THE latest community news from Blaenau Ffestiniog

Services

CARMEL: United chapels service with the Rev Ioan Wyn Jones.

St David’s: Morning service at 11am.

St Michael’s: Morning service at 9.30am.

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

St Mary Magdalene: Mass at 1 am with Fr Shaji Punnati.

Holy Cross: Mass at 6pm on Saturday with Fr Shaji Punnati.

Clwb Cerdded

TAITH nesaf aelodau Clwb Cerdded Stiniog fydd i Cwm Hirnant Ddydd Sul, a gofynnir iddynt fod ger T? Gorsaf am 9yb; mae esgidiau cryf, dillad addas a phecyn o fwyd yn hanfodol i’r daith.

Bowls

THE bowling club was beaten 9-3 at Min y Don, Old Colwyn in the final North Wales League match of the season and as a result the hosts ended the season as league champions and Blaenau ended in fourth place.

Just for the record their winners on Saturday were Gareth Vaughan Jones, Adam Hyde and Aled Owen.

This Sunday, Blaenau take part in Champion of Champions competition to be held at Grove Park, Rhyl when they will be as winners of the Gwynedd Cup up against three other areas cup winners namely Llay Welfare, from Wrexham, Coed Talon from Flintshire and Min y Don from Clwyd.

Hospice

A MEETING took place at the Ffestiniog Town Council Chamber to discuss the possibility of establishing a hospice in the former Physiotherapy Clinic at Towyn Road.

Cllr Glyn Daniels welcomed those present, stating that the council had been offered the said site by the health board and that the building condition is fine but the interior would need renovation.

He introduced Trystan Pritchard from St David’s Hospice Llandudno to explain the work, as well as what would be needed to set up and run the hospice.

As for the Llandudno hospice, it was set up 20 years ago and only exists with the support of that area’s community.

He added that a new hospice is set up to open in Holyhead next year and staffing costs will be £400,000 per annum, which will be paid for with the support and contribution from the island’s residents, government funding and the health board.

There were representatives of some community and town councils at the meeting and many questions were put to Trystan Pritchard as to whether this plan could go ahead in this area with the costings one of the main issues being raised.

It was then decided that the next steps would be to look at the costs of renovating the old physiotherapy building and to research other suitable sites such as Bryn Blodau in Llan Ffestiniog, the Health Centre in Blaenau Ffestiniog and Ysbyty Alltwen, Tremadog where the building costs would be low and the resources are already in place. It was also decide to invite Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM and Liz Saville Roberts MP to support the campaign and the area’s town and parish councils are due to discuss the proposals at their September meetings and will inform Ffestiniog Town Council of any feedback and/or decisions before the end of the month.

Meeting

THE English Section of Cymdeithas Bro Ffestiniog open their new season of meetings at 7.30pm tonight (Thursday) at the Ganolfan, Wynne Road where the guest speaker, Dr James JanuaryMcCann, will give a lecture on ‘Collecting Welsh.

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