LLANWERN are through to the second round of Victory Shield foursomes golf tournament for club pairs, but only after a struggle with Gwent rivals Dewstow.>

Stuart Westley and Jonathan Davidson won their second successive game at the 20th and will now face Pontnewydd for a place in the last 16.

They had defeated Woodlake Park at the second extra hole and then handed out the same treatment to Dewstow in the first round proper.

Newport, with the strong pairing of Brian Lee and Gareth Hughes, overcame Virginia Park three and two at Radyr following their preliminary round defeat of Pontypool.

Now Newport, among the favourites to capture the shield a year after winning the Welsh team championship, come up against Monmouthshire, who are represented this summer by Jon Griffiths and Martin Kirby. They beat Whitehall by six and four to reach round two.

Current Welsh boys champion Robert Narduzzo and Steve Vickery had quite a battle at Whitchurch with Rhondda's Jonathan Stone and Justin Reed before emerging victorious on the home green and booking for themselves a match against Pontypridd.

Last year's winners North Wales are still going strong having disposed of Vale of Llangollen and Conwy.

First round: Prestatyn beat Betws y Coed three and two; North Wales bt Conwy five and four; Anglesey bt Bull Bay four and three; Holyhead bt Mold three and two; Nefyn and District walked over Denbigh scratched; Holywell beat Padsworth and Buckley two and one; Penmaenmawr bt Wrexham one hole; Maesdu bt Caernarvon six and five; Tenby bt Carmarthen three and one; Penrhos bt Clyne three and two; Ashburnham bt Langland Bay four and three; Aberystwyth beat Glynneath two and one; Gower bt South Pembrokeshire four and three; St Giles bt Fairwood Park three and two; Builth Wells bt Cradoc one hole; Milford Haven bt Brecon two and one; Pontypridd bt Mountain Ash three and two; Tredegar Park bt Rhondda one hole; St Mellons bt Alice Springs five and four; St Pierre bt Peterstone two and one; Pontnewydd bt Greenmeadow seven and six; Llanwern bt Dewstow three and two; Monmouthshire bt Whitehall six and four; Newport bt Virginia Park three and two; Bargoed bt Cardiff one hole; Brynhill bt Royal Porthcawl four and three; Grove bt Glamorganshire one hole; Creigau bt Dinas Powis two and one; Wenvoe Castle bt St Mary's six and five; Caerphilly bt Inco seven and six; Cottrell Park bt Aberdare four and two; Sountherndown bt Llanishen three and two.