The club can confirm that Efekan Colak has left Cae Baker in order to sign a professional contract with a second division side in his homeland of Turkey.

Efekan joined the club from Aberystwyth Town in August 2022 after spending time with the under-19s at Park Avenue. The 19-year-old made his Roosters debut in a 2-0 loss to Buckley Town in the first round of the Nathaniel MG Cup and went on to make a further 17 appearances for the club.

Efekan has been presented a brilliant opportunity and we wish him all the best as he looks to make his break into professional football.

Pob lwc, Efe!

Following the conclusion on the 2023 January Transfer Window, the club wishes to provide a post-window squad update.

Early January saw the departures of midfielder Gwion Pugh-Jones and winger Steffan Gittins. After moving away for work, Gwion decided to join Ardal South East side Trethomas Bluebirds, who currently sit fourth place in the league.

Having moved to Chester for university, Steffan decided to join JD Cymru North rivals Gresford Athletic. They currently sit 12th in the league.

As announced today, Gavin Rowlands has departed the club and has joined Builth Wells in order to progress in his development.

Due to injuries, defender Tihomir Trifonov has decided to call time on his career. The Bulgarian centre-back joined the club from FC Sevlievo in the summer of 2021 and he went on to make 37 appearances for the club.

We would like to thank Gwion, Steffan, Gavin and Tihomir for their contributions during their time with the Roosters, and we wish them all the best for the future!

Confirmed squad –

Italics indicate the player is at the club on loan.

Departures:

Gwion Pugh-Jones, Steffan Gittins, Tihomir Trifonov, Gavin Rowlands

Penrhyncoch FC can confirm the departure of young midfielder Gavin Rowlands, who has left the club to sign for Ardal North East side Builth Wells.

Gavin joined the club from Newtown in the summer after impressing manager Gari Lewis in pre-season. The former Aberystwyth Town youth and Rhayader Town midfielder went on to make 16 appearances for the club in all competitions. The 17-year-old now returns the Bulls in order to progress in his development.

We’d also like to thank Gavin’s dad, who ensured he could get to training and matches during his time with the Roosters.

The club would like to thank Gavin for his services, and we wish him all the best for the future!

Penrhyncoch FC are delighted to announce the return of defender Jack Rimmer, who joins the club from Aberystwyth Town. He joins the club as Gari Lewis’ fourth signing of the winter window.

Known for his speed and his powerful strikes, Jack joins for his third spell with the Roosters, having originally joined on loan from the Seasiders in 2016. He later went on to sign permanently in January 2019, spending a further 18-months with Penrhyn. In his last season at Cae Baker, Jack made 20 appearances for the club.

It was then announed in June 2020 that Jack would return to Park Avenue. During his second spell, Jack made 74 appearances overall for Aber, including 17 this season in all competitions.

The 23-year-old will be a huge boost to the Roosters defence as we look to climb out of the relegation zone.

Croeso nol, Jack!

Penrhyncoch FC are delighted to announce the loan signings of Courtney Perkins from Newtown and Jamie Jones from Aberystwyth Town, and the permanent signing of Oliver Farebrother from North West Counties League side Ashton Town.

19-year-old striker Courtney has racked up 11 appearances for Newtown’s development team, scoring six times and assisting five times since joining in the Robins from The New Saints in the summer. The young striker joins in order to bring some more fire power to the Roosters’ attack.

Jamie joins after already making four cameo appearances for the Seasiders this season. He remains a key player for Aber’s development side having racked up over 30 appearances for the under-19s. The young defender also has a nack for scoring goals, having netted six in 11 for the young Seasiders this season.

Goalkeeper Oliver returns the club following spells with English sides Padiham, Clitheroe and Ashton Town. After spending time with The New Saints at youth level, Oliver joined Aberystwyth in 2017 where he linked up with the club’s under-19s side.

He spent a year with Aber before joining the Roosters in the summer of 2018, spending half a season with the Roosters before moving to Aberaeron. He also had a spell with Bow Street prior to his move over the border.

Croeso i Cae Baker Courtney, Jamie a Oliver!

Penrhyncoch FC are looking to take on a new and passionate media officer, who will oversee the club’s social media pages and website.

Please note: This role is VOLUNTARY, but it is a good chance to broadcast your work nationwide and build a platform for yourself. It is the perfect role to add to your CV!

Benefits of joining the Roosters:

• Entry to all of the club’s Cymru North, Welsh Cup, League Cup and Tier Two Cup games.
• Club kit provided and travel expenses paid.
• The opportunity to be part of a friendly and welcoming football club.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• To manage the club’s Twitter and Instagram pages.
• To manage the club’s website and to keep it updated throughout the season.
• Liaise with the Football Association of Wales and other local news outlets.
• Oversee the growth of the club’s online presence

Preferred Qualities:

• Previous experience or knowledge of managing a social media account.
• Previous experience writing article.
• A passion for football.
• A good English ability.

If you are interested in joining the Penrhyncoch FC family, email your CV and an introduction to penrhyncochfcmedia@gmail.com. Closing date 6th November 2022.

The Roosters welcome promotion hopefuls Llandudno to Cae Baker this Saturday as Gari Lewis’ side look to get their second win of the campaign.

The Roosters currently find themselves 14th in the JD Cymru North and go into this game off of the back of a penalty shootout loss at the hands of Ardal North Eat side Caersws, a result which saw Penrhyn exit the JD Welsh Cup. Liam Lewis’ goal was not enough as former Newtown man Neil Mitchell’s equaliser was enough to hold the score until the final whistle.

Despite the difficult start to the season, a win against the Seasiders could see Gari Lewis’ men climb as high as 9th place if all other results were to go their way.

Llandudno currently find themselves sat 2nd in the table, three points behind league leaders and rivals Colwyn Bay.

Llandudno enter this game on a good note after most recently knocking Llanidloes Town out of the WBS Tier Two League Cup. A comfortable 3-0 scoreline means Sean Eardley’s side will travel to Guilsfield in the next round.

Kick-off at Cae Baker is at 2:30pm. Come on down to support the lads and motivate them to get their second win of the season. See you there!

Penrhyncoch FC are delighted to announce forward Daniel Owen has joined the club on loan from Aberystwyth Town until January 2023.

Despite only being 19 years-old, Daniel already has an extremely impressive goal-scoring record in both youth and senior men’s football.

Last season he represented both Aberystwyth Town’s U19’s side and Tregaron Turfs. For the young Black and Greens, he scored 17 goals in 22 games whilst for Tregaron’s first team he scored an incredible 36 goals in 29 games.

“Dan is another player I worked with in the academy at Aberystwyth at under-16 level.” Gari Lewis told the club’s media. “He’s frighteningly quick, very direct. He had a great season with Tregaron last year, he scored lots of goals in men’s football.

He’s just not quite managed to break into Aberystwyth’s 18-man squad at the moment so it’s a wonderful opportunity to be able to bring him here with Geoff [Kellaway] picking up a bad injury and Gitso [Steffan Gittins] out for three games, so he’s going to be a huge addition to the squad. Croeso i’r clwb Dan, a pob lwc!”

Croeso i Cae Baker Dan!

Penrhyncoch FC are delighted to announce the launch of our new website!

Penrhyncochfc.com will now serve as home for all things Roosters going into the future, and our old website will be taken down shortly. Here you will find match previews, squad news and so much more!

We are also proud to announce that we are one of the few clubs in the JD Cymru Leagues to offer readers the option to view our website in both English and Welsh. To view the website in Cymraeg, click the dropdown box on the top of the page.

The site is not 100% complete yet and therefore you may find the odd thing uncompleted or out of place, so we ask that that you are patient. We assure you that we are still actively working on improving the site.

We hope you enjoy using our new website. A new season, a new online home.