LLANFAIRFECHAN Town closed the gap on Vale of Clwyd and Conwy Premier Division leaders Kinmel Bay with a resounding 5-0 win at Cerrigydrudion.

The title hopefuls are now ten points behind Leon Field’s long-time pacesetters, and they also have three games in hand on their promotion rivals.

The visitors got off to a strong start and took the lead on 20 minutes when Ellis Jones found the net, and they managed to double their advantage just before the break when Iwan Jones slotted home on 42.

After the interval saw Ellis Jones net twice more to complete his hat-trick on 62 and 73 minutes, and Jamie Cory struck in stoppage time to complete the rout.

Bro Cernyw picked up a vita three point in their battle for survival with a 3-2 success at Abergele, with goals from Carwyn Davies, Owain Vaughan and Tom Sheridan sealing the triumph.

Division One title challengers moved back to the summit as efforts from Ste Kirk and Joe Jones (2) gave them a narrow 3-2 victory over St Asaph City Youth, while a hat-trick from Tom Williams was the highlight of Betws-y-Coed’s 8-0 home win over Llanfairfechan Town Reserves.

Rhuddlan Town advance to the REM Jones Cup third round with an emphatic 8-1 rout over Henllan.

A treble from Corey Taylor did the majority of the damage, with Jordan Belham (2), Andy Booker, Jay Whitehouse and Mathew Beach rounding off an impressive attacking display.

Goals from Luke Appleby and Jamie Jones saw Llandyrnog United Reserves advance 2-1 at the expense of Rhos United, and Denbigh Development had strikes from Dan Williams, Alex Thomas and Ash Andrews to thank for a 3-1 cup success over Llysfaen.