A Jake Eyre penalty after 9 minutes gave Gresford the lead at Denbigh Town, Jordon MacCarter doubled their advantage after 58 minutes.
A Tony Davies header brought Denbigh back into the game only for Arron Edwards to net a third for Gresford
A Ryan Jones double and one from Gwion Owen gave Ruthin Town the half-time advantage at Holywell Town and with no further goals Ruthin got their season off to the perfect start.
Bangor City and Flint Town United were the opening Saturday’s leading scorers as they both scored five.
Bangor were two up against Buckley Town after 7 minutes with Carl Darlington and Les Davies on target and before half-time they had netted two more through Tom Field and a second for Darlington.
Buckley pulled a goal back through Keiron Moore 9 minutes into the second half, but Bangor had the last word as Davies scored his second and Bangor’s fifth
Flint also took an early lead at home to Holyhead Hotspur, Kai Wallis netting after 3 minutes and Mark Cadwallader had doubled their advantage by half-time.
Cadwallader made it 3-0 10 minutes into the second half with Alex Jones reducing the deficit 3 minutes later only for Andy Brown to restore Flint’s three-goal advantage.
Chris Jones kept Hotspur in the game, but 5 minutes from time Jack Hampton sealed the points with their fifth goal of the game
In a delayed start at Llanrhaeadr YM, Mark Griffiths gave them a 12th minute lead against Rhyl and this turned out to be the only goal of the game to give YM the points on their return to the league
Another team returning to the league, Conwy Borough, found themselves a goal down after 9 minutes as Robbie James headed home for Guilsfield.
This looked like the only goal of the first half until Corig McGonigle stuck home a half-volley in first half added on time.
Guilsfield sealed the points in an evenly contested second half when Andy Ford headed home after 77 minutes - Conwy finishing the game with ten-men after the dismissal of Anthony Marshall
The game at Prestatyn Town got off to a bad start as Airbus UK Broughton’s Ashley Williams suffered a broken leg in an incident that saw Prestatyn’s James Hay sent-off.
After a long delay Kristian Platt gave the Airmen the lead and a second half James Hooper goals sealed the points.
Two late first half at Penrhyncoch saw Porthmadog off to a winning start, an own goal and a Julian Williams goal giving them the points |