THE latest community news from Blaenau Ffestiniog

Services

HOLY Cross – Mass at 6pm on Saturday and 11am on Sunday with Fr Shaji Punnati;

Manod Orthodox – Third and Sixth Canonical Hours at 10am followed by the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom;

St Michael’s – Morning service at 9.30am;

St David’s – Morning service at 11am; Carmel – Tudor Hughes, 10am; Bowydd – Aled Job; Bethesda – Communion service with Rhian Williams, 10am

Clwb Cerdded

TAITH nesaf aelodau Clwb Cerdded Stiniog fydd i Gwm Nantcol ddydd Sul yma a gofynnir i’r aelodau fod ger T? Gorsaf am 9yb.

Mae esgidiau cryf, dillad addas a phecyn o fwyd yn hanfodol i’r daith.

Sports

AFTER their week off Bro Ffestiniog XV resume their Division 1 North programme with an away match at Llandudno this Saturday.

The Blaenau Amateurs FC were beaten 3-1 at Pwllheli and are home to Penmaenmawr Pheonix this Saturday.

The town’s Under-16 football team’s good run of results continued with an impressive 5-2 Lleyn and Eifionnydd League away win at Pwllheli with Sion Hughes scoring a brace, one each from Osian Davies and Morgan Slater and an own goal.

On 9 March they will be home to Llandudno Junction in the semi final of the North Wales Coast Challenge Cup with the kick off at 10am.

Defibrillators

THE town council has decided to install a defibrillator in both the Tanygrisiau and Manod areas, but where they will be put there has as yet not been confirmed.

Award

DELYTH Evans- Jones of the local shoe shop on High Street was present at the National Conference Centre at Birmingham recently where she was awarded the UK Student of the Year 2018 of the Society of Shoe Fitters and came home with a cup and a certificate on which her success was printed on.

Delyth is the daughter in law of Stan and Beryl Jones, the latter having been at the shoe shop for many years and at Siop Essie as many still call the shop.

Charger

HAVING discussed a letter from a local resident on the lack of a large electric car charging point, the council stated that they cannot offer any comments on how to overcome this problem but if these difficulties continue then the council would have a great interest in looking into the possibility of having an electric car charging point in the town centre.

Choir

THE BRYTHONIAID Choir, conducted by John Eifion with accompanist Elizabeth Ellis, took part in a choral competition at Huddersfield at the weekend.

They won two competitions namely the male voice then the open event.

And to round off a good event they were placed second in a competition of the first two winning choirs in the various sections of the competition.

Darts,/b>

THE BLAENAU men’s darts team had a 6-2 home win over Pwllheli in a Gwynedd Super League match played at the RWF Cub on Sunday evening.

Fouling

THE council has agreed to install wooden posts in the old rugby club site for the purpose of displaying signs to prevent dog fouling.

Festival

FOLLOWING the success of the Winter Festival last year, the council has resolved to stage a summer festival as well as the winter one this year.

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