27-07-06: COVERLEY FRUSTRATION:
A disappointing night on the field was compounded with an injury to Neil Coverley towards the end of the first half against Bangor.  In a game devoid of too much goalmouth action, the Bay centre back fell following an aerial challenge and broke his wrist.  The injury will require an operation tonight to insert a plate or pin and following the injury to Paul Morris earlier in preseason further depletes the defensive strength in the squad. The match itself did not provide too much to excite the crowd for despite the Bay having the upper hand in terms of possession in the first half, apart from hitting the woodwork, Bangor’s keeper was not severely tested.  The second half was more disjointed with the visitors looking the more likely in the latter stages, but apart from a speculative long range effort that produced the only goal it was an evening dominated by defences.
Dav is fully aware of the strengths and weaknesses in the playing staff on duty in these first three friendlies, which have seen a lack of goalscoring opportunities, but his pressing concern after the game was for Neil Coverley.  With just over 3 weeks to go before the big kick off, he will be looking to introduce some more new faces to bolster his attacking options.

25-07-06: TWO NEW PARTNERS ON BOARD:
The club is pleased to announce the backing of 2 more local businesses as the league campaign draws closer.

A new look match programme for the new season will be produced by Powlsons of Colwyn Bay. General Manager John Jones stated; “Powlsons Limited is proud to be supporting Colwyn Bay Football Club. As one of North Wales’s longest established printers, Powlsons has a tradition of supporting local businesses and as the main sponsor for the 2006-2007 programmes we hope our link with “The Seagulls” will prove a great success for both club and ourselves. We hope the club and the fans enjoy the new style programme, which is printed using the latest digital printing technology.  The HP Indigo Press was installed in Powlsons in 2005, offering same day colour printing and has proved a great success for many businesses in the area.”
http://www.powlsons.co.uk/

In addition the Man of the Match awards will be sponsored by Stars Café Bar of Colwyn Bay.  Owners Lisa and Ian Jervis said they were; “ Proud to be working with Colwyn Bay Football Club, the STARS of North Wales” The club is extremely grateful for this generous support and hope other local businesses will follow their lead and back the local football team.

24-07-06: LADIES TO HOST LIVERPOOL:
On Sunday August 13th Liverpool ladies are to travel to Llanelian Road to play our own Ladies in a friendly with a kick off time of 1:00 p.m.  With free admission and bar and catering facilities open it promises to be an excellent family day out and a chance for people to see how good a standard of play is produced.

24-07-06:PROMOTION CONFUSION:
Following the adjustments to Step 4 of the pyramid for this forthcoming
season and the failed attempt by the UniBond to gain FA sanction to establish the 6th Step 4 division as in the original blueprint, the division 1 clubs have been dealt a further blow with the news only the champion side will go up automatically with a second club via play offs for those finishing 2nd -5th.  This contradicts some of the earlier indications regarding promotion places, which stated there would still be 3 places available as in the last 2 seasons.  Given the division is now up to 24 teams and the conventional wisdom is that it will be a stronger division than last season, to have the promotion places cut by 50% is a disappointment to say the least.  In terms of parity the Ryman and Southern leagues at step 4 have 4 promotion places each, twice that of the UniBond.

The Bay are seen as a 14/1 chance for the title by skybet.com Belper,Woodley,Stocksbridge, Kidsgrove and Camell Laird are all at 8/1 with Bradford PA at 12/1.  When more players are signed by Dav those odds must surely shorten!!

22-07-06: MOTORS PROVIDE STERN TEST:
In very warm conditions Conference North side Vauxhall Motors ensured the Bay were given a testing time. With the rain drought impacting on the colour of the pitch the goal drought was also extended, but both sides engineered some good chances as Dav gave a run out to some new faces.  The manager was pleased with the overall performance and felt it confirmed some of the areas he felt needed attention.  He is now going to speak to the players he wants in turn and after the match signed Neil Coverley and John Boardman who rebuffed advances from other clubshigher in the pyramid to commit to the Bay, a characteristic Dav is keen on as he identifies players who genuinely want to play for the club.  Dav also intends to continue with his experimentation on Wednesday with some other new faces likely to be involved.  Attending the game in conditions more akin to their Miami base were the family of vice President David Williams, son Gareth was mascot for the day. The picture shows David making a presentation to manager Peter Davenport.

20-07-06: GOALLESS ON THE WIRRAL:
A satisfactory opening pre season game against Heswall, provided the opportunity for Dav to try a few things out and give the players a good workout on the hottest July day on record.  There were not manyclear cut chances and Heswall were a credit to the West Cheshire league.  With several players unavailable Dav was able to give several triallists a run out, which will continue to be the pattern for the next few games.

For the home friendlies this season admission will be £4 for adults, £2 concessions, £1 U16 whilst accompanied youngsters gain free admission as do season ticket holders, these will be available to purchase at the ground at these matches.

19-07-06: JOHNSTONES PARTNERSHIP:
Whilst the players have recently returned to pre season training, the supporters of Colwyn Bayhave also been busy getting things ready at the ground ahead of the new season.  In particular working parties have been painting parts of the ground with materials donated by Johnstones the paint suppliers who have outlets in both Old Colwyn and Llandudno.  Football club director Phil Jackson said “The club is very appreciative of this generosity.  The backing from Karl Williams and Simon Cocking at Johnstones has been first class and is an indication of how local businesses can support their local club. Karl has been most helpful in providing an excellent service by ensuring the club choose the right materials for the painting tasks we had”
 
Johnstones branch manager Karl Williams added; “We are pleased to support local community projects such as this and pride ourselves in excellent customer service and high quality products”

17-07-06: JUNIORS HOST FLORIDA DRAGONS:
Following the recent good publicity linked to the Ladies set up, it is encouraging to see the progress the Juniors are making not least their recent hosting of a team from Florida, details of which can be seen at the Juniors own site.

16-07-06: COUNTDOWN TO HESWALL:
With one final training session before Wednesday’s first pre season game at Heswall, Dav and his coaching team have been impressed with the work done by the players to date and is looking forward to getting some match play into the preparations.  With the emphasis on at this stage on conditioning the first 3 matches will see that continuing with the need to build up match fitness a key target.  In addition Dav wants to assess the players in match situations and intends to give everyone a chance to be involved.  It is likely that Wednesday will see approximately 18 players involved including trialists as he begins to shape a squad he considers capable of competing once the league campaign kicks off.  The coaching staff are not concerned about results in these friendlies as such, more so the work, attitude and contribution to the shape of the squad Dav has in mind.  Dav will be looking to bring in another goalkeeper as doubts remain over the availability of Matt Parry.
 For those supporters travelling to Heswall the directions to 'Gayton Park', Brimstage Road, Heswall, Wirral. (phone:- 0151 342 8172) are via A540 Chester High Road to Gayton roundabout, take Brimstage Road then first right. From West Kirby via Telegraph Road turn left at Gayton Roundabout, take Brimstage Road then first right or if coming off the M53 J4, A5137 along Brimstage Road to ground before Gayton roundabout.

14-07-06: NEW SPONSORS:
The senior ladies team are pleased to announce they have secured the backing of a new main sponsor the Progress School of Motoring, who’s Logo will feature on the team’s shirts as well as featuring in the match day program, a real boost to the side and indicative of the community links the whole club is now forging.

12-07-06: GIRLS LOOKING FORWARD:
The ladies wing of the club continues to flourish and for the new season, as well as the senior side, their will be 4 junior girls teams wearing the sky blue and white club Colours and will be sponsored by The Town House Café Bar Llandudno.

08-07-06: UP AND RUNNING:
The first pre season session was a positive one with lots of familiar faces amongst some new ones.  With an early emphasis on building fitness levels the lads were put through their paces by Dav and Lee Coathup.  With more players to join the next few sessions as they return from holidays and other commitments, a Monday, Wednesday, Saturday itinerary should ensure the lads will be part of a lively preparation ahead of the first friendly at Heswall.

16-07-06: COUNTDOWN TO HESWALL:
With one final training session before Wednesday’s first pre season game at Heswall, Dav and his coaching team have been impressed with the work done by the players to date and is looking forward to getting some match play into the preparations.  With the emphasis on at this stage on conditioning the first 3 matches will see that continuing with the need to build up match fitness a key target.  In addition Dav wants to assess the players in match situations and intends to give everyone a chance to be involved.  It is likely that Wednesday will see approximately 18 players involved including trialists as he begins to shape a squad he considers capable of competing once the league campaign kicks off.  The coaching staff are not concerned about results in these friendlies as such, more so the work, attitude and contribution to the shape of the squad Dav has in mind.  Dav will be looking to bring in another goalkeeper as doubts remain over the availability of Matt Parry.
 For those supporters travelling to Heswall the directions to 'Gayton Park', Brimstage Road, Heswall, Wirral. (phone:- 0151 342 8172) are via A540 Chester High Road to Gayton roundabout, take Brimstage Road then first right. From West Kirby via Telegraph Road turn left at Gayton Roundabout, take Brimstage Road then first right or if coming off the M53 J4, A5137 along Brimstage Road to ground before Gayton roundabout.

08-07-06: UP AND RUNNING:
The first pre season session was a positive one with lots of familiar faces amongst some new ones.  With an early emphasis on building fitness levels the lads were put through their paces by Dav and Lee Coathup.  With more players to join the next few sessions as they return from holidays and other commitments, a Monday, Wednesday, Saturday itinerary should ensure the lads will be part of a lively preparation ahead of the first friendly at Heswall.

07-07-06:FA DRAWS MADE:
The Bay will host fellow UniBond Div 1 side Ossett Albion in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup on September 2nd, the winner will be away to Osset Town from the Premier Division.  In the FA Trophy the Bay will travel to West Midlands based Southern League side Rushall Olympic in the 1st Qualifying Round on October 21st.

06-07-06: READY TO GO:
The first pre season training session is this Saturday morning starting at the ground at 10.15am, with the opportunity for those supporters helping at the ground to see first hand who makes an appearance.  Last season’s squad have been invited along and will be joined by some new faces trying to impress.  Dav has made it clear he is offering the chance for any players to come along initially and stake a claim.  There will be some absentees due to holidays etc. and more will join later but with plans to train 3 times a week combined with the friendly matches all will be given a fair crack of the whip to be part of what we all hope will be a positive season ahead.

 
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