Categories

Useful links

Archives

Sponsored links

Latest Posts...

Colwyn Bay rugby in North Wales final

Posted by Tim Channon on May 5, 2008 5:46 PM

COLWYN BAY rugby will pay Ruthin in the final of the ScottishPower North Wales Cup, after a backs-to-the-wall 13-3 victory over Nant Conwy on bank holiday Monday (May 5).
Nant had almost 90 per cent of the possession, but couldn't take their chances and were continually thwarted by some outstanding Bay defensive play.
Mark Earl forced his way over for an early try for the Bay, following a lineout on the five metre line, and Gareth Wynne's conversion gave them a 7-3 lead at half-time, with Peredur Ellis kicking a penalty for Nant after Sion Roberts had missed two earlier opportunities.
A drop goal by Ashley James and a long range penalty by Gareth Wynne in the opening 10 minutes of the second half extended that lead to 13-3, and Wynne later hit a post with another penalty attempt.
Nant pressed hard in the closing minutes and twice got within inches of the try line but couldn't get the ball over.
"It was a perfect example of how to win a rugby game without the ball," said Colwyn Bay player coach Mark Earl.
"But we've defended very well and taken what chances we got, and are just delighted to be in the final again. Now we want to go on and win it."
Ruthin beat Pwllheli 38-12 in the other semi-final.

Llandudno lead North Wales Premier Cricket League

Posted by Tim Channon on May 4, 2008 12:32 PM

DEFENDING champions Llandudno lead the Premier Division of the North Wales Cricket League after making it two wins out of two with a six-wicket victory over Bangor on Saturday (May 3).
Jack Rimmington took 5 for 46 as Bangor were bowled out for 147 (Kevin Williams 43) and an unbeaten fifth wicket stand of 80 between Owen Jones (45 not out) and Kev James (32 not out) saw Llandudno win on 148 for 4.
Newly promoted Llanrwst suffered a second successive defeat at home to Hawarden Park, despite a man of the match display by Australian overseas player Rohan Wright.
He top scored with 61 in a Llanrwst total of 153 all out and then took 4 for 18 off 15 overs (eight maidens) as Hawarden squeezed home by one wicket at 154 for 9.
For the second week running Mochdre had their game, at Brymbo, cancelled due to the waterlogged ground.
Llandudno 2nds had a losing draw against Marchwiel and Wrexham in Division One after finishing on 123 for 7 in reply to the home side's 180 for 5 declared.
Conwy lost by 54 runs against Pwllheli in Divison Two, and Llanrwst 2nds lost by nine wickets to Hawarden Park 2nds in Division Three, but Mochdre 2nds had a good 50-run victory over Corus Colors at Rydal in Division Four after bowling their opponents out for just 67.
More details on all these games in Thursday's Weekly News

COLWYN BAY suffered a third successive defeat in the Liverpool and District Cricket Competition's Premier Division after being bowled out for 125 (Mal Gorton 50) in reply to Northern's 183 (Paul Jenkins 4 for 51, Sion Morris 3 for 9).
Colwyn Bay 2nds, however, gained their first win of the campaign, helped by an unbeaten century from Dave Wallace (104 not out) and 52 by Glyn Gibbons in a second wicket stand of 166. Colwyn Bay swept to a winning 204 for 3 after Fleetwood Hesketh 2nds had posted 202 for 7 declared (Walker 72, Steve Walburn 3 for 24).

Colwyn Bay rugby clinch runners-up spot

Posted by Tim Channon on May 4, 2008 12:09 PM

COLWYN BAY rugby coinched runners-up spot behind champions Caernarfon in Division Four North of the WRU National League with a 26-0 win at Dolgellau in their final fixture.
They claimed maximum points with tries from centre Pat Leach, wing James Thatcher, scrum-half Ben Evans and Ashley James, who also added three conversions.

IN football, Glan Conwy are runners-up in the Pentraeth Honda Welsh Alliance after coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 with Llanberis thanks to second half goals from Rob King and Aled Stapleton.
Llandudno Junction drew 1-1 with champions Bethesda, after leading with a Nathan Jones goal, but they have still slipped to bottom place in the table after Amlwch Town won 3-1 to end Llanrwst United's hopes of finsihing in third place.
Conwy United finish fifth after losing their final game 3-0 at Nefyn.
In the Clwyd League Glan Conwy Reserves reached the final of the REM Jones Cup with goals from Nathan Bower and Gareth Evans giving them a 2-0 win over Y Glannau, and they now play Division One champions Greenfield in the final on Monday, May 12.

Early deadline for Colwyn Bay manager's job

Posted by Tim Channon on May 4, 2008 12:00 PM

COLWYN BAY are looking to appoint a new manager as soon as possible after the departure of Gary Finley last week.
In advertising the post in the national Non League paper, the club have given a deadline for applications of Friday, May 9. Witten applications should be sent to The Chairman, Colwyn Bay Football Club, Llanelian Road, Old Colwyn, Conwy LL29 8UN.

Nant Conwy beat Caernarfon

Posted by Tim Channon on May 2, 2008 9:41 PM

NANT CONWY beat new Division Four North champions Caernarfon 22-0 in their final league game of the season on Friday night.
Wing Rhys Roberts scored two tries and there was one try apeice for 2nd row Adam Russell and Sion Edwards as Nant took a maximum five points.
Carwyn Ellis added one conversion, but later lost three teeth in a blow to the face and he looks certain to miss the bank holiday Monday's ScottishPower Cup semi-final at Colwyn Bay.
The win puts Nant Conwy level on points with Colwyn Bay in the top three of the table, but the Bay will clinch runners-up spot if they win at Dolgellau in their final game on Saturday,

Colwyn Bay rugby topple champions

Posted by Tim Channon on April 30, 2008 12:17 PM

COLWYN BAY Rugby are set to clinch runners-up spot in Division Four North of the WRU National League after beating newly crowned champions Caernarfon 31-16 on Tuesday night.
After taking an 11-3 first half lead, they saw Caernarfon hit back to lead 16-11 before Colwyn Bay finished the game strongly and won with tries from Sean McDonagh, Mark Earl and Gaz Wynne, who also kicked a conversion and three penalties, while Ashley James added a drop goal.
Colwyn Bay play Nant Conwy in the semi-final of the ScottishPower North Wales Cup on bank holiay Monday (May 5).
Llandudno lost 26-0 at home to Ruthin on Tuesday.

Colwyn Bay axe for Gary Finley

Posted by Tim Channon on April 27, 2008 5:39 PM

COLWYN BAY have sprung an end-of-season bombshell by sacking manager Gary Finley.
The decision was made at an emergency board meeting after Saturday's final game against Spalding United.
Managing director Darren Cartwright said the club would be making an official statement later in the week but admitted he and the board had been bitterly disappointed that the team had failed to win promotion after agreeing a working budget with the manager.
"We said at the start of the season it was very important for us to get out of this division and we haven't done it. There are a number of things we have not been happy with, but we will be making a full statement in due course," he said.
The club are likely to advertise the position, although it is understood the board do have people in mind they would like to talk to.
"We need somebody who knows the Unibond, has a proven record of getting clubs promoted and can build a team that will achieve that," added Mr Cartwright.

Gary Finley made a huge impact when he first took over the club at the back end of 2006/7 season, taking the team on a tremendous run that saw them into the play-offs before losing unluckily to Cammell Laird.
The team started this season in the same encouraging form and optimism was high, but dreadful luck with injuries, postponments which led to an horrendous pile-up of fixtures in the last two weeks, and players being unavailable due to work commitments led to inconsistent performances on the field.
Finley, however, is now the fifth manager to have come and gone since the Bryn Jones era and his departure means another new start and another newlook team at a time when some may feel the club needed a period of stability.

Colwyn Bay end with a win

Posted by Tim Channon on April 26, 2008 6:34 PM

COLWYN BAY ended their season on a winning note to finish seventh in Unibond Divison One South after a 4-2 victory in their final game against bottom-of-the-table Spalding, who had to play for over an hour with 10 men after their keeper was sent off.
Simon Ward was given a straight red card for handling the ball inches outside his area after a fumble under pressure from Anthony Wright, and substitute James Doughty's first action after replacing him in goal was to pick the ball out of the net as John Lawless scored from the resulting free kick on 28 minutes.
Earlier Colwyn Bay keeper Jamie Speare had saved a Luke Forbes penalty after a Matt Murphy shot struck Chris Taylor on the arm, but Speare was beaten on 32 minutes by Ben Garrick's clever chip to level the scores.
Two minutes later, however, Lawless crossed for Anthony Wright to head the Seagulls back in front, and that lead could have been doubled before half-time with Mark Quayle firing a great chance over the bar, after earlier spectacularly hitting the bar with a 35-yard volley.
Speare made a fine save to deny Matt Murphy at the other end, but five minutes into the second half Adam Wade scored a third goal for Colwyn Bay from 25 yards, and on 69 minutes Quayle headed a fourth from a cross by substitute Neil Black.
Murphy got a second goal back from close range on 75 minutes before Doughty made a fine save to turn a Lawless penalty round the post after Wade had been upended in the box.
Colwyn Bay: Speare, Callaghan, P Williams, Walker, Taylor, Wade, Fowler, Hoolicken (Wynne 70), Wright (Black 61), Quayle, Lawless. Sub not used: Finley.

It was good end to the season for the Bay with the match played in a carnival atmosphere after the club's campaign around local schools during the week produced an excellent end-of-season crowd of over 500, made up mainly of family groups.

LLANDUDNO'S disappointing end to their league season in the Cymru Alliance ended with a 0-0 home draw against Penrhyncoch.

LLANDUDNO JUNCTION moved off the bottom of the Welsh Alliance table with a 3-2 win over Rhyl Reserves, which gives Llanrwst United a great chance to finish third if they win their final game at Amlwch next Saturday.

In the Clwyd League, Penmaenmawr Phoenix beat Abergele Rovers 4-3 with a hat-trick from Ritchie Roberts at the top of the Premier Division, but Prestatyn Town Reserves have now got their first team big guns available to help them stitch up the title, and Cymru Alliance top scorer Steve Bowes scored four goals in a 9-0 win at Halkyn Reserves.
An Adam Jones hat-trick helped Glan Conwy Reserves beat Caerwys 4-0 in Division One, and and Rhos United won 6-1 at Llannefydd with five different scorers in Division Two, where Connahs Quay Reserves are set to snatch the title away from Llandudno Reserves after a 4-1 win at Penrhyn United.

Colwyn Bay draw with Belper

Posted by Tim Channon on April 24, 2008 11:46 PM

TWO goals from Anthony Wright weren't enough to give Colwyn Bay the win on Thursday night that would have kept them still in with a mathematical chance of the play-offs going into Saturday's final game.
They led 2-1 against Belper Town, but conceded an equaliser 11 minutes from the end in a 2-2 draw which has finally ended their challenge.
Belper took the lead after only seven minutes when Ross Hannah ran on to a long ball over the top of the Colwyn Bay defence to chip over the advancing Jamie Speare.
Only a point blank save by Speare prevented Andy Rushbury heading a second as Belper had the better of the opeing half hour.
Belper keeper Paul Pettigrew made a good save to deny Mark Quayle, but Colwyn Bay did get level on 39 minutes when Anthony Wright was put clear on the left to score with an angled shot across the keeper into the far corner of the net.
Two minutes into the second half Wright was played in by Joe Fowler to sidestep the keeper and score his second, but Belper put the home side under sustained pressure after that and equalised on 79 minutes when a deflected shot from Rushbury looped over Speare into the net.
Belper, after having two goals disallowed for offside, almost snatched victory in added time when Lee Stevenson hit the bar from a free kick.
Colwyn Bay: Speare, Callaghan, P Williams, Walker, Taylor, R Williams, Fowler (Wade 84), Hoolickin, Wright, Quayle (Black 87), Lawless. Sub not used: Wynne.

Colwyn Bay play-off hopes extinguished

Posted by Tim Channon on April 23, 2008 1:13 PM

COLWYN BAY'S play-off hopes were all but extinguished with a 2-0 home defeat against nine-man Goole on Tuesday night.
The game was marred by a mass brawl just before half-time which saw three players dismissed.
Colwyn Bay's Chris Taylor and Goole's Ian McLean both go straight red cards and Goole's Nigel Danby got a second yellow.
Only a brilliant point blank save by Bay keeper Jamie Speare, to keep out Danby's header, had prevented Goole being in front at half-time and even when they were down to nine men for the whole of the second half, they always looked to have the edge against a Colwyn Bay side clearly running on empty after playing five games in 10 days,
The Seagulls got in 12 shots at goal in the second half as they tried to make the extra man countf, but most of them were way off target and the only save of note Goole keeper Adam Mitchell had to make was to dive to his right to turn a Paul Williams effort round the post.
Goole passed the ball much better when they attacked on the break and after taking the lead on 55 minutes with a header from James McDaid, they sealed the points two minutes from the end when Andrew Jackson set up a tap-in goal for substitute Chris Tate.
Colwyn Bay: Speare, Wynne (Black 58), Callaghan, Rowland, Taylor, R Williams, Wade, Fowler, Quayle, P Williams, Lawless. Sub not used: Finley.

Manager Gary Finley has called for a rethink by the club if they are to ever achieve their ambitions of reaching the Conference North.
See his comments in this week's Weekly News.