DOLGELLAU Reserves battled back to book a place in the second round of the Len and Julia Newman Memorial Trophy as they registered a 3-2 success over Llanilar.

Trailing 2-1 at the interval, the Meirionnydd men hit back to win, with George Jackson-Townshend, Mike Rees and Charlie Owen scoring the winning goals.

The visitors, however, had led through Jack Lawton and a superb long range strike by Ryan Hopkins, only for the hosts to turn the tables in the second half.

Bont are top of the tree at Christmas in the Cambrian Tyres Aberystwyth and Disrict League after they registered a convincing 6-1 win away against Aberdyfi.

A brace by Dewi Sion and further goals by Dion Davies, William Davy, Lee Jones and an own goal continued their unbeaten league run, with 10 wins and two draws from 12 division one games.

Aberystwyth University Reserves beat Machynlleth Reserves 3-1, as goals from Levi Challoner, Gytis Pivnickas and Sean Fahey wrapped up the win for the students, with Dafydd Briwnant netting for Mach.

Borth United Reserves bowed out of the Emrys Morgan Cup with a 6-4 defeat at home to Waterloo Rovers, despite James Morris scoring a hat-trick for the home team. Hat-tricks by Jack Holley and Andrew Gwilt steered the Welshpool team into the next round.