Don Hale Blog

North Wales Coast East Football League 24/25 – Premier Division Kinmel Bay FC (3) v CPD Cerrigydrudion (0) 25 Jan 2025 played at Eirias Park. Report and photos from Barry Griffiths. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   A window of Bright winter sun made photos a bit tricky in a fast well attended match of skill and determination.  For KBFC Jordan Bellham opened the score in the 30th minute then assisted Sean Sheridan two minutes later. Each club had 5 subs, and all the bays were played with subs Connor Morris assisted by Jacob Jones scoring the Bays 3rd in the 82nd minute. Cerrig were awarded a penalty at the end of the game but Tomos Jones driving shot was brilliantly saved by Bay keeper James Roberts. Now at 32 points KBFC rank third just a below Mochdre at 33 and Y Glannau at 35.

    An important win for Kinmel Bay in seven-goal thriller. Kinmel Bay FC (4) v Llandudno Junction FC (3) at Y Morfa 30th Nov 2024. Report and photos by Barrie Griffiths. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   An important win for KBFC in this very closely fought league match placing KBFC 7th and Junction 5th with the postponed Mochdre (2nd in league) game to be played.  Looking back to previous Junction matches in Jan the Bay win was 5-3; in March Bay lost 3-2, in April Bay won1-0 so these are closely fought and intense matches well played by good teams and this being no exception with 7 goals netted in total. The photos are in match sequence and most goals are included. Some injury time added time to the match; Connor Morris opened the score for KBFC with the first of his 3 goals when assisted by Sean Sheridan in the 29th minute for Junction to soon equalise then take the lead when Jack Nettleton assisted by Tomos Rhys-Williams scored on the 33rd mi...

NWCFA Intermediate Challenge Cup 24/25.  KBFC (1) v Penmaenmawr Phoenix FC (3). Report and action photographs by Barry Griffiths. The first defeat for Bay since losing to the Junction in March with Pen running a similar winning trend it was close fought match.  The first half saw fast action but no score with the 4 goals produced in the last 20 minutes of the second half. Pen’s Harley Crossfield in the 74th minute opened the score; 6 minutes later Dan Williams shot a penalty for Pen and 6 minutes later Alex Brownhill assisted by Kyle Cooper brought Phoenix to a 3:0 lead. Cameron Berry came on in the 90th minute to assist Connor Morris to score 4 minutes later.   

*Goal mouth action (*above) at the Kinmel Bay Challenge Cup match. KBFC (2) v Meliden FC (1) NWCFA Intermediate Challenge Cup 24/25 Round 1 at Y Morfa Kinmel Bay 31 August 2024 . Report and photos by Barry Griffiths. Tom Wickerson opened the Miners score 5 minutes into the match assisted by Lee Beattie in what became the only goal for Meliden in this game. 20 minutes later the Bay equalised when Tate Walker capitalised on a great corner kick delivered by Nyal Hughes.  The teams played fast football in bright sun at the Y Morfa sports centre with the Miners Lee Pierce receiving a red card just before half time. Despite a man down the Miners did not concede another goal until the 79th minute when the Bay’s Charlie Jones assisted by Sean Sheridan drove past the Miners keeper. Some great action shots (*above and below), courtesy of Barry Griffiths at KBFC .

Welcome result for Kinmel  Bay FC against Llandyrnog Football copy and photos forwarded courtesy  of KBFC media  officer Barry Griffiths. Enjoyable match as well as satisfying result. KBFC warm up in the Conwy Mind shirts just to remind us of the continuous importance of mental health across communities. Thanks to the team manager Alex Craig for the match report.   KBFC (2) v Llandyrnog (0) @ Y Morfa 30 March 2024.   The game was a chance to put right the dreadful result in which we lost 2-0 against Llandyrnog a few weeks back.   We pressed Llandyrnog straight from the off having a lot of the ball we worked it well through the lines in which a lovely ball was put through from Nyal Hughes who found Tate Walker on the edge of the box Unfortunately the shot went wide.   Chances are now being created by Llandyrnog to have a couple of shots of their own which didn’t really trouble our Debutant goalkeeper Charlie Jones.   In the 26th minute a lovely lai...