbigh Town 3
Denbigh moved four points clear at the summit after a three-goal success at Lon Bach.
Top-scorer Loz Jones found the net on 10 and 82 minutes with Lleucu Williams also on the mark after 31.
Kinmel Bay 7 Trearddur Bay 3
Amy Chesters took star billing with a player of the match hat-trick performance at Y Morfa.
Captain Seren Williams added a double for the hosts, Lucy Perry and Elin Jones also on target, while Bay responded through 16-year-old Maddie Marshall (2) and Erin Mulvey.
Llangefni Town 6 Caernarfon Town 0
Jess Woods chalked up her first goals for Llangefni in style, pocketing a hat-trick within the first half hour.
Amber Brown, Lowri Thomas and Ffion Owen added singles for the champions.
Prestatyn Sports 0 Holyhead Hotspur 3
Ellie Murphy, Gwen Jones and Sophie Richards bagged the goals which earned Hotspur maximum points at The Meadows.
NORTH EAST WALES WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Coedpoeth United 0 Northop Hall 16
Frances Hamilton scored no less than EIGHT goals for Northop Hall in a massive away victory.
Hannah Williams and Eleanor Thomas both plundered hat-tricks while there was a goal apiece for Chelsea Evans and Taylor Roberts.
Hawarden Park 6 Airbus UK Broughton 0
Ainara Laura Schmid-Mielgo (2), Farrah Aslam (2), Lexi Weaver and Tia Bates shared the goals in a thumping win for third-place Hawarden.
Northop Hall Reserves 0 Connah’s Quay Nomads U19 8
Meisi Griffiths was a four-goal star for the ruthless Nomads, Bogomila Stoycheva, Lauren Jones, Daisy Willons and Ruby Lovell adding one apiece.
Wrexham Foresters Reserves 6 Buckley Town 1
Ella Enyon hit a hat-trick for a Foresters side which returned to winning ways after suffering an 11-1 loss to Nomads seven days earlier.
Tanaka James, Louise Wilson and Lucy Vickers also found the net, Courteney Page with a consolation for Buckley.
NORTH EAST WALES WOMEN’S RECREATION LEAGUE
CPD Cei Connah 1 Deeside Dragons 2
Back-to-back wins for the Dragons with Clare Critchlow and Natasha McHugh on target.
Halkyn United 0 MIFC 4
Six wins out of six for leaders MIFC, Melanie Prince grabbing a hat-trick, including a penalty, and Caroline Ratcliffe also making the scoresheet.