Mardy - 6

RTB Ebbw Vale - 3

MARDY took a massive step towards survival on Saturday afternoon with an impressive 6-3 win against bottom of the table RTB Ebbw Vale.  

The match started well for Mardy with a few attacks that came to fruition in the 12th minute when Jordan Everitt laid the ball onto Matthew Wham who tapped in his first of the season.

Four Minutes later a quick-witted Wham headed the ball in from four yards out and bagged his second.

Mardy stayed focused and reaped the reward when Aaron Davies scored from a Gareth Williams cross.

Ebbw Vale crept back into the game and made it 3-1 when a gift from Mardy left the RTB striker in an unmissable one on one opportunity with the goalkeeper.

Mardy bounced back when three minutes before the interval when Matthew Wham struck from 20 yards to secure a well deserved hat-trick.

In the second-half RTB Ebbw Vale looked a different team attacking well and scoring to make it 4-2.

More Mardy misery followed when Tom Indge in the Mardy goal came out for the ball and caught a RTB player to give away a certain penalty.

Again Ebbw Vale didn't bottle the moment and made it game on at 4-3.

On the 81st minute however, fortune favoured the Mardy as a ball into the RTB box was flicked on by a RTB defender past his own keeper to make it 5-3 to the Mardy.

A great day for the Mardy was topped off with sub Lewis Edwards bursting up the wing and cutting in well to find himself with just he RTB keeper to beat - which he did comfortably to make it 6-3 to the Mardy at the end of play.

This was not the best football Mardy have played all season, but the result does mean that with six games to play, Mardy's fight for survival in Gwent County Division One is well and truly on.

Sudbrook Cricket Club - 2                                                

Govilon - 3

 

GOVILON stepped that little bit nearer the Division Two title after a well contested battle at the home of Sudbrook.

After nine minutes Govilon attacked in earnest, but Jamie Laurent's cross proved slightly too high for Richard McCarthy's head.

Sudbrook attacked twice in the space of two minutes, with the first fired over the top of the bar, and the second saved by keeper Robert Morrison with an outstretched boot.

On the twentieth minute a looping corner to the back of the box from Jamie Laurent, was just the tonic for Craig Salmons's header to open the scoring for Govilon.

Within two minutes Sudbrook were back on the attack with a free kick ten yards outside the Govilon box, which was fortunately cleared by a solid Govilon wall.

Govilon attacked again, which ended with a thunderbolt shot from Richard McCarthy saved well by Sudbrook keeper Craig Brimble.

A goal mouth scramble then led to the home team's first goal when the ball fell to Sudbrook's Jamie Watkins who fired through a wall of players and got a deflection.

On forty minutes Govilon went ahead again, when a quick break from a Sudbrook corner saw a long through ball from Matthew Ham find the feet of Dean' goal machine' Morgan who took it round the last defender and placed it past Brimble into the corner of the net.

The start of the second half saw another corner from Sudbrook turn into a Govilon break, but Rhys Whitemans shot fired over the top of Sudbrook's bar.

Two minutes later Sudbrook again drew level, when a cross into the box was fired in from five yards.

Govilon re-established there lead on the hour mark, when a through ball from James Powell too Craig Thomas was crossed to Matthew Ham who steamed in and headed into the net at the back post.

The remaining half hour of the game was back and forth, but both defences held strong until the final whistle when Govilon run out deserved winners.

Govilons next game on Saturday will see them at home to Malpas Gladiators, with a 3.00pm k.o.

Meanwhile in Gwent County Division Three the Abergavenny Thursdays held New Inn to a 1-1 stalemate at Pen-y-Pound.

Blaenavon Blues -2

Coed Eva Athletic - 2

BLAENAVON Blues picked up a well-earned point after drawing against high flying Coed Eva Athletic on Saturday in the Torfaen derby.

But after taking a look at other results the Blues will be kicking themselves that they didn't take all three points.

With both Mardy and Pentwynmawr winning the Blues are now only three points outside the relegation zone.

The Blues went into a first half lead with some superb build up playing involving Josef Ward, Captain Steve White and Darren Harris who fired home from twenty yards for a well deserved lead.

The Blues dominated the opening 30 minutes but took their foot off the gas and allowed Coed back into the game with poor defending that saw the visitors get the equaliser from a ball that should have been cleared on several occasions.

The Cwmbran club soon found themselves two one up, when again poor defending from the Blues allowed Coed Eva in for a 2-1 interval against the run of play.

The Blues came out for the second half like they did the first half and were back level within two minutes of the restart.

Again some superb build up play by the Blues attacking players created the space for James Parfitt who had the easiest of finishes with a simple tap in from Harris's cross.

The Blues completely dominated second half possession and territory, but were unable to find the third goal that would have finished Coed off.

Blaenavon were by far the better side, but will be left disappointed not to have taken all three points and will now need to take something from next weeks game away to Abertillery Excelsior's. kick off 3pm.

In Welsh League Division Three, Goytre were toppled away from home by Llantwit Fardre who beat them 2-1.