Caernarfon Herald

Arfon march on with top ten hit show

- Netball

ARFON Ladies continued their push towards the Axis Precision Gwynedd and Anglesey Winter Netball League Division One title with a 31-19 victory over Holyhead.

The Caernarfon-area side made it 10 wins in 11 outings with a comfortabl­e triumph which sees them eight points clear.

Arfon won the opener 10-4 and by the midway point were 17-8 to the good.

The table-toppers took the third 7-2, but Holyhead showed fine fighting spirit to edge the final quarter 9-7.

PoM for Arfon was Alaw Ceris, while Carys Jones took the award for Holyhead.

Moniars dished out a 38-10 thrashing on bottom team Subway Warriors.

Leading 20-6 at half time, the Anglesey team were never in any danger.

PoM: Moniars - Cerys Jones, Warriors - Erin Aled.

Dyffryn Penygroes Ladies edged a tight 16-15 verdict over Tim o Walis, who led 10-9 entering the last quarter.

Walis took the first 4-3 and it was 7-7 at the midway stage. Dyffryn needed to pull out all the stops to win the closer 7-5.

PoM: Dyffryn - Elin Evans; Walis - Cherelle Jarvis.

Second-placed Pwllheli outscored Arfon Celts 39-25.

It was just 9-7 to the Lleyn side at the end of the opener, but they were in total control after that, winning subsequent quarters 12-7, 10-5 and 8-6.

PoM: Pwllheli - Rebecca Tapin; Celts - Cathy Owen.

In a battle between third and fourth in Division Two, Llangefni outdid Amigos 27-18.

Cefni held a narrow 12-10 lead at the split, but were much the better team in the second half, winning the other quarters 7-2 and 8-6. PoM: Llangefni - Elin Salter; Amigos - Heledd Davies.

Runaway leaders Menai Mavericks annihilate­d basement team Sombreros 56-6, scoring 14, 13, 16 and 13 across the quarters. PoM: Mavericks - Charlotte Lewis; Sombreros - Swyn Edwards.

Genod y Dyffryn still look strong in second place, having hammered Porthmadog 46-12 in their latest outing.

In a consistent performanc­e, Genod produced two 11 and two 12-goal quarters to rack up a convincing success. PoM: Genod y Dyffryn - Elin Edwards; Porthmadog - Diane Williams.

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