THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 20 2017
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71 Sport Ladies well beatenAber sunk by Students
Tania Wylde: On the ball for Aber Ladies Port Talbot Town Ladies
Aberystwyth Town Ladies
3 0
ABERYSTWYTH LADIES
succumbed to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Port Talbot Town Ladies at the Genquip Stadium on Sunday (Jan 15). First half goals from Hare and
Morgan set Port Talbot on their way to victory against an Aberystwyth side who sit third from bottom in the Welsh Premier Women’s league.
Port Talbot’s Marchant sealed
the win in the second half with their third goal of the afternoon. The win now sees the Blues sit
mid-table, nine points away from Britton Ferry at the bottom of the table and 17 points away from league leaders Swansea City. On Sunday (Jan 22),
Aberystwyth will look to get back to winning ways against bottom of the table Briton Ferry Llansawel Ladies.
Second phase fixtures released ABERYSTWYTH TOWN’S
fixture list for the Dafabet Welsh Premier League Play Off Conference has been confirmed. Town will kick off Phase Two at home to Airbus UK Broughton on Saturday, February 4, and end the regular season at Newtown on April 22. Aber finished the first part of the
season in eighth place with 23 points from 22 games. Recent results have knocked Aber back but they will be confident they can return to winning ways.
The best finish they can achieve is
seventh place and they will be keen to get there with a potential place in the Europa League play off.
Below are the Black and Greens’
fixtures for the remainder of the 2016/7 season. January • Sat 28 (Welsh Cup Fourth Round) Prestatyn Town (Home) KO 1.30pm
February • Sat 4 Airbus UK Broughton
League 3 West A Tregaron Llangwm
(Home) KO 2pm
• Sat 11 Cefn Druids (Away) KO 2.30pm
• Sat 18 Llandudno (Home) KO 2pm
• Sat 25 Welsh Cup Fifth Round March • Fri 3 Rhyl (Away) KO 7.45pm • Fri 10 Newtown (Home) KO 7.45pm
• Sat 18 Airbus UK Broughton (Away) KO 2.30pm
• Sat 25 Cefn Druids (Home) KO 2.30pm
April • Sat 1 Welsh Cup Semi Final • Sat 8 Llandudno (Away) KO 2.30pm
• Fri 14 Rhyl (Home) KO 7.45pm
• Sat 22 Newtown (Away) KO 5.15pm
• Sat 29 Welsh Cup Final May • Sat 6 UEFA Europa League Play Off Semi Final
• Sat 13 UEFA Europa League Play Off Final
Tregaron too good for Llangwm 27
game. Wyn Phillips and Jordan Thomas
0 TREGARON eased to victory
over Llangwm on Saturday (Jan 14) as they ran in four tries in a 27-0 victory. The home side won the reverse
fixture 30-14 earlier in the season and it looked like a similar result would be on the cards. Dorian Pugh scored a good try for
Tregaron, as did Nathan Lloyd, as the home side played well throughout the
also got their names on the scoresheet and Gwion Phillips added the extra two points twice from four attempts. Phillips also added a penalty to
complete a resounding victory for the home side against a Llangwm side that battled hard but were unable to cope with the strength of their opponents. On Saturday (Jan 21), Tregaron
are away to league leaders St Clears while Llangwm are at home to Milford Haven.
Denied: Luke Borelli hit the post as Aber lost to Cardiff Met Aberystwyth Town
Cardiff Met
0 2
TWO goals in an eight minute
spell either side of half time swung a tight contest the way of Cardiff Met on Saturday (Jan 14). Goals from Adam Roscrow and
Kyle McCarthy confirmed the students’ top six berth, while Aber end the first phase in eighth place. On a cold and rainy evening, the
hosts started the game promisingly, pressing Met well and looking to play the ball around with confidence. They did need Chris Mullock to
excellently deny Roscrow early on, but then, at the other end, a spell of pressure in front of the Dias Stand led to Luke Borrelli swivelling on a sixpence and sending in a low shot which unluckily bounced off a post to safety. A tight game between two
committed sides was a good watch without producing too many chances, and Mullock again denied Met, this time stopping Jordan Lam’s save from close range. A series of Aber corners were
cleared and then Borrelli tried an audacious lob from 40 yards but his
effort was blown off course by a Mistral from Cardigan Bay. Aber were denied a crucial chance
when Kostya Georgievsky was surely fouled in the Archers’ area, but instead of earning a penalty, the young flier was himself penalised, and then Jon Owen earned a good chance with an interception but was denied at the last minute. Town had grounds for optimism as
the game entered injury time, but then up popped Roscrow down the right flank to blast home a cruel opener for Cardiff Met. Small margins decide tight games
and after Mullock had tipped over Elliot Evans’ free kick, Met got a key break eight minutes into the second half when Lam was felled in the area, and Kyle McCarthy converted the spot kick to double the lead. From this point on, the visitors’
confidence visibly grew with Roscrow firing over after a good combination with Charlie Corsby, before heading a right wing cross wide soon afterwards. Aber were finding it hard to
create coherent chances but they did pressurise Met. Jack Rimmer had a shot blocked and Captain Ryan Wollacott
sliced wide from a corner. Borrelli had a shot blocked before
Luke Sherbon brought a save from Will Fuller with a header. Chris Jones was next to be denied
by a block before Sam Rodon was stymied by Fuller, and, try as they might, the Black and Greens could not break Met’s strong defensive shape. Emlyn Lewis headed Evans’ cross wide, and Mullock had to deny Evans twice more in the closing stages. Chris Jones was last to curl a shot
over the bar for Aber and the game was won, justifiably on the basis of the 90 minutes, by Cardiff Met. Aber Manager Matthew Bishop
will be disappointed with two home defeats over the last seven days, which have stopped a good run of results around Christmas time, and his side must content themselves with a 23 point haul from their opening 22 games which does mean a seventh place finish is still within their grasp. Aberystwyth Town FC also
congratulate Christian Edwards’ Cardiff Met squad for a terrific achievement in reaching the top six in their first ever season in the Dafabet WPL.
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