Saturday 18th February '06

Bala 16 - Colwyn Bay 20

A spirited performance by Bay saw them gain three much needed league points with a hard fought victory at Bala.  

Bay had a dream start when after three minutes the referee failed to spot a knock on by Bay winger Jay Beardmore and whilst Bala stood still and waited for the whistle full back Shaun McDonough raced through to touch down in the corner. The difficult conversion was missed. Bay continued to attack strongly but a penalty saw Bala reduce the arrears to 2 points just a few minutes later. The remainder of the half was very much one-way traffic with Bay continually pressing home the attack but then losing the initiative by giving away far too many penalties and Bala took the lead just before half time with a further penalty to lead 6-5 at the break.

 From the restart Bay were soon on the attack and were rewarded after 5 minutes when Andy Williams-Owen was successful with a penalty after a Bala off-side for Bay to regain the lead 8-6 only to concede a silly penalty 5 minutes later for Bala to retake the lead 9-8. Bay continued to look for the win and only some desperate last-ditch tackling kept them out. Finally after several close calls on the Bala line a drive from a Colwyn bay scrum saw the evergreen Mark Earl touch down for his sixth try of the season