Gwent Central League round-up (From Free Press Series)

Gwent Central League round-up

Saturday's league programme was a mixture of league and cup matches.

In the P&P Open Cup Round Two, Clydach Wasps won 2-0 away at Panteg, Simon Tippings gave the Wasps a 1-0 half-time lead and Colin Evans scored for Clydach in the second half.

League newcomers, Pandy from Division Two knocked out Division One's high flyers Govilon with a goal scored after 40 minutes by Paul Jones.

Current Division One leaders Crickhowell were simply too good for Division Two basement side Pontypool Town B. Crickhowell established a 6-0 half-time lead and then went on to score eight more goals in the second half for a Crickhowell 14-0 away win. Goal-scorers for Crickhowell were Graham Mason (6), Matthew Stevens (4) and Craig Bennett (4).

Usk Town won their home local derby cup match with Llanarth 5-1, on the Island. Usk Town led 3-1 at half time. Usk Town goals came from Scott Lauder, Danial Bevan, Phil Sampson, Neil Williams plus an own goal from Llanarth's Robert Skipp.

Justin Harris pulled a goal back for Llanarth. In Division One, Tranch recorded a 4-1 local derby win over Cwmffrwdoer. Goal-scorers for Tranch were Mark Walker (2), Chris Watkins and David Jennings. Kyle Palfrey pulled a goal back for Cwmffrwdoer.

A single goal by Lee Freeman was enough to give Blaenavon Blues all the points from a 1-0 win over Goytre. This win broke a run of seven consecutive defeats for the Blues.

Mardy scored three goals in the first half to claim all the points from a 3-0 win over visitors Pontypool Town. The goal-scorers for Mardy were Aaron Davies, Jonathan Davies and James Copeland.

In the A Jones & Co (Usk) Ltd Benevolent Cup quarter-final matches, Race cruised to a 6-0 away win over local rivals Sebastopol. For Race, Paul Hayward hit a hat-trick, Chris Bartlett, Craig Russell and Craig Rosser chipped in with one apiece.

Gilwern & District B booked their place in the semi-finals with a 3-1 home win over Abergavenny Thursdays. Ross Fury put Thursdays 1-0 up after just two minutes. Gareth Curtis put Gilwern B level at 1-1 after 15 minutes when he scored from a 25-yard right foot volley. After 30 minutes Jade Kelly crossed from the left and Rob Warner scored with a diving header to make the score 2-1 to Gilwern B at half time.

On the hour Steve Woods put Gilwern B 3-1 up and really made the game safe when he scored from a narrow angle in a goalmouth scramble.

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