BIG MATCH PREVIEW: RHYL AND PRESTATYN v MBI LLANDUDNO

Joy Jamieson

Katie Louise Bowe

RHYL AND PRESTATYN v MBi LLANDUDNO
WELSH PREMIER WOMEN'S LEAGUE
SUNDAY 2PM (weather permitting)

A PRE-CHRISTMAS cracker is on the cards at the Corbett Sports Stadium on Sunday.
Fifth-placed Rhyl and Prestatyn, who are enjoying a good second season in the WPWL, entertain a Llandudno side currently third from bottom.
Revenge will be on the minds of the home side, who were beaten 4-0 at Maesdu Park in the Welsh Cup in October.
On that day, goals from Katie Louise Bowe, Catrin Thomas and Rosie Hughes (2) guided Tudno to victory.
Bowe is the player in form having scored seven goals in her last three games. She has an amazing left foot and can find the net from virtually anywhere.
Llandudno will hope midfield marauder Stacey Tradewell has recovered well enough from a foot injury to play.
Class defender Jemila Bukari will also be an important player for the visitors, while Rosie Hughes is always a big threat in attack with her pace and finishing ability.
For Rhyl and Prestatyn, midfield maestro Joy Jamieson will as always be a player to watch.
Despite the fact she recently celebrated her 50th birthday, Joy is in tremendous shape and always puts in a good 90 minutes.
Laura Williams is always a danger up front, Shannon Hobbs can be an effective attacker down the right and goalkeeper Megan Roberts is a proven good performer.
One not to miss!

WEEKEND FIXTURES - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13

Welsh Premier Women's League (2pm kick-offs)
Cyncoed v Cardiff Metropolitan
Newcastle Emlyn v Cardiff City FC
PILCS v Cwmbran Celtic
Rhyl and Prestatyn v MBi Llandudno
Swansea City v Port Talbot Town
Wrexham v Aberystwyth Town

League table (played and points)
Cardiff Metropolitan Played 8 Points 22 (GD +57)
Swansea City 7-17 (+11)
Cardiff City FC 8-16 (+8)
PILCS 7-12 (+9)
Rhyl and Prestatyn 7-10 (-4)
Cwmbran Celtic 6-9 (-4)
Port Talbot Town 7-7 (-1)
Cyncoed 7-7 (-2)
Aberystwyth Town 7-7 (-17)
MBi Llandudno 6-4 (-10)
Wrexham 6-4 (-22)
Newcastle Emlyn  8-4 (-25)

North Wales Women's League (1pm kick-offs)
Denbigh Town v Caernarfon Town
gap Northop Hall v Pwllheli
Kinmel Bay v Bethel
Llanfair United v Airbus
Point v Amlwch Town

League table (played and points)
gap Northop Hall: Played 8 Points 22 (goal difference +31)
Denbigh Town: P 8 PTS 22 (+17)
Caernarfon Town P 8 PTS 16 (+16)
Pwllheli P 7 PTS 12 (+1)
Airbus P 7 PTS 10 (+1)
Llanfair United P 6 PTS 8 (+2)
Amlwch P 8 PTS 7 (-3)
Bethel P 7 PTS 6 (-3)
Kinmel Bay P 8 PTS 3 (-24)
Point P 8 PTS 3 (-38)

NORTH WALES GIRLS FOOTBALL

KATIE Houghton and Llio Non of Caernarfon Town Under-14s scored two goals apiece for North Wales Girls in their 6-1 victory over North East Wales at Airbus Broughton last Friday.

North Wales Girls Football League results
Under-12 League Cup first round: Corwen 1 Prestatyn 1; gap Northop Hall Hotspur 4 gap Northop Hall Utd 1.
Under-14 League Cup quarter-final: Prestatyn 0 Corwen 9.
Under-16 League Cup first round: Rhyl Hearts 4 (Emily Jones 3, Eluned Evans) gap Northop Hall 1 (Rebecca O Neill); Prestatyn 9 (Rhiannon Marshall, Tasha Jones, Jade Scott, Millie O Connor, Lily Corrie, Emily Luke) Corwen 1 (Alex Reece).

MBi LLANDUDNO OUT OF LEAGUE CUP

Catrin Thomas (stripes) scored for MBi Llandudno at Cardiff Met

CARDIFF METROPOLITAN 9
MBi LLANDUDNO 2 (Thomas, Bowe)
WELSH PREMIER WOMEN'S LEAGUE CUP
It was always going to be hard for Llandudno against the league champions at Cyncoed and so it proved.
Met were four goals up before Catrin Thomas finished from a Katie Louise Bowe corner close to half time.
In the second half the hosts stayed on top and reached nine goals, Tudno replying when a Bowe penalty was saved, but Rosie Hughes got to the rebound and squared for Bowe to score her seventh goal in three games.
There were other positive aspects of the performance from the visitors, who created a few chances with Sofie Owen hitting the post.
Met also had a player sent off but it made no difference to the final outcome.
Among the home scorers were former Llandudno player Aimee Todd, who now lives in Cardiff.
Jemila Bukari was named player of the match for the visitors.
One to quickly forget for Llandudno, who now move on to this Sunday and a crunch league game at Rhyl and Prestatyn (2pm kick-off).

HALL ARE BACK ON TOP

gap Northop Hall are top of the table

CAERNARFON TOWN 2 (Evans, Jones)
GAP NORTHOP HALL 3 (Pennington 2, Nordwana)
NORTH WALES WOMEN'S FOOTBALL LEAGUE

gap Northop Hall returned to the top of the North Wales League after a thrilling win over a hard-to-beat Caernarfon side.
Caernarfon took an early lead when Heledd Evans netted from a corner, but a great strike from Laura Pennington made it one-apiece.
Pennington then scored again to make it 2-1 to the Hall at half time.
The Cofis got back on terms after the break when Danielle Jones rippled the net with a long range shot.
It was anyone's game now, but gap claimed the win in the last quarter-hour when Barbara Nordwana made it 3-2 - and that's how it ended.
A Northop Hall spokeswoman said: "It was a very tough game and Caernarfon put up a great fight."
NORTH WALES LEAGUE STANDINGS (December 6, 2015)
gap Northop Hall: Played 8 Points 22 (goal difference +31)
Denbigh Town: P 8 PTS 22 (+17)
Caernarfon Town P 8 PTS 16 (+16)
Pwllheli P 7 PTS 12 (+1)
Airbus P 7 PTS 10 (+1)
Llanfair United P 6 PTS 8 (+2)
Amlwch P 8 PTS 7 (-3)
Bethel P 7 PTS 6 (-3)
Kinmel Bay P 8 PTS 3 (-24)
Point P 8 PTS 3 (-38)

FIXTURES - SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13 (1pm)
Denbigh Town v Caernarfon Town
gap Northop Hall v Pwllheli
Kinmel Bay v Bethel
Llanfair United v Airbus
Point v Amlwch

LATEST RESULTS

Natasha Harding (right) celebrates scoring for Wales. Pic courtesy of faw.org.uk

Sunday, December 6

Welsh Women's Premier League Cup quarter-finals
Aberystwyth Town P Swansea City P
Cardiff Metropolitan 9 MBi Llandudno 2 (Catrin Thomas, Katie Louise Bowe)
Cwmbran Celtic 2 PILCS 3
Cyncoed 2 Cardiff City FC 4

North Wales Women's League
Airbus 2 Point 0 (abandoned 75 mins due to injury)
Amlwch Town P Kinmel Bay P
Bethel P Llanfair United P
Caernarfon Town 2 (Heledd Evans, Danielle Jones) gap Northop Hall 3 (Laura Pennington 2, Barbara Nordwana)

Tuesday, December 1

European Championship UEFA qualifier Group 8
Israel 2 Wales 2 (Natasha Harding 2)

Thursday, November 26

European Championship UEFA qualifier Group 8
Wales 4 (Natasha Harding, Helen Ward 3) Kazakhstan 0.