CAERNARFON TOWN SEVEN POINTS CLEAR AT SUMMIT

Caernarfon Town Ladies squad with club youngsters

CAERNARFON TOWN 3
AMLWCH TOWN 0
NORTH WALES WOMEN'S FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Caernarfon Ladies went seven points clear at the North Wales League summit after a hard-fought 3-0 win over Amlwch on Tuesday night.
Katie Williams converted a penalty for the Cofis, Sioned Bohana also found the net and Lexi Musgrave marked her return to the side with a great individual goal.
It was a tremendous effort also from a much-improved Amlwch side, who lost 12-0 on their previous visit to The Oval.
NORTH WALES LEAGUE TOP THREE
Caernarfon Town: Played 15 Points 35 (goal difference +33)
Denbigh Town: Played 11 Points 28 (GD +24)
gap Northop Hall: Played 9 Points 25 (GD +37)

AMLWCH PROGRESS IN CUP

Amlwch Town Ladies in a huddle before beating Kinmel Bay

AMLWCH Town Ladies were in winning form again as they triumphed 2-0 at Kinmel Bay in the Maurice Naylor Cup.

Victory for the Anglesey side set them up a home tie with Llanfair United in the next round.

The game did not come to life until minutes after the start of the second period when the home side were awarded a penalty which was superbly saved by Town keeper Sara Williams.

This was the boost that Amlwch needed as Charley Smith opened the scoring just before the hour mark, carrying the ball towards the edge of the area before slotting home her first goal for the club.

In the 63rd minute it was 2-0 after a jinking run by Shannon Thomas resulted in a pass to Cerys Gadd, who found herself with only the keeper to beat before firing home with what proved to be the final goal of the day.

Other results:

Maurice Naylor Cup: Bethel 3 gap Northop Hall 0.

North Wales Women's League: Airbus 3 Pwllheli 1, Caernarfon Town 4 Llanfair United 0.

Welsh Cup semi-finals: MBi Llandudno 4 (Tradewell, E Morris og, Bukari, R Hughes) Denbigh Town 0; Cardiff City 3 Swansea City 2.

Welsh Premier Women's League: Aberystwyth Town 1 Cyncoed 1, Cardiff Met 4 Cwmbran Celtic 1, PILCS 5 Rhyl and Prestatyn 0.

MBi LLANDUDNO REACH FIRST-EVER WELSH CUP FINAL

MBi LLANDUDNO 4 (Tradewell, E Morris og, Bukari, R Hughes)

DENBIGH TOWN 0

FAW WOMEN'S WELSH CUP SEMI-FINAL

MBi Llandudno will meet Cardiff City in next month's FAW Women's Welsh Cup Final after a convincing 4-0 win over Denbigh Town in Sunday's semi at Rhyl's Corbett Sports Stadium.

In the very first minute midfielder Stacey Tradewell's long-range stunner proved too powerful for Town keeper Netty Jones and Tudno were ahead.

Chelsea Williams had a chance to equalise two minutes later but blasted over the bar.

Llandudno's Sofie Owen slammed a 20-yard stinger which rattled the post, then Kelsey Davies was denied by good defending before Katie Bowe's free kick dipped inches over.

Soon after Bowe was thwarted by the legs of keeper Jones, who also managed to keep out Davies' follow-up.

In the 25th minute Tudno went two-up when Owen's corner from the left was sliced goalwards by a Denbigh defender and Emily Morris on the line could only fire against her own bar and find the net.

Bowe then smashed a left-foot volley against the bar before player of the match Jemila Bukari made a fine run into the box and drilled home number three.

Another Bowe strike on the turn was well saved by Jones, who then foiled Tradewell with her legs before the break.

Bowe fired another free kick inches over before in the 51st minute Rosie Hughes skilfully worked herself a shooting position and drove in Llandudno's fourth.

It was all Tudno as Jones saved from Tradewell and Bowe before Hughes' header from an Owen corner came back off the bar.

Bowe looked certain to score when she was through on goal, but for once that trusty left foot failed as she skewed her shot wide.

Jones tipped over another Bowe free kick before the end.

Llandudno and Cardiff City will clash in the final on Sunday, April 17, at Latham Park, Newtown.

TEAMS

Llandudno: Jess Hughes, Jordanne Greenough, Claire Colville (Catherine Higgott 55), Jemila Bukari, Stacey Tradewell (Stephanie Walsh 76), Catrin Thomas, Katie Bowe, Samantha Jarvis-Evans (Rebecca Elliott 88), Kelsey Davies, Sofie Owen, Rosie Hughes.

Denbigh: Netty Jones, Emily Morris, Llio Hafal, Siwan Roberts, Gwawr Williams, Lexi Smith, Lucy Morris, Mari Edwards (Charlotte Morris 87), Sam Blackmore (Chelsea Doherty 62), Chelsea Williams, Joanna McKinney (Ellen Lawson 67).

MATCH FACTS

Goals: Llandudno 4 Denbigh 0

Goal Attempts: Llandudno 29 Denbigh 3

Attempts on Target: Llandudno 17 Denbigh 0

Attempts off Target/Blocked: Llandudno 12 Denbigh 3.

Corners: Llandudno 8 Denbigh 0

Yellow Cards: 0-0

Red Cards: 0-0

Attendance: N/A

Player of the Match

Jemila Bukari (Llandudno)

Impeccable defending and a fine goal.

MBi LLANDUDNO LADIES STATS 2015/16

MBI Llandudno Ladies results 2015/16

Sep 13: Newcastle Emlyn (a - lge) 4-0 (Jemila Bukari, Stacey Tradewell, Rosie Hughes, Sofie Owen)

Sep 27: Cardiff City FC (h - lge) 3-6 (Tradewell, Owen, Kelsey Davies)

Oct 4: Cardiff Metropolitan (a - lge) 0-8

Oct 11: Swansea City (h - lge) 0-2

Oct 18: Rhyl and Prestatyn (h - WC R1) 4-0 (Katie Louise Bowe, Catrin Thomas, Hughes 2)

Oct 25: Aberystwyth Town (a - lge) 1-2 (Tradewell)

Nov 15: Llanfair United (h - WC R2) 7-1 (Bowe 3, Owen 2, Hughes 2)

Nov 22: Port Talbot Town (h - lge) 3-3 (Bowe 3)

Dec 6: Cardiff Metropolitan (a - LC) 2-9 (Thomas, Bowe)

Jan 10: PILCS (h - lge) 4-3 (Sofie Owen 3, Jordanne Greenough)

Jan 17: Newcastle Emlyn (h - lge) 11-0 (Stacey Tradewell 3, Sofie Owen 3, Rosie Hughes 2, Catrin Thomas 2, Katie Louise Bowe)

Jan 24: Cyncoed (h - lge) 0-1

Feb 14: Cwmbran Celtic (a - WC QF) 2-1 (Bowe, Davies)

Feb 21: Cardiff Metropolitan (h - lge) 1-8 (Rosie Hughes)

Feb 28: Swansea City (a - lge) 1-2 (Kelsey Davies)

Mar 6: Aberystwyth Town (h - lge) 4-0 (Bowe 3, Davies)

Goals (47):

13 - Katie Louise Bowe

10 - Sofie Owen

8 - Rosie Hughes

6 - Stacey Tradewell

4 - Catrin Thomas, Kelsey Davies

1 - Jemila Bukari, Jordanne Greenough

BLASTER BOWE HITS THIRD HAT-TRICK OF THE SEASON

Katie Bowe (stripes) in action against Aberystwyth. Pic: CHRIS HOWELLS

KATIE LOUISE BOWE netted her third hat-trick of the season as MBi Llandudno thrashed visitors Aberystwyth Town 4-0 in the Welsh Premier Women’s League last Sunday.

Midfielder Bowe broke the deadlock when she beat a defender and smashed home a beauty from long range.

She added a second before the break when she turned a defender on the right and hit a lovely shot over the keeper into the top corner.

Tudno were good value for their 2-0 half-time lead, the ladies working well as a team across the park.

Bowe completed her treble and made it 13 goals for the season when she hammered home after Rosie Hughes drilled a free kick across the box.

And Bowe was also involved when her free kick was deflected into the path of Kelsey Davies, who added to her fine run of scoring with another goal.

The game was marred by a bad injury to Aberystwyth forward Gabi Hughes, who suffered a broken arm.

All Llandudno players, officials and supporters wish Gabi a speedy recovery.

Llandudno have a rest this weekend ahead of their much-awaited FAW Women’s Welsh Cup semi-final against Denbigh Town at Rhyl FC’s ground on March 20.

Other WWPL results: Cardiff Metropolitan 2 Swansea City 1, PILCS 2 Cyncoed 1, Port Talbot Town 2 Newcastle Emlyn 1, Rhyl and Prestatyn P Cardiff City P.

WWPL fixtures - Sunday, March 13 (2pm): Aberystwyth Town v Cardiff Met (at Bow Street), Cardiff City v Swansea City, Cyncoed v Newcastle Emlyn, Port Talbot Town v Cwmbran Celtic, Rhyl and Prestatyn v PILCS.

NORTH WALES WOMEN'S LEAGUE

Bottom side Point earned a brilliant 2-2 draw at Bethel.

Catherine Archer and Chloe Jones were on target for the visitors.

In the only other match to go ahead, Airbus pipped Kinmel Bay 2-1.

Fixtures - Sunday, March 13 (1pm): Denbigh Town v Caernarfon Town, gap Northop Hall v Pwllheli, Kinmel Bay v Bethel, Llanfair United v Airbus, Point v Amlwch Town.

NORTH WALES GIRLS LEAGUE RESULTS

Under-12s:

Bangor 2 gap Northop Hall Hotspur 1; Llangefni 2 Prestatyn 2 (Tegan Crockett, Molly Fell-Crook).

Under-14s:

Bangor 5 Conwy Borough 1.

THIS WEEKEND'S FIXTURES

Sunday, March 6

Welsh Premier Women's League (2pm)

Cardiff Metropolitan v Swansea City, MBi Llandudno v Aberystwyth Town, PILCS v Cyncoed, Port Talbot Town v Newcastle Emlyn, Rhyl and Prestatyn v Cardiff City.

North Wales Women's League (1pm)

Airbus v Kinmel Bay, Bethel v Point, Caernarfon Town v Pwllheli, Denbigh Town v gap Northop Hall.

CRACKING WIN FOR RHYL AND PRESTATYN

Rhyl and Prestatyn joins forces with Cyncoed to support the Football v Homophobia campaign

RHYL and Prestatyn were impressive 4-0 winners at Cyncoed in the Welsh Premier Women's League.

Debutant Phoebe Davies grabbed an early goal for the visitors before Rachel Lloyd and Laura Williams struck prior to the break.

Ashleigh Mills added a fourth in the second half with Cassandra Thomas named player of the match.

MBi Llandudno put up a great performance in a 2-1 defeat at title hopefuls Swansea City.

Kelsey Davies put Tudno in front before Katie Davies and Emma Beynon turned the tables.

In the North Wales League, leaders Denbigh Town triumphed 7-2 at Amlwch Town.

Joanna McKinney and Lexi Smith netted two apiece for the visitors, Sam Blackmore, Chelsea Williams and Mari Edwards with the rest, Cerys Gadd (2) replying.

North Wales Women's League scores

Amlwch Town 2 Denbigh Town 7.

Caernarfon Town 2 (Lexi Musgrave, Danielle Barfield) Bethel 1 (Alaw Huws) 

gap Northop Hall 6 (Emily Hughes 2, Ann-Marie Jones 2, Laura Pennington, Barbara Nadworna) Airbus 0

Llanfair United 4 (Nia Ellis 3, Lauren Williams) Point 1 (Talia Jones).

North Wales Girls League scores

Under-12s

Brickfield 0 Llangefni 7

gap Northop Hall Hotspur 1 Prestatyn 3 (Georgina Owen, Tegan Crockett, Kelsey Hargraves)

Bangor 3 Denbigh 3

Caernarfon 3 Rhyl 5.

Under-14s

Bangor 3 Rhyl Hearts 7

gap Northop Hall 4 (Ellen Sharps 2, Anna Thomas, Eleanor Thomas) Prestatyn 0.

Under-16s

Corwen 2 gap Northop Hall 2 (Rebecca O'Neill, Jess Ireland)

Rhyl Hearts 8 (Emily Jones 3, Amy Chesters, Lauren Ellams 2, Eluned Evans, Bethan Williams) Caernarfon 0.

RHYL TO HOST WELSH CUP SEMIS BETWEEN MBi LLANDUDNO AND DENBIGH TOWN

Rhyl FC will host the FAW Women's Welsh Cup semi-final between MBi Llandudno and Denbigh Town.

The tie will take place on Sunday, March 20, at the Corbett Sports Stadium, kick-off 2pm.

Cardiff City and holders Swansea City will meet in the other semi, which is expected to be staged at Penybont.

Llandudno from the Welsh Premier Women's League and North Wales League leaders and current champions Denbigh defeated Cwmbran Celtic and gap Northop Hall in their respective quarter-finals.

The FAW Women's Welsh Cup Final will take place at Latham Park, Newtown, on April 17.

The semi-final draw means at least one North Wales club will feature in the showpiece.

No North Wales team has won the cup since Bangor City lifted the trophy in 2001/02.

PATHS TO THE SEMIS 2015/16

Denbigh Town Ladies FC

Denbigh Town

Qualifying round one: Llanfyllin (a) 4-0

Round one: Amlwch Town (a) 3-1

Round two: Newcastle Emlyn (a) 4-3

Quarter-final: gap Northop Hall (h) 3-0

Llandudno Ladies FC

MBi Llandudno

Round one: Rhyl and Prestatyn (h) 4-0

Round two: Llanfair United (h) 7-1

Quarter-final: Cwmbran Celtic (a) 2-1

List of FAW Women's Welsh Cup finals

1992/93: Pilkington (Rhyl) 1-0 Inter Cardiff

1993/94: Pilkington (Rhyl) 2-2 (4-2 pen) Inter Cardiff

1994/95: Inter Cardiff 1-1 (4-3 pen) Bangor City

1995/96: Newport Strikers 1-0 (aet) Bangor City

1996/97: Bangor City 3-0 Newcastle Emlyn

1997/98: Barry Town 3-0 Bangor City

1998/99: Barry Town 3-0 Newport Strikers

1999/2000: Barry Town 2-2 (3-0 pens) Bangor City

2000/01: Barry Town 3-0 Newport Strikers

2001/02: Bangor City 3-0 Newport County

2002/03: Cardiff City 1-0 Bangor City

2003/04: Cardiff City 4-0 Newtown

2004/05: Cardiff City 4-1 Cardiff City Bluebirds

2005/06: Cardiff City 11-0 Pwllheli

2006/07: Cardiff City 6-1 Caernarfon Town

2007/08: Cardiff City 9-0 NEWI Wrexham

2008/09: Cardiff City 3-0 Caerphilly Castle

2009/10: Cardiff City 6-0 UWIC

2010/11: Swansea City 3-0 Caernarfon Town

2011/12: Cardiff City 1-1 (4-2 pen) UWIC

2012/13: Cardiff City 3-1 Cardiff Met

2013/14: Cardiff Met 4-0 Swansea City 0

2014/15: Swansea City 4-2 Cardiff City

Wins: 10 - Cardiff City; 4 - Barry Town; 2 - Swansea City, Pilkington (Rhyl), Bangor City; 1 - Newport Strikers, Inter Cardiff, Cardiff Met.