THE DRUID IN THIS ISSUE

 MATCH REPORTS

 HISTORY OF THE CYMRU ALLIANCE PART 10 1999-2000

 ACADEMY REPORTS / RESULTS

 LEAGUE TABLE

 PICTURES v

WELSH CUP ROUND 2 RESULTS MATCH REPORT DRUIDS 2 PORTHMADOG O Caernarfon Town 4-0 Llandudno Junc Druids gained revenge for a league defeat Cefn Druids 2-0 Porthmadog by the visitors back in August to advance Denbigh Town 4-1 Conwy Borough FC to the 3rd round of the . Apart Guilsfield 3-2 Penrhyndeudraeth from a 15 minute spell in the second half Hotspur 4-0 Chirk AAA Druids dominated proceedings from start to finish. In fact if Druids had taken their Holywell Town 6-3 Knighton Town chances in the first half the match would Llanfair United 3-5 Town have been over by half time but all they Mold Alexandra 0-1 Buckley Town had to show for their dominance was a Penrhyncoch 4-0 Trearddur Bay Utd solitary goal scored by Steve Blenkinsop. Rhostyllen FC 0-2 Flint Town United Playing better than of late at the Rock, Afan Lido 2-0 Caerleon Druids continually broke through the Porthmadog ranks without being able to Barry Town United 7-2 Aberdare Town apply the killer touch. The first goal came Brecon Corries 3-0 Aberbargoed Buds on the half hour when a shot from Ker- Cardiff Metropolitan 4-2 Penybont FC shaw was spilled by the visitor’s keeper Cwmamman United 4-2 Caldicot Town and Blenkinsop netted the rebound. Garden Village 1-4 STM Sports Porthmadog were much improved in the second half hitting the post and they were Goytre (Gwent) 4-1 Dinas Powys also unfortunate not to be awarded a pen- Goytre United 1-4 Caerau Ely alty. This spurred Druids on but it was West End 2-3 Cwmbran Celtic not until the 80th minute that they final- Llanelli Town AFC 0-2 Cambrian & CV ly put the game to bed when substitute Craig Whitfield netted Druids second to see them safely in the hat for the 3rd round draw which takes place on Monday on S4C. HALLOWEEN PARTY

Druids Social Club held a children’s Hal- loween party last Thursday. Although not as well attended as hoped, a good time was had by all the children. Some of those in fancy dress are pictured left. Many thanks to Julie & Kelvin Guildersleve for organising the party and donating the prizes.

DRUIDS Res 3 COEDPOETH Res 0 Reserves Division P W D L F A Pts Mold Alex 10 7 1 2 33 12 22 Playing at the MUGA due to the 1st team playing FC Nomads of CQ 8 7 0 1 31 15 21 at the Rock in the Welsh Cup, Druids Reserves comfortably saw off the challenge from second Town 9 6 2 1 18 10 20 from bottom Coedpoeth Reserves. Druids spurned Chirk AAA 8 6 1 1 30 13 19 countless chances to inflict a large score on their Holywell Town 10 6 0 4 37 16 18 opponents but only managed the three goals Gresford Athletic 8 5 0 3 21 13 15 scored by Kev Day (2) and Jordan Williams to Castell AC 8 3 2 3 15 25 11 record a 3-0 scoreline. Cefn Druids 8 3 1 4 14 14 10 Llangollen 9 3 1 5 20 22 10 Corwen 8 3 0 5 11 21 9 Queens Park 6 2 0 4 11 15 6 Due to the Welsh Cup, there were no matches in Hawarden Rangers 8 2 0 6 13 26 6 the Huws Gray Alliances league. Llay Welfare 7 2 0 5 11 26 6 Coedpoeth Utd 7 2 0 5 13 30 6 Penycae 8 0 0 8 10 30 0

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HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE WNL RESERVES DIV LEAGUE CUP Buckley Town v Denbigh Town Hawarden Rangers v Queens Park Cefn Druids v Conwy Borough Penycae v Corwen Caersws v Llanfair United WNL RESERVES DIVISION Flint Town United v Mold Alex Cefn Druids v Llay Welfare Holyhead Hotspur v Caernarfon Chirk AAA v Castell AC Holywell Town v Gresford Athletic Coedpoeth v Holywell Town Porthmadog v Prestatyn Gresford thletic v Llangollen Town Town v Guilsfield Ruthin Town v FC Nomads WINSLADE TRIES HIS LUCK

BLENKINSOP OPENS THE SCORING

WINSLADE GOES DOWN ON THE EDGE OF THE BOX PICTURES COURTESY OF MIKE PLUNKETT

WHITFIELD MAKES IT 2-0 ROBBIE JAMES CHALLENGES

WELSH PREMIER U19 DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE RESULTS League table

Airbus 1-5 Bangor P W D L F A GD Pts Bangor City 8 8 0 0 34 2 32 24 Bala 3-2 Conwy The New Saints 8 7 1 0 36 9 27 22 Flint 5-3 Llandudno Bala Town 9 6 1 2 20 16 4 19 Gap C Q 3-0 Druids Gap C Q 8 6 0 2 19 6 13 18 Newtown 2-2 Cefn Druids 8 4 0 4 15 13 2 12 Rhyl 9 3 3 3 17 17 0 12 Pretatyn 1-9 TNS Llandudno 8 3 1 4 28 23 5 10 U12’s Airbus 8 3 1 4 17 20 -3 10 Flint Town Utd 7 2 1 4 14 20 -6 6 This morning we welcomed The New Saints to the Rock in which we knew Newtown 8 1 1 6 13 26 -13 4 would be a very difficult game against Prestatyn Town 7 0 1 7 3 32 -29 1 one of the strongest teams in the league. Conwy Borough 7 0 0 7 7 39 -32 0 The game started with TNS having a lot of possession but failing to put any pres- ACADEMY RESULTS sure on the Druids goal. In the 10th mi- nute a mistake by the TNS keeper led the ball to Morgan Bagnell who made it 1-0 Druids U16 2-1 TNS U16 to Druids. After the goal TNS continued Druids U12 1-4 TNS U12 to press and some great saves from Jamie and solid defending from Druids frustrat- ed TNS forcing long range shots. Into the U16’s last ten mins of the half TNS scored two long range attempts. Half ending 1-2. Second half was a completely different Druids U16 had a good win against a very story, TNS had most of the play with not strong TNS side. All equal at half time (0- much fight and determination from Dru- 0). TNS took an early lead in the second ids led them to score their 3rd goal which came from sloppy defending from a cor- half. Druids were the stronger side, attack- ner. A fantastic volley from TNS made ing TNS's defence and were awarded a the game safe at 4-1. The last 10 mins penalty following a foul by the TNS keep- Druids woke up and really pressed for a er on Ben Palmer. The captain, Kyle Walk- goal with the keeper making some fine saves. We were then awarded a penalty in er took the penalty and drove it into the the last minute which we sadly missed. top right hand corner of the net to equalise FT Druids 1-4 TNS. Disappointing per- the score line. Druids maintained the pres- formance from the lads who I believe showed too much respect to TNS who are sure on TNS and in the final minutes of one of the best academy teams in the the game Kyle Walker scored his second league. We need to work on improving with a header from a set piece free kick. A our shape and moving the ball quicker. great result for the team who all played But signs are there for a very good team who will only get stronger. well. Final score 2-1 to Druids. Cefn Druids Academy Squads Fixtures 2015-2016 U12 U14 U16 U13 U15 Sunday 1st November TNS (H) (H) (H) Sunday 8th November Newtown (A) (A) (A) Sunday 8th November Bangor City (H) (H) Sunday 15th November Airbus (A) (A) Sunday 22nd November Mbi Llandudno (H) (H) (H) Sunday 22nd November Prestatyn Town (A) (A) Sunday 29th November Colwyn Bay (A) (A) (A) Sunday 29th November Barrow Town (A) (A) Sunday 7th February Caernarfon Town (H) (H) (H) Sunday 14th February Rhyl (A) (A) (A) Sunday 21st February Newtown (A) (A) Sunday 28th February Flint Town United (H) (H) (H) Sunday 28th February Rhyl (H) (H) Sunday 6th March Airbus (A) (A) (A) Sunday 6th March gap Connahs Quay TBC TBC Sunday 13th March Prestatyn Town (A) (A) (A) Sunday 13th March Airbus (H) (H) Sunday 20th March Prestatyn Town (H) (H) Sunday 3rd April Flint Town United (H) (H) Sunday 10th April Quarter Finals Sunday 10th April Rhyl (A) (A) Sunday 17th April Semi Finals Sunday 1st May Finals Day BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT 6 MATCH PREDICTION Hello All, For those of you who are not already aware Cefn Druids is starting a '6 match predic- tion'. This means that by paying £1:00 per line you have to predict whether the results will be a home win, away win or a draw between the teams on 6 listed matches taking place that week. The prize money will start at £50:00 for matches taking place on Saturday 7th No- vember. Sheets will be available in the Clubhouse and at the Gate on Friday night's home game for you to be able to have a go. For future weeks, you have the option to pay in advance - but will need to provide a mobile number and payment. For the weeks where the first team are away, the 6 matches will be published in the newsletter, on the Club's Website, Twitter and Facebook pages. There will be a number of people selling 'lines' each week, and a copy of the rules will be with each seller. Anyone wishing to take a sheet and sell some 'lines' each week is welcome to do so, please make yourself known as you come through the gate on Friday night. All sheets will be closed to more entrants before the earliest kick off of the listed matches. (usually 14:30 hours for Welsh games) The winnings are paid on 6 correct match predictions. This may be shared between more than 1 person, and if there are no winners then the prize money is increased the following week. All profits will be going to Cefn Druids Football Club. Winners names will also be published, along with the starting prize money for the following week.

Julie Guildersleve

This week’s 6 matches:- Norwich City v Swansea (English Premier League) West Ham v Everton (English Premier League) Torquay v Wrexham (Vanarama Conference) Gap Connah’s Quay v Carmarthen Town (Welsh Premier League) Mbi Llandudno v The New Saints (Welsh Premier League) Holywell Town v Gresford Athletic (Huws Gray Alliance League)

RESULTS WILL APPEAR HERE NEXT WEEK HUWS GRAY ALLIANCE HISTORY Part 11 2000-01 (Continued from previous issues)

The Cymru Alliance was hit with an eve-of-season withdrawal, for the third successive campaign, following the departures of Penrhyncoch and , withdrew their membership, just four days before the start of the new term, citing a shortage of players to field a team in their opening fixture. The Vicarage Road club decided to rebuild their squad in the Clwyd League Premier Division instead. Caernarfon Town managed to bounce back from their relegation, as they headed the Cymru Alli- ance table at the beginning of 2001, from Welshpool Town and Cemaes Bay. Llangefni Town, in their second season in the league, had games in hand on the leaders and were set fair for the re- mainder of the campaign. By March 2001, foot-and-mouth disease had impacted on and the football season in many regions, with clubs in rural areas particularly affected. Nine fixtures in the Cymru Alliance were not played, by the conclusion of the 2000/01 campaign, but it did not prevent Caernarfon Town from making a swift return to the League of Wales. The Canaries finished eleven points ahead of Llangefni Town, who were unable to play two of their fixtures, with Welshpool Town and Cemaes Bay finishing behind the Lon Talwrn club. The Oval club completed a memorable treble when they defeated Welshpool Town in the League Cup final and Holyhead Hotspur in the Coast Challenge Cup final. Buckley Town beat Lex XI in the North East Wales Challenge Cup final, whilst Welshpool Town completed a hat -trick of Central Wales Challenge Cup successes when they overcame Aberystwyth Town Re- serves in the final. The Lilywhites were unable to make it a double, as they went down to Caersws in the Central Wales Senior Cup final, but the Maesydre club reached the last sixteen of the Welsh Cup, going out at the hands of Aberystwyth Town. Whilst Caernarfon Town made a quick return to the League of Wales, there was no demotion from the Cymru Alliance, because no northern club was demoted from the top flight in 2001/02, whilst Anglesey rivals Glantraeth and Llangefni Town merged their resources to form a single club. With the league already one short of its full complement, the Cymru Alliance welcomed Gresford Ath- letic, Guilsfield and Llanfairpwll on promotion from the 3 feeder competitions. Unusually, Guilsfield were elevated despite not finishing in the top two of the Mid Wales League, as this competition did not complete its fixtures due to the impact of foot-and-mouth. After con- cluding the first half of their fixture list, Welshpool headed the table, after going close in the previ- ous two campaigns. Llangefni-Glantraeth were just 4 points behind the mid Wales club, despite playing two more games, whilst Porthmadog and Ruthin Town were handily placed with a game in hand on the leaders. As the campaign moved into the spring, Welshpool Town maintained their drive towards the championship with their nearest rivals being the Ynys Mon duo of Llangefni- Glantraeth and Cemaes Bay. At the conclusion of the season, the Lilywhites landed their first Cymru Alliance title by a 5 point margin over Llangefni-Glantraeth and with just four league de- feats throughout the campaign. Cemaes Bay held on for third place, for a second time in three seasons, from Porthmadog and Buckley Town , who appeared to be a club that was ‘on the up'. The Maesydre outfit completed a double when they lifted the Central Wales Challenge Cup for a fourth successive time, with victory over Mid Wales League opponents Kerry in the final. Welshpool managed to reach the quarter fi- nals of the Welsh Cup before bowing out 4-0 to the Flexsys Cefn Druids team that had overcome Halkyn United in the previous round. Elsewhere Cemaes Bay ended the 2001/02 season by lifting the league cup with victory over Ruth- in Town in the final. The Parc-y-Dre outfit also lost to Buckley Town in the final of the NE Wales Challenge Cup EVERY MONDAY NIGHT IS BINGO NIGHT IN THE SOCIAL CLUB. THERE ARE 12 HOUSES INCLUDING FLIERS, all with cash prizes . ADMISSION IS FREE AND PRIZES RANGE FROM £3 TO £85+. THERE IS ALSO “OPEN THE BOX” WITH A GUARANTEED CASH PRIZE WHICH COULD BE WORTH IN EXCESS OF £100. FULL BAR FACILITIES. TEA AND COFFEE ALSO AVAILABLE

IMPORTANT NOTICE

FOLLOWING THE INCREASE IN ATTENDANCES LAST WEEK THE ENTRY PRICES WILL REMAIN AT £5 FOR ADULTS, £3 FOR CONCESSIONS AND £1 FOR CHILDREN U16. ACADEMY PARENTS ACCOMPANYING ACADEMY PLAYERS IN THEIR TRACK SUITS WILL PAY THE CONCESSIONARY PRICE AND ACADEMY PLAYERS IN THEIR TRACK SUITS WILL BE FREE.

Contact Us Postal Address:- Cefn Druids FC, The Rock Stadium, Rock Road, Rhosymedre, Wrexham. LL14 3YF 01978 810287 Email:- [email protected] Website:- www.cefndruidsafc.co.uk August 14 Fri Gresford Athletic A 6.45 W 2-1 22 Sat Holywell Town H 2.30 W 2-1 28 Fri Rhayader Town H 8.00 W 4-1 September 2 Wed Prestatyn A 7.30 W 2-0 5 Sat Porthmadog H 2.00 L 3-2 8 Tue Airbus (Word Cup) H 7.30 L 2-0 12 Sat Conwy Borough (LC) H 2.30 L 2-1 19 Sat Caernarfon Town A 2.30 W 1-0 25 Fri Denbigh Town H 7.30 L 2-0 October 3 Sat Gresford Welsh Cup (Rnd 1) H 2.00 W 4-0 7 Wed Buckley H 7.30 L 2-1 10 Sat Caersws H 2.30 W 1-0 17 Sat Holyhead Hotspur A 2.30 W 1-0 23 Fri Guilsfield H 7.45 L 2-1 31 Sat Porthmadog Welsh Cup (Rnd 2) H 2.00 W 2-0 November 6 Fri Conwy H 7.45 14 Sat Mold Alexandra A 2.00 21 Sat Llanfair United H 2.30 28 Sat Flint Town Utd (Also W Cup 3) A 2.30 December 4 Fri Gresford Athletic H 7.30 12 Sat Holywell Town A 2.30 19 Sat Rhayader Town A 2.30 28 Mon Prestatyn H 2.30 January 9 Sat Porthmadog A 2.30 16 Sat Caernarfon Town H 2.30 22 Fri Denbigh Town A 7.30 30 Sat Buckley A 2.30 February 6 Sat Caersws A 2.30 13 Sat Holyhead Hotspur H 2.30 20 Sat Guilsfield A 2.30 27 Sat Conwy Borough A 2.30 March 5 Sat Mold Alexandra H 2.30 12 Sat Llanfair United A 2.30 19 Sat Flint Town United H 2.30

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