Page 19 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.17 2022-23

Two of the games in the Premier Division were called off due to conditions on Sunday morning
but the other two did go ahead and support for Shelter Cymru’s ‘No Home Kit’ campaign was well
supported.
Cardiff City Women travelled to Aberystwyth Town knowing that a win would secure
their place at the top of the table going into Phase 2. Initially it looked as though the Seasiders
could delay this landmark, after Gwenllian Jones’ corner sailed past everyone in the box and
nestled in the top corner. A red card however changed the flow of the game and the Bluebirds
emphatically took the second half; substitute Rhianne Oakley made an instant impact levelling
two minutes after the break, with Ffion Price putting them ahead with half an hour to play.
Aberystwyth held off further attacks, but a third from Phoebie Poole and a double from Siobhan
Walsh sealed a 5-1 victory and top spot.
Cardiff Met Women aimed to keep pressure on Swansea City in the race for second
place as they headed to Jenner Park to face Barry Town Utd. Emily Allen hit a hat-trick and
Tija Richardson a further two, swapping goals for the first 20 minutes, to put the Archers fiveup
at half time. Mackenzie Olden got one back for the hosts after the break, Met weren’t finished
however and Allen got her fourth on the hour, with Erin Preece and Kanesha Nanette also
bagging goals to finish the match as 8-1 winners.
On Wednesday night, Cardiff Met extended their lead over Swansea to four points when they
defeated Aberystwyth Town 4-0. Jessica Westhoff put the Archers in front on the half hour and
Erin Murray made it two from the penalty spot on the stroke of half time. Tija Richardson kept
up her good scoring form just after the hour and Ellie Preece added the final goal late on.
Wrexham kept up the pace at the top
of the North Division by scoring six times PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD
without reply away to CPDM Y Felinheli. CARDIFF CITY F.C. 12 10 2 0 40 6 32 34
CARDIFF MET WOMEN 13 9 1 3 34 18 28 16
Amber Lightfoot was on target four times
SWANSEA CITY 11 7 3 1 28 8 24 20
and she was joined on the scoresheet by THE NEW SAINTS 11 4 2 5 24 23 14 1
Libby MacKenzie and Lily Whitefoot. They PONTYPRIDD UTD 11 4 2 5 16 20 14 -4
stay two points ahead of Connah’s Quay ABERYSTWYTH TOWN 13 3 2 8 19 28 11 -9
BARRY TOWN UTD 12 3 1 8 15 38 10 -23
Nomads who defeated CPD Y Rhyl 1879
ABERGAVENNY WOMEN 11 0 1 10 11 42 1 -31
5-0, Kirstie Kural scoring twice along with
Shannon Hobbs, Meg Andrews and Elana Aberystwyth 1 Cardiff City 5; Barry 1 Cardiff Met 8. (Mid) Cardiff
Harley. Jasmin Dutton and Sioned Phillips Met 4 Aberystwyth 0.
were on the scoresheet as third placed NORTH DIVISION P W D L F A Pts 0
Llandudno won 2-0 against Airbus UK WREXHAM 6 6 0 0 35 2 18 33
CONNAH'S QUAY NOMADS 6 5 1 0 23 2 16 21
Broughton.
LLANDUDNO 5 3 1 1 19 6 10 13
South Division leaders Briton Ferry CPD Y RHYL 1879 6 2 0 4 10 27 6 -17
Llansawel were not in action over the CPDM Y FELINHELI 5 1 1 3 6 21 4 -15
weekend but Cascade YC were unable to go LLANFAIR UTD 6 1 1 4 5 20 4 -15
AIRBUS UK BROUGHTON 6 0 0 6 3 23 0 -20
level on points with them after drawing 2-2
with Swansea University. Cascade twice
Feliheli 0 Wrexham 6; Connah’s Quay 5 Rhyl 0; Llandudno 2
took the lead through Daisy Evan-Watkins Airbus UK 0.
and Annaliese Lewis but on each occasion, SOUTH DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD
the students hit back for a share of the spoils BRITON FERRY LLANSAWEL 5 5 0 0 27 3 15 24
thanks to Katie Horsburgh and Isabel King. CASCADE YC 7 4 1 2 15 14 13 1
PONTARDAWE TOWN 7 3 0 4 23 19 9 4
Paige Crosby, Sophie Topper, Keira Harris,
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY 6 2 1 3 13 20 7 -7
Catryn Cook, Renee Day and Sara Llewelyn CALDICOT TOWN 5 0 0 5 10 32 0 -22
all scored for Pontardawe Town in their 0
6-1 victory over Caldicot Town, whose
Cascade 2 Swansea Univ 2; Pontardawe 6 Caldicot 1.
consolation came from Sarah Sprintall.
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