Haverfordwest County 3. Prestatyn Town 1.

This game was played in wind and rain, but a spirited effort by both sides saw lots of mistakes, lots of goalmouth incident, a fine score from Luke Bowen and a cracking brace from Nicky Woodrow.

The tone of the match was set in the third minute when Gareth Elliott met Mike Hartley’s corner with a flying scissors kick and the ball flew over the bar.

Derek Brazil opted for three strikers and Luke Bowen, Jack Christopher and man-of-the-match Woodrow gave the Prestatyn defence problems all afternoon.

After his recent splendid run, Christopher was due to miss an easy chance or two, and in the tenth minute, after Woodrow had whipped in a very good cross from the left, Jack totally failed to make contact six yards out.

There was no score at half time after 45 minutes during which Prestatyn had not been out of it, with striker Ian Griffiths sending one 30-yard dipper just over the bar and pulling a very fine save out of Lee Idzi.

At the start of the second half the Bluebirds had a sluggish three minute spell and it was enough for the dangerous Griffiths to nip into a gap and to put Jon Fisher-Cooke in for a Prestatyn goal.

The goal seemed to sting the Bluebirds into action and that was about the visitors’ last flurry. In the 57th minute Dyfan Pierce took a free kick quickly to play Bowen in on the left and Woodrow met his cross to thump home.

His second was a real cracker — latching on to a long clearance from Idzi, he out-ran the defence and hammered in on the run from 20 yards.

Prestatyn half-threatened a comeback, but the Blues defence was as solid as ever and the game was clinched in the 88th minute when Bowen picked up a ball out of defence, went on a fine run down the left and curled a beauty past Dunt’s despairing clutch.

This Saturday the Bluebirds travel to Rhyl in the Welsh Cup.

Haverfordwest County: Idzi; Evans, Hanford, Jarman, Elliott, Bowen, Hartley (Gilderdale, 88), Michael (Ramasut, 74), Woodrow, Christopher (Blain, 79), Pierce.