Bangor battle to seize draw from jaws of defeat
BANGOR CITY mounted a storming finish to achieve a thrilling 6-6 draw with Conwy A on their own green and continue a four-match unbeaten run in the North Wales Coast Bowling League’s Division A.
City trailed 1-6 in games, but showed resilience in the closing phase to claw back to 4-6 and snatched the bonus by just four points.
John Short produced a stunning 21-7 show for the hosts.
Llanfairpwll were overjoyed at pulling off their first away victory of the season, when they hammered Denbigh A 8-4 on their own green, Dylan Williams 21-9.
Beaumaris A were hammered 10-2 at Penmaenmawr A, captain Keith Bailey best at 21-9.
Rhos Park B 11 Benllech 1; St Asaph A 8 Bethesda 4 (Ioan Critchlow 21-4).
Beaumaris B9 (Trevor Ashenden 21-8) Penrhyn New Hall A 3; Holyhead 11 (Dave Rossington 21-7, Dave Jones 21-7) Bala 1.
Beaumaris and Llanfairpwll slumped on the road again in the Welsh Counties League – at Llanrwst by 7-3 and at Min-yDon, 8-2, respectively.
Beaumaris at least featured one single-figure solo success, Barry Harris with 21-6.
Llangefni achieved a 10-0 grand slam over visitors Benllech to reclaim top spot in the Anglesey/ Bangor and District League’s ever-changing title race.
The reigning champions featured Geraint Williams as a 21-7 solo success.
Bangor City were fully stretched on an outing to Criccieth, where they just about got away with a 6-4 (134-133) snatch, David P Williams 21-7.
Other results: Academi Llanfair 2 (Keith Bailey 21-1) Beaumaris 8 (David Graves 21-3), Caernarfon 10 Menai Bridge 0, Holyhead 1 (Dave Rossington 21-6) Llanfairpwll 9 (Gavin Davies 21-5).
Bangor City’s Gary Buckland is the new sin- gles champion the Anglesey/Bangor and District League, following his brother Gwerydd’s triumphs in both 2017 and 2016.
In the final at the Rachub green, Gary Buckland beat Llanfairpwll’s Geraint Booth 21-14.
In the Gwynedd Cup semi-finals, Llanrwst beat Blaenau Ffestiniog by just seven points, but the of Bethesda-versus-Llanfairpwll contest was called off by mutual agreement between the clubs and is rearranged for Thursday, July 19, so causing the final to be delayed – until possibly July 26.
Glynne Owen Trophy semi-finals tomorrow (Thursday): Llandrillo (Corwen) v Benllech, Penmaenmawr v Beaumaris A. ALL the local teams fell to emphatic defeats in the Gwynedd Seniors’ Bowls League’s latest batch of Division A matches.
Highest placed Beaumaris A, now down to fourth, lost 6-3 at Llanrwst, where only the pairs did well, Arfon Jones and Dave Mathias winning 21-8.
Llanfairpwll A endured an identical 6-3 at Dinas Criccieth, although Dennis Taylor posted 21-7 and Glyn Roberts 21-8, while Benllech also lost 6-3 at Llandudno B.
Beaumaris B flopped 8-2 against Criccieth.
Division B results: Bethesda 2 Caernarfon 7, Dwygyfylchi B 3 Peibio 6, Gwyngyll 2 Dwygyfylchi A 7, Porthaethwy 3 Llanfairfechan A 6.
Gwynedd finished second-best at home and away against Wrexham in their latest North Wales Inter-League Championship clash.
The overall statistics from the action at the Benllech and Gresford’s Garden Village greens had the locals in arrears by an 18-8 score line, after trailing 8-16 in games and 386-431 points.
In the home half, Gwynedd incurred deficits of 3-9 games and 195-226 points, with Alan Dugdale on 21-3 as the outstanding solo player.
Gwynedd fared slightly better away, with the games at 5-7 and points 191-205, as Steve Parry made it 21-8, but they paid for being a team member short and surrendered at 0-21.