SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER  2005: - Dolgellau 6 Colwyn Bay 22

Bay travelled to Dolgellau looking for their first league game last Saturday. Changes to the game plan made by coach Mark Earl appeared to have proved successful as Bay dominated all aspects of play. From the whistle Bay took the game to their hosts, with Bay's pack driving deep into opposition territory. After good forward pressure the ball was released to winger Steve Davidson who touched down over the try line, only for the Dolgellau touch judge to deny the score, sighting a foot in touch. Bay's forward dominance was bolstered this week by two players promoted from the strong 2nd team, Chris Dentith and Dean Henson adding some much needed weight to Bay's scrummage. After further solid work from Bay's pack, the ball was again released to the backs, enabling Bay winger Gafyn to open the scoring with a try wide out on the right. As Bay now got into their stride a break from their own 22 resulted in captain Dave Brown putting Davidson into the left corner for a well taken try. In the first half Dolgellau’s only response came in the form of a penalty by their classy fly half Pete Parker. The second half saw Bay's pack tighten their grip on the game, however a number of handling errors by Bay's backs put stop to what could have been a run away win. Bay added two further tries, Captain and Vice Captain, Dave Brown and Patch Leach with the honors. Dolgellau again could only reply through their No.10 who kicked another 3 points. Note must also be made of a superb tackle by Leach late in the game, the likes of which is rarely seen outside the top divisions of the sport.

Colwyn Bay are looking forward to travelling to Llangollen this Saturday for the opening round of the North Wales Cup.