Under 18's Top The Table

Under 18's Top The Table

By wivey - December 13 2010
Nomads 5-3 win at Llanfairfechan Town last Sunday keeps us at the top of the league table. Nomads have also finaly progressed to a NWCFA Under 19s Cup semi final against Rhyl, after Aston Park Rangers withdrew from the already the twice postponed quarter final fixture. This Sunday sees our youth side face Holyhead away in the Under 18’s NWCFA Quarter final.

By Jay Catton 21st Feb 2011:  Sunday saw our under 12, 14 and 16 sides face Cefn Druids away and our 18's vs Llanfairfechan Town in the league.

Three wins out of four for academy sides. image

Our under 12’s played some fantastic football and have shown improvement week by week over the season.

A Nathan Mendoza strike was enough to claim a one nil victory for the young side. The second half performance by the team was a real joy to watch and bar the Druids goalkeepers great saves it could have been more.

Our young under 14 side made up of predominantly under 13 players produced a great performance winning by five goals to three.

After Druids took the lead Nomads hit back with three goals in the first half from Billy Nixon, Ryan Jones and a fantastic volley from Cobey Cooper.

But just five minutes in to the second half Druids brought the game back to three three. But two further goals from Henry Badhams and a second for Ryan Jones sealed the victory.

The young side played some very good passing football and showed great improvement from the previous weeks second half performance against Bangor.

Our under 16 side though lost by four goals to two. Stefan Rosier and Scott Williams scored two consolation goals for the side who fell to a four two defeat.

The disappointing thing was the attitude on a small number of players was questionable, which had a big effect on the game and result.

Our 18’s first half performance against Llanfairfechan was horrendous and totally out of character for the side who trailed the game by three goals to one in the first half, with Steve Belli getting the goal.

The first half which was played at a slow tempo and with little football played by the Nomads and was very disappointing.

After harsh words at half time the Nomads showed big improvement in the second half eventually winning the game by five goals to three after goals from Steve Belli, George Baxter, Aled Reece and Shaun Tinsley.

A big well done to all of our four sides this weekend.

GAP C. Q. NOMADS UNDER 16s WIN FUTSAL TOURNAMENT

Sun 2nd Jan:- Our under 16s played seven different academy sides in a futsal tournament at Deeside Leisure Centre. A great day was enjoyed by all which saw Welsh Premier and Cymru Alliance academy sides take part.

Some of the futsal on display was superb, and of a real high standard by all. A real joy to watch for everyone in attendance. The eight sides taking part were first split into four groups which were as follows:

Group 1:
Prestatyn Town Under 16
Bala Town A Under 16
Rhyl Under 16
Airbus UK Broughton Under 16

Group 2:
Gap CQ Nomads Under 16
Bala Town B Under 16
Bangor City Under 16
Llandudno Town Under 16

All sides played each other once in there respected groups. The results were as follows:

Games 1
Prestatyn Town (0)-(0) Bala Town A
Bangor City (2)-(4) Llandudno Town
Rhyl (0)-(0) Airbus UK Broughton
Bala Town B (0)-(2) Gap CQ Nomads

Games 2
Airbus UK Broughton (0)-(0) Prestatyn Town
Gap CQ Nomads (3)-(0) Bangor City
Rhyl (2)-(1) Bala Town A
Bala Town B (0)-(1) Llandudno Town

Games 3
Prestatyn Town (0)-(1) Rhyl
Bangor City (1)-(0) Bala Town B
Airbus UK Broughton (2)-(2) Bala Town A
Gap CQ Nomads (3)-(1) Llandudno Town

After all of these games the two groups were as follows:

Group 1:
Team Goals for Goals against Points Goal difference
Rhyl 3 1 7 2
Airbus UK Broughton 2 2 3 0
Prestatyn Town 0 1 -1 2
Bala Town A 2 4 2 -2
Group 2:
Team Goals for Goals against Points Goal difference
Gap CQ Nomads 8 1 9 7
Llandudno Town 6 5 6 1
Bangor City 1 9 3 -8
Bala Town B 0 4 0 -4

The two bottom sides in each group faced off in semi finals to win fifth placed in the competition and the two top sides in each group faced off in semi finals to decide the winners.

The results were as follows:

5th placed playoff semi finals

Prestatyn Town (3)-(0) Bala Town B

Bangor City (0)-(2) Bala Town A

Finals playoff semi finals

Rhyl (3)-(3) Llandudno Town
(Rhyl won on penalties 3-2)

Gap CQ Nomads (2)-(0) Airbus UK Broughton

With the semi finals played all, eight sides played off in their final games to determine the final positioning of each side in the tournament.

7th Placed play off final:
Bala Town B (1)-(2) Bangor City

5th Placed play off final:
Prestatyn Town (0)-(2) Bala Town A

3rd Placed play off final:
Llandudno Town (0)-(0) Airbus UK Broughton
(Llandudno Town won on penalties 2-1)

Under 16 Futsal competition Final:
Rhyl (0)-(1) Gap CQ Nomads

The final standings of all sides at the end of the competition:

1st Gap CQ Nomads
2nd Rhyl
3rd Llandudno Town
4th Airbus UK Broughton
5th Bala Town A
6th Prestatyn Town
7th Bangor City
8th Bala Town B

A massive thank you for all teams who took part and we hope you enjoyed it. Special thank you goes to the four referees under 18 Gap CQ Nomads players Ryan Jones, Jamie Wynne, Jordan Beck and Joel Thomas who refereed throughout the competition. A massive well done to all sides and Gap CQ Nomads, who eventually lifted the trophy.

Photos from the day can be seen on the link below:

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Another fantastic Sunday of futsal with Welsh Premier and Cymru Alliance academy sides.

This week was the turn of the under 14 sides. 

Eight teams were scheduled to take part but unfortunately Prestatyn Town pulled out due to training commitments that day. The seven sides that did take part included the following:

Gap CQ Nomads, Airbus UK Broughton, Bala Town, Bangor City A and Bangor City B, Llandudno Town and Rhyl.

Some real quality was on display with some great moves and goals on display.

A big thank you again to our three referees, Jamie Wynne, Ryan Jones and Jordan Beck.

All sides played on the new 3G pitches at the Deeside Leisure Centre.

All teams played each other once. The scores for all games were as follows:

Games 1
Bala Town (0) – (2) Airbus UK Broughton
Bangor City A (4) – (2) Bangor City B
Llandudno Town (0) – (3) Gap CQ Nomads

Games 2
Bangor A (5)-(1) Bala Town
Bangor B (1)-(1) Rhyl
Llandudno Town (0)-(3) Airbus UK Broughton

Games 3
Gap CQ Nomads (1)-(6) Bangor City B
Bangor City A (1)-(1) Airbus UK Broughton
Rhyl (1)-(2) Bala Town

Games 4
Gap CQ Nomads (1)-(3) Bangor City A
Llandudno Town (2)-(2) Bala Town
Bangor City B (3)-(0) Rhyl

Games 5
Llandudno Town (0)-(3) Bangor City A
Gap CQ Nomads (2)-(3) Rhyl
Airbus UK Broughton (3)-(3) Bangor City B

Games 6
Llandudno Town (0)-(9) Bangor City B
Gap CQ Nomads (2)-(2) Bala Town
Airbus UK Broughton (5)-(2) Rhyl

Games 7
Gap CQ Nomads (0)-(1) Airbus UK Broughton
Bangor City A (1)-(1) Bala Town
Llandudno Town (0)-(7) Rhyl

Well done again to all sides and we look forward to the under 16’s competition taking place next Sunday.

Link to photos from the day. Massive thank you to Mark Rowlands who took them throughout the day:

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3 NOMADS U 14s EARN PROFESSIONAL CLUB TRIALS
Under 14 academy players Josh Willis, Benjamin Wadilove and Thomas Bibby have earned themlseves professional trials at Stoke City
By Jay Catton 3rd December 2010
 
Under 14 players Josh Willis, Benjamin Wadilove and Thomas Bibby have earned themlseves trials at Stoke City.


The players have become the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth players this season alone to be selected for trials at professional clubs. The three players have earned themselves a six week trial at premiership club Stoke City.

As always a massive well done to all players and we wish them all the best during there trial.

NOMADS U 18s 8, COLWYN UNITED 0
By Jay Catton 19th November 2010
NOMADS CONSOLIDATE 2nd PLACE:- Facing Colwyn United in a re arranged league fixture the side ran out eight goal winners, putting in a much improved performance from last weekend with good passing football played throughout. Playing in a different formation the side attacked well and got a good result.

 

 
Following on from the Caernarfon Town game last Sunday Nomads faced a re arranged league fixture against Colwyn United at the Deeside Stadium.

Nomads began the game very well passing the ball with good fluency and had a good early chance with Shaun Tinsley but his effort went just wide. A George Baxter corner caused Colwyn problems with Wyn Pierce's flick on falling to Ryan Jones who could only hit over with his header.
 
The goal though did eventually come after ten minutes, a good move which saw Sam Fryer and Sean Williams linking up well before switching the play to George Baxter. Baxter’s effort on goal came flying back to Kieron Farr who smashed home with a good finish. But Colwyn nearly punished Nomads with an equaliser after defender Pierce was caught out on the ball but goalkeeper Ryan Thomas stood up to the challenge.
 
Pierce though nearly got on the score sheet himself soon after when his header from another corner was headed off the line. Baxter then had a good headed effort himself after a good cross from Jamie Wynne but his effort went over. Man of the match Baxter then went on a fantastic run down the right hand side cutting into the box well and being brought down earning Nomads a penalty. Jamie Wynne stepped home and smashed a top finish into the bottom corner.
 
Steve Belli came close to making it three just before half time but his shot from the left was saved. Two nil it ended going into half time.
 
Nomads began the second half again playing in the right spirit and maintaining possession well. Arguably the third goal was the goal of the game after just five minutes into the second half. George Baxter received the ball from Shaun Tinsley around thirty yards from goal and with real skill and pace beat three men while charging towards goal and once in the area Baxter smashed the ball into the bottom corner, a fantastic finish.
 
Baxter also had a part to play in the fourth after his whipped in corner was missed by all but fell outside the box to Sam Fryer who struck a great low strike which went into the back of the net.
 
Nomads were now keeping the ball superbly with most moves coming from the back four and full back Chris Jones and Michael Foulkes getting forward well.
 
It was left back Jones that got the fifth after his cross/shot was spilled by the goalkeeper falling into the net. This was Jones’s first goal of the season. Foulkes then produced a great cross for striker Tinsley but his header went just wide. But two minutes later the near enough exact chance fell for Tinsley after a Wynne cross and he hit the back of the net. 
 
Colwyn though did come close to getting a goal after the striker got forward well beating two defenders and rounding substitute keeper Jack Jones but his shot was blocked by skipper Ryan Jones.
 
Sean Williams who worked very hard through out, then got on the score sheet with a top header after substitute Jordan Beck delivered a great cross. Fellow substitute Aled Reece also came close but his effort was well saved. Shaun Tinsley then hit the post with his strike and Jordan Beck came close with a free kick at goal.
 
With just five minutes remaining the final goal of the game was scored after centre back Jones played a pass through to Tinsley who drove into the box and smashed his shot into the roof of the net.
 
A much improved performance from the Caernarfon game on the weekend with good passing football played through out. Playing in a different formation the side attacked well and got a good result.
 
Squad for the game: GK: Ryan Thomas, LB: Chris Jones, RB: Kieron Farr, CB: Wyn Pierce, CB: Ryan Jones ©, CM: Sam Fryer, CM: Shaun Tinsley, CM: Sean Williams, FW: Shaun Tinsley, FW: George Baxter, FW: Steve Belli
Subs: Jack Jones, Michael Foulkes, Jordan Beck, Aled Reece
Goal Scorers: Kieron Farr, Jamie Wynne, George Baxter, Sam Fryer, Shaun Tinsley (2), Chris Jones, Sean Williams
MOM: George Baxter 
NOMADS 2, CAERNARFON TOWN YOUTH 1
By wivey - November 15 2010
NOMADS MOVE UP TO 2nd SPOT:- Caernarfon Town Youth were 4th and only a point behind us in the table and this was only their 2nd defeat, so given the intervention of the woodwork and that we were not at our best, another very good result.
 
By Highgear: 14-11-10

Nomads Under 18's 2, Caernarfon Town Youth 1

This was a hard fough game with our lads not playing at there best. The "highlite" was Jamie Wynne's free kick following Jordan Beck's opening goal. We also hit the crossbar or post 3 or 4 times.
Caernarfon scored a penalty with the last kick of the game. Result 3 more points and we move onward and upwards
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The future is bright (if we go back to playing football )
 
NOMADS v COLWYN UNITED. - Postponed
By Jay Catton - November 8 2010
U 18s BID FOR LEAGUE LEADERSHIP FOILED BY WEATHER WITH FIXTURE BACKLOG NOW INEVITABLE:- Our Academy games against Airbus UK Broughton Academy were also postponed.
 
For the 3rd weekend in succession, Nomads Under 18s match was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. The results of last weekends other league games led to Nomads dropping down to 3rd in the table and whilst we remain idle, this weekends games could result in a further drop in our league position. As Nomads continue to progress in the Welsh Youth Cup & the NWCFA U18s and U19s Cups, a fixture backlog in the league games seems inevitable.