Services

HOLY Cross: Mass at 6pm on Saturday with Bishop Edwin.St Mary Magdalene: Mass at 11am with Bishop Edwin.Calfaria: Gwyn Evans, Llysfaen, morning.Bethesda: Rev Dewi Morris, 10am.Carmel: Rev Tudur Lewis, 2pm.Manod Orthodox: Third and Sixth Canonical Hours at 10am followed by Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrystosom at 10.30am.Poetry THE Blaenau Poetry and Creative Writing group monthly meeting will be held next Tuesday at the Bridge Cafe between 10.30am and noon.For more information call 830403.

Advice

BECAUSE of last Monday being a Bank Holiday the representative of the Citizens Advice Bureau was not present at the library, but will be back to its weekly visits from this coming Monday between 10am and 1pm.

Chat

FORMER Trawsfynydd Power Station workers and their families are invited to enjoy a cup of tea and a chat next Tuesday at 2pm at the Prysor Centre and Cafe, and they are asked to bring any relevant photographs with them so they can be put on Flickr for posterity.

Gallery

FROM next Wednesday, for six weeks, the Maenofferen Gallery will host an exhibition of the work of the local Camera Club members which is much looked forward to by many who have seen their past exhibitions.Admission is free during the library’s opening hours.

Awards

THE Moelwyn Gymnastics Club based at the community centre is among the 10 Gwynedd sports clubs who have been awarded a share of the £13,000 from the Gwynedd Community Chest which has been set up to promote sports clubs in the county. Local ladies rugby player Jessica Kavanagh Williams who plays for the Llanelli Scarlets Ladies team has been presented its Player of the Year award by its head coach Daryl Morgan.They won the regional tournament at the Fosters Sevens with Jess also named Player of the Tournament.They have also for the second year running won the Regional Championship and when not playing for the Scarlets, Jess also plays for Caernarfon Ladies who gained promotion to the Premiership for the first time.She was also capped for the Wales International Sevens team last year.

Clwb Merched

GWR gwadd nos Fawrth oedd Dylan Davies o Gyngor Gwynedd yn Nolgellau a soniodd am y pwysigrwydd o ailgylchu gyda biniau arbennig, a’r hyn a ddigwydd i’r sbwriel ar ôl iddo fynd i’r canolfannau ailgylchu.Gwesteion y te oedd Ellen, Margaret a Glenys, a rhoddwyd y raffl gan Mair. Yr enillydd oedd Christine.

Urdd

AMONG those literary winners in this year’s Urdd National Eisteddfod are Twm Jones of Manod School, who won the Poetry Year 2 and under competition, and in the Childcare Under-19s competition Grwp, Tesni Jones from Ysgol y Moelwyn won the first prize and Grwp Mared Hughes also from the same school was placed third in the same competition.Dylan Jacobs, of Ysgol Edmund Prys, Gellilydan, won the first prize in the AEN (Severe) Year 3 to 6 class.

Merched y Wawr y Blaenau

CYFARFU’R aelodau ar 23 Mai yn y Ganolfan Gymdeithasol, gyda Ceinwen yn llywyddu.Llongyfarchwyd Carys, merch Bet Roberts, ar ei swydd newydd.Cafwyd adroddiad o gyfarfod y Pum Rhanbarth ym Mangor gan Neris. Enillydd tlws y cystadlaethau am y flwyddyn oedd Megan Jones.Yna cyflwynodd Megan anrheg ffarwel i Els sydd yn mudo lawr i Lanbedr Pont Steffan, oddi wrth aelodau’r gangen.Bu Els yn aelod ffyddlon a gweith-gar yma yn y Blaenau ers nifer fawr o flynyddoedd, a bydd colled enfawr ar ei hôl y tymor nesaf. Ond dymunwn pob bendith iddi yn ei chartref newydd.Cafwyd adroddiad blynyddol wedyn gan y llywydd, yr ysgrifennydd a’r trysorydd.Aethpwyd ymlaen i benodi swyddogion ar gyfer 2016-2017 fel a ganlyn: llywydd, Ceinwen Humphries; is-lywydd, Rhian Williams; ysgrifennydd, Megan Jones; is-ysgrifennydd, Marian Roberts; trysorydd, Mena Davies; is-drysorydd, Bet Roberts; tâl aelodaeth, Morwena Owen; ysgrifennydd y wasg, Marian Roberts; trefnydd cystadlaethau, Janet Roberts; trefnyddion y tê, Neris Thomas a Gaynor.Roedd ail hanner y noson yng ngofal y garddwr Eirwyn Roberts, Dolwyddelan. Bu’n sgwrsio’n ddi-fyr iawn ar sut i greu basgedi crôg a photiau yn llawn blodau ar gyfer creu lliw o gwmpas y ty at yr haf. Rhybuddiodd hefyd fel y gall dif-fyg dyfrio fod yn farwol i’r plan-higion bach o’u plannu mewn cyn lleied o bridd!Cafwyd llawer i gyngor i ymholiadau’r aelodau, a chyfle i brynu planhigion ar ddiwedd y sgwrs. Diolchodd Megan i Mr Roberts am noson werth chweil.I orffen y tymor byddwn yn ymweld â Phlas Tanybwlch, nos Lun, 20 Mehefin. Ysgol y MoelwynYN dilyn cyfarfod yn Ysgol y Moelwyn wythnos ddiwethaf, penderfynwyd i wahodd Gwyl Cerdd Dant 2018 i Blaenau Ffestiniog am y tro cyntaf.Bu i John Eifion, trefnydd yr wyl, roi darlun llawn o beth fuasai yn ei olygu yn lleol i gael yr wyl yma. Meddai y buasai yn rhoi hwb i fusnesau lleol a byddai rhai o’r cystadleuwyr eisiau lle i aros dros penwythnos yr wyl fydd yn cael ei chynnal ar Sadwrn, 10 Tachwedd 2018, a’r lleoliad fydd Ysgol y Moelwyn.Dywedodd hefyd mai rhyw £40,000 ydi y gost o’i chynnal a buasai rhaid ethol pwyllgor ac is-bwyllgorau lleol.Pasiwyd y bydd cyfarfod arall yn Ysgol y Moelwyn ar 22 Mehefin am 7.30yh i ddechrau ethol y wahanol bwyllgorau sydd ei angen a soniwyd hefyd am gael cyngerdd lleol i’w gyhoeddi yn ystod y flwyddyn nesaf. Er gwybodaeth mae’r wyl eleni ym Mhwllheli ac yn Llandysul y flwyddyn nesaf.

Sports

THE Bro Ffestiniog rugby club, having been promoted back to the WRU Division 1 North, is to hold its annual general meeting at the rugby club tonight (2 June) at 7pm and the club is appealing to its members to be present to discuss various issues following the promotion.Blaenau Amateurs FC has also announced that its AGM will be held at Ty Gorsaf next Wednesday evening at 7pm.The name of the new club manager will be debated and important other posts need to be filled so to keep the club going anyone interested in helping is invited to attend.The reserves’ final game of their long season was at Llandudno Junction last week which ended in a 5-0 defeat, after a goalless first half.

Clwb Cerdded

PENWYTHNOS yma bydd aelodau Clwb Cerdded Stiniog yn ymweld ag Arfordir Penfro am dair noson.Roedd y fan honno neu Sir Efrog mewn golwg ganddynt, ond am aros yng Nghymru y maent y tro yma.