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Colwyn Bay 2nds welcomed in the New Year and opened their 2007 campaign with a tough match away to Flint. New Scrummaging laws brought in for 2007 caused much disruption during the game, with Bay's less experienced front row finding it the harder to adjust to the new laws. However much credit must go to the young Bay front row who showed great heart at the coal face. The 1st minute of the game saw the painful departure of Lock Dean Henson, who was taken to hospital with a suspected broken collar bone. To the rescue came substitute Tristan Hird who seamlessly took over from Henson in the engine room.

Flint pressed hard from the kick off, with strong individual crashes from their big pack. Poor tackling from Bay allowed Flint to open the scoring with a try and conversion. Flint had much of the possession, due to their larger stronger more experienced pack, however Bay did manage some forays deep into the Flint half. Luckily for Bay the dependable fly half and kicker Andy Williams-Owen was on hand to punish any Flint ill discipline. Williams-Owen scored all Bay's 9 points with 3 accurate penalty kicks. In the second half good work by Bay pack members Captain Ritchie Evans, Mark Bratt and Richard Chinary did even up the feel of the game. However Flint were the better at putting together sustained attacks on the Bay's poor defence, and scored 3 further tries to finish the game comfortable winners.