The curtain was brought down on another football season in Brecon and Radnorshire last week with the highly successful Penybont Cup being played at The Racecourse across four successive evenings.

The host club created history by lifting the inaugural Women's Penybont Cup on Thursday night following a 3-1 victory over North Wales Women's League opponents Berriew. Penybont United opened the scoring when Fen Price headed home at the far post before they doubled their advantage four minutes before the break with Talia Evans' cool finish. The Rhiewsiders halved the deficit 17 minutes after the interval but the hosts regained their two-goal buffer with 15 minutes remaining when captain Gemma Bradford converted a penalty awarded by referee Neil Holder, despite vehement protests from the visitors. The Polecats skipper received the Penybont Cup from Julie Christopher on behalf of match sponsors Caleb Roberts Insurance Services following the final whistle and Cathy Harris was awarded the player of the match award.

Captain Gemma Bradford hammers home a penalty for Penybont
Captain Gemma Bradford hammers home a penalty for Penybont (Copyright: Barcud-Coch Photography) (.)
The host club created history by lifting the inaugural Women's Penybont Cup with a 3-1 victory over Berriew
The host club created history by lifting the inaugural Women's Penybont Cup with a 3-1 victory over Berriew (Copyright: Barcud-Coch Photography) (.)

The 2023/24 season concluded 24 hours later with Rhayader Town overcoming Felindre 3-1 to claim the men's competition in front of a healthy crowd.

The Red Kites, who missed out on a place in the MMP Central Wales League E R Jenkins Cup final seven days earlier, went ahead after 13 minutes when Can Price was played through on goal to slide the ball past Felindre goalkeeper George Morgan. However, the Millers responded to level the scores courtesy of James Reynolds' close-range 29th minute effort when Rhayader Town goalkeeper Eifion Price was unable to hold on to an initial shot. Bur his opposite number suffered a similar fate when the Red Kites pounced on two mistakes within the space of two minutes inside the final quarter of the match to see the silverware head to Y Weirglodd. Morgan dropped a 70th minute free-kick played into the penalty area and James Price turned the loose ball home. Two minutes the later, the Millers' keeper was unable to hold on to a low shot and Jacob Jones pounced to beat Morgan to the rebound and complete the scoring. Rhayader Town's Steve Walsh was named player of the match and St Harmon's Adam Watson received the award for the goal of the week from cup final sponsors Bowen's Feeds.

Rhayader Town has booked their place in the final following a 4-1 win over local rivals St Harmon on Tuesday evening at The Racecourse. The Red Kites raced into a 3-0 lead within the opening 20 minutes of the second semi-final through an incredible six-minutre Jack Clarke hat-trick. Steve Walsh increased Rhayader Town's advantage 10 minutes after the interval when he was on hand to volley home. The Swifts netted the goal of the evening courtesy of Adam Watson's long-range strike with five minutes remaining on the clock but that proved to be nothing more than a consolation strike.

Felindre has reached the final following a 6-2 victory over the host club on Monday evening.