We have new leaders at the top of the Premier Division in the shape of Rhos Aelwyd who powered themselves to a 3-1 victory against overnight leaders Castell Alun Colts. There was a match winning performance from Ben Jones and it was his treble that separated the sides. The Colts were second best but did manage a late consolation goal through Richard Driffield.

Brymbo failed to make any headway and they flopped to a 2-0 reversal against Venture whose marksmen were Nicky Chesters and Barry Davies.

Borras Park Albion were in stubborn mood and they held up the progress of FC Cefn. Both sides had an equal share of eight goals and the points, Barry Torrence carved out a hat-trick for the hosts and Lee Price for the visitors. Adding to the Albion tally was Arthur Ruminski and Lee Phelan for Cefn.

Chirk AAA’s were back to their best, they whitewashed Brickfield Rangers 4-0 with strikes from Joe Roberts, Rhys Owen and Chris Bennion weighed in with a double salvo on his debut.

Danny Hughes was a hat-trick hero for Llay Welfare as they beat Penycae 5-0. Making up their nap hand were Ian Mathias and Richie Carr.

Corwen tamed Hawarden Rangers 4-0, Calvin Davies struck twice and making the points safe were Eilir Edwards and Iwan Jones.

Overton were held to a 1-1 draw by Gwersyllt Athletic with Dave Lee on target for the hosts.

Turning to Division One, Johnstown dropped points and were held to a 1-1 draw at New Brighton who took the lead through Steve Orsler but Tom Smith hit back to salvage a point for the leaders.

Garden Village are going great guns, they secured a narrow 2-1 victory over Penyffordd with strikes from David Jones and Chris Trow.

Communities First thrashed hosts Hawkesbury Villa 7-3, their marksmen were Jamie Williams with a treble, Nicky Williams(2) and Craig Roberts(2). Responding for Villa were Simon Roberts, Rob Davies and David Openshaw.

Paul Douglas, Nick Edwards and Gareth Gil combined for Acrefair Youth to defeat Mold Juniors 3-1.

Buckley United had two played dismissed as they were sunk 2-0 by Penley whose marksmen were Simon Tudor and Sean Cartwright.

Glyn Ceiriog were held to a 1-1 draw at Llanuwchllyn.

In a delayed Reserves Division League Cup game, Coedpoeth United required extra time to polish off Elements Cefn Druids 1-0, Ian Jones got the winning goal and it was his third goal in three matches against their opponents.

In the Reserves Division, Airbus UK shared a goal-less draw with Bala Town but this epic was marred by serious head injuries to Gary McConnell and Bala’s Jason Wood.

Borras Park Albion grabbed a consolation goal for Llay Welfare as they slipped up 3-1 at home.

Castell Alun Colts Reserves managed to grab a narrow 1-0 victory over Llangollen Town Reserves.

Gresford Athletic were back to winning ways and defeated Chirk AAA’s 4-2.

The Hawarden Rangers match was evenly poised at 2-2 with Rhos Aelwyd when the game was abandoned on 70 minutes after an incident involving the Hawarden linesman.

Penycae were thrashed 11-1 by LEX XI and in the 20 years or so I have been reporting on LEX XI - eleven goals is something which has always eluded them. For the record book then, their goal scorers were Mike Love with a nap hand of goals, Mike Santannjelli(2), Joe Jones, Mal Mbako, Sean Reid and an own goal. Andy Bevan fired a lone consolation goal for the hosts.

There were just the two ties in the Reserves and Colts League Cup, Johnstown Youth slammed 8 goals past Acrefair Youth to win 8-2 in the end. On target were Dev Owen with four goals, Richard Jones(2), Kevin Jones and Lee Hanmer. Replying for the losers were Richard Hayward and Ian Bride.

Mike Humphreys and Matt Sutherland combined for Garden Village to edge out Penley but the needed extra time to reach a conclusion. Liam Valentine had provided much hope for Penley.

In the league, leaders FC Cefn go marching on, they defeated Overton 4-0 and their marksmen were Jamie Foulkes, Carl Roberts(2) and Gareth Evans.

Sitting right on their shoulders though are Corwen who won 3-0 at Brickfield.

New Brighton did well to pick up maximum points in a 3-0 verdict at Penyffordd.

Glyn Ceiriog were first to admit they only had two shots on target all match but Lee Griffiths and Danny Jones made them count as they defeated Brymbo 2-1.

Llangollen polished off Borras Park Albion 4-2, on target were James Claybrook(2), Kristian Williams and Richard Williams. Hitting back were Gareth Topham and Alistair McKay.

Hawarden failed to make any impression at Ruthin Town who won 3-2 with goals from Jordan Macarthur, Elgan Hughes and Alan Matthews.