Llanrhaeadr’s 8-0 home win over Presteigne St Andrews means they regain their two-point lead the top of the Spar League first division table after Berriew temporarily overhauled them by beating visiting Llansantffraid Village 3-0 on Friday evening.
Newbridge are up to fourth place – the Villagers beat visiting Tywyn Bryncrug 3-1 while Penparcau are starting to show some of last season’s form as they were 4-0 winners at Waterloo Rovers.
At the bottom, Presteigne are now five points adrift of every other club except Aberystwyth University but the students are yet to kick a ball in anger this season. The reason for the increased gap is because Dyffryn Banw came away from Builth Wells with a 4-3 victory and so leapfrog Waterloo.
In the second division it is pretty much ‘as you were’ because – remarkably – four of the six games at this level finished in 2-2 draws. Among these matches were the leaders Kerry’s trip to second-bottom Bont, but they remain eight points clear as second-placed Abermule shared four goals with visiting Llandrindod Wells.
Rhosgoch Rangers and Montgomery Town also batted out a 2-2 draw while Llanfyllin Town took a point from their long trip to Aberaeron to complete the quartet of 2-2 matches.
The main beneficiaries of all of this were Tregaron Turfs who are up to third after they won 3-2 at bottom club Meifod while Llanfair United made home advantage count in beating visiting Talgarth Town 3-1 and climb three places to eighth place in the table as a result.
In the Mid Wales League (South) the big question appears to be: ‘Can anybody stop Rhayader Town Reserves?’ Certainly Sennybridge couldn’t yesterday as they underlined their fragile away form when Rhayader’s second string hammered them 12-0 at the Weirglodd. To be fair to Sennybridge, though, there will be more than few sides that take a major stuffing at Rhayader this season…
It was always likely to be much tighter at Talgarth Town Reserves where Newbridge Reserves were the visitors and so it proved – Newbridge won it 1-0. The day’s only other league match saw Builth Wells Reserves run out 3-1 winners at Penybont.
The two League Cup first-round ties went the way of the form book with Newcastle coming away from Bronllys with a 6-0 victory and Hay St Marys running out 5-3 victors at Radnor Valley.