Cymru Premier round-up: Briton Ferry v TNS abandoned

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Briton Ferry Llansawel gained promotion into the Cymru Premier last season

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Briton Ferry Llansawel A-A The New Saints: Briton Ferry's contest with reigning champions The New Saints was abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. The game at Old Road Welfare Ground was stopped after 15 minutes due to heavy rainfall across south Wales, with a date for the rescheduled fixture to be announced in due course.

Cardiff Met 1-2 Caernarfon Town: Louis Lloyd struck twice as the Canaries came from behind to win in the Welsh capital. Lewis Rees gave the Archers the lead with only three minutes on the clock, but Lloyd scored in the 38th and 56th minutes to lift Caernarfon up to fourth following a third successive win.

Connah’s Quay Nomads 3-0 Aberystwyth Town: Connah’s Quay Nomads’ five-match winless streak came to an end with victory on an evening on which captain John Disney made his 200th league start for the club.

Fumpa Mwandwe fired from close range to put Nomads ahead on 33 minutes and Jack Kenny added a second before the interval. Substitute Elliott Dugan sealed the win in the second half to condemn Aberystwyth to an eighth successive league defeats and leave them bottom.

Bala Town 0-2 Haverfordwest County: Haverfordwest maintained their presence at the top of the table with Ben Fawcett and Rhys Abbruzzese scoring for Tony Pennock’s side, who are second. Bala are in fourth and had Christian Norton carried off on a stretcher in the first half.

Newtown 2-4 Flint Town United: Izaak Lambert and Isaac Lee put Flint 2-0 up inside 17 minutes at Latham Park, but Jason Oswell pulled a goal back before the break. Elliott Reeves extended Flint’s advantage abd although Zeli Ismail got a second for Newtown, but Josh Jones sealed an impressive win for the visitors.

Penybont 4-1 Barry Town United: Penybont came from behind to beat Barry and maintain top spot in the Cymru Premier.

Harrison Bright scored a well-taken goal 10 minutes before half-time to give the visitors the lead. But second half goals fron on-loan Nathan Wood, Christian Venables and a brace from captain Kane Owen saw Rhys Griffiths’ men come out on top.