The latest community news from around Machynlleth

Hear to Help

THE next Hear to Help drop-in clinic in Machynlleth is on Friday, 4 November, at the Care Centre, Forge Road, from 10am to midday.

Gerddi Bro Ddyfi Gardens

GERDDI Bro Ddyfi is calling for support to secure vital funding for 2017. The community garden is relying on votes to increase their chances of winning funding of up to £10,000 which will enable volunteers to work with the Machynlleth Community Children’s Project to transform an area of the garden into a new wildlife friendly area that children can enjoy. Only projects with the most votes will become finalists, so additional support is vital.To get behind Gerddi Bro Ddyfi and help make a difference in your local community, visit https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/voting/project/view/16-2673.

Dominoes

FORESTERS A edged into a one-point lead over White Horse at the top of the Dyfi Valley Dominoes League following week three’s round of fixtures.Table: Foresters B (22), White Horse (21), Bowling Club (20), Red Lion (20), Wynnstay Llan. (20), Dovey Inn (15), Slaters (10), Foresters A (8), Penrhos (8).

County pool

WITH the North Wales Pool Association’s summer league 2016 programme at an end, and preparations for the 2016/17 schedule now in place, Machynlleth poolers were highly placed in the individual rankings in the first and third divisions. Machynlleth A poolers took six of the top 20 placings of 80 listed in the first division. Top honours went to Carl Clark as, taking a magnificent second place, he won 27 frames from 45 played.In positions 7, 8 and 9 were Robert Griffiths (25/42), Lee Davies (24/43) and Mark Gaskell (24/45) respectively. Scott Davies (23/42) secured 11th spot and Kenyon Hall (20/39) 19th.Meanwhile, Machynlleth B, who gained promotion to the second division, saw their poolers pick up four of the top 20 placings of 99 listed. Sixth place went to Arwel Owen, who won 24 of his 40 frames, and was followed by Phil Hay (22/39), Sion Williams (21/29) and Brian Johnson (17/36) in 11th, 12th and 19th respectively.

Music club

ON Friday, 11 November, the music club will present Sofja Gulyak from Russia, acknowledged to be one of world’s leading pianists. The concert at the Tabernacle starts at 7.30pm.

Frongoch Boatyard

THE Boy John, Frongoch Boatyard, is hosting Mikey Bailey perform-ing songs from the pebble pits, on Sunday, 13 November at 7.30pm. Tickets available from the Deco Shop, Heol Maengwyn.

Workshop

A POET who fled Cameroon and spent years as an illegal immigrant in Russia will hold a workshop at Pen’rallt Bookshop in Machynlleth on Thursday (3 November).Eric Ngalle Charles - who is also described as a dramatist and novelist - arrived in Cardiff in 1999, where he was able to claim asylum.He now runs writing classes at the Welsh Refugee Centre there, where he has helped refugees to use writing to get over the trauma of being displaced.He is running a workshop from 2pm to 3.30pm at Pen’rallt for writers and then, in the evening, he will introduce and then read from ASYLUM, which was published by Hafan Books in June.