TWO goals from Neil Black gave Colwyn Bay the points in a 2-0 win at Quorn in an excellent team performance.
The Seagulls played some of their best passing football of the season on an excellent playing surface and were in front at half-time when Black picked up a long kick from Jamie Speare, ansd took a couple of touches before drilling a shot into the bottom corner of the net.
Speare made a fine save to turn a near post header from Neil Turner round the post just before the interval, and Neil Black doubled Bay's lead six minutes into the seocnd half when he burst into the box and tucked his shot past keeper Sean Bowles after good play by Steve Wynne and Lee Spike had set up the opening.
Bowles made good saves to denyt Spike, half-time subsitute John Lawless and Robbie Williams, while Quorn's only threat was a late effort from substitute James Pelier which clipped the top of the bar.
Colwyn Bay moved up to eighth place in the Unibond Divison One South table, and with Goole, Belper, Carlton, Gresley and Sheffield all dropping points, seven points separates third placed Grantham and eighth placed Colwyn Bay - with the Seagulls having games in hand on four of the other five clubs in that pack.
Colwyn Bay: Speare, Wynne, P Williams, Rowland, Taylor, R Williams, Spike, Oisen, Black, Wright (Lawless 45mins), Fowler (Wade 80mins) Sub not used: Callaghan.

LLANDUDNO suffered a second half meltdown as they lost 3-2 after leading 2-0 at half-time in the Cymru Alliance.
Two goals in two minutes, with a penalty from Neil Coverley, after Gwyn Peters was brought down in the box, followed by a fine finish by Peters after being played in by Ben Dews, put the Maesdu men in charge, and Mynydd Isa looked to have missed their chance to get back in the game when Llandudno keeper Sean Pearson saved a penalty from Chris Boulton followingr a trip by Steve Warburton.
Chris Hogg hit the bar and Jody Hamilton shot wide from a couple of good chances, before Llandudno saw the game taken away from them by three goals in the space of 13 minutes.
Boulton scored with a header from a corner, Paul Connelly forced in the second after Pearson failed to hold onto a long range free kick from Stuart Wood, and Nathan Jones rammed in the matchwinner after he'd been played in on the right.
Llandudno never threatened after that and had Joe Morgan sent off and Hamilton lucky to only get a yellow after both shamefully lost their discipline.
Only consolation for Llandudno was that their main rivals for second place, Bala and Holyhead, also suffered surprise defeats at Lex and Ruthin.

In the Welsh Alliance LLANDUDNO JUNCTION beat injury-hit CONWY UNITED 4-3, and have taken five points out of six in their two games against Mussselmen in the past few weeks.
LLANRWST UNITED beat Halkyn 3-0 to move up to seventh place, while GLAN CONWY had their game at Amlwch postponed.

PENMAENMAWR PHOENIX continued their title challenge in the Clwyd League with a 5-1 win at Aston Park Rangers, and are 11 points behind joint leaders Prestatyn Reserves and Abergele Rovers, with four games in hand.
Abergele won 1-0 at Mochdre Sports with a 78th minute goal from Danny Campbell.
Division Two leaders Llandudno Reserves lost 4-3 at Shotton Steel, while Rhos United won 2-1 at Bro Cernyw with goals from Paul Cornwall and Nick Hughes, Penrhyn United lost 3-2 at Mostyn Dragons and Betw-yn-Rhos drew 1-1 ar Cerrigydrudion in Division One.
More news on these games in Thursday's Weekly News.

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