Moelwyn Male Voice Choir

THE CHOIR, conducted by Sylvia Ann Jones and accompanist Wenna Francis Jones, was in concert at Betws y Coed on Friday evening with Gareth Griffiths the compère and Awel Jones the soloist.The choir will be back at Betws on Friday, 15 April.

Appointment

DELYTH Lloyd Gray of Cwmbowydd Road, who previously held the post of assistant headteacher at Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy, has been appointed to the post of Her Majesty’s Inspector for Estyn, the Inspectorate of Educa-tion in Wales, and she will begin her new post in September.

Services

HOLY Cross: Mass at 6pm on Saturday with Bishop Edwin.St Mary Magdalene: Mass at 11am with Bishop Edwin.St Michael’s: Morning service at 9.30am.St David’s: Morning service at 11am.Manod Orthodox: Third and Sixth Canonical Hours at 10am followed by the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom at 10.30am.Bethesda: Rev Nesta Mary Davies, 10am, who will be at Calfaria, afternoon.

Côr Rhiannedd y Moelwyn

CYNHALIWYD cyfarfod blynyddol gyda Nia Pritchard-Roberts yn cadeirio a diolchodd i’r pwyllgor am eu gwaith caled gydol y flwyddyn ac aelodau am eu hymroddiad diflino.Ers tair blynedd ers sefyldu y côr maent wedi cael profiadau niferus yn cynnwys ennill y wobr gyntaf yn Eisteddfod Trawsfynydd a dod yn fuddugol unwaith eto yng Ngwyl Gorawl Gogledd Cymru.Mae y côr wedi cael gwahoddiad i ymuno â Russell Watson ar lwyfan Y Venue, Llandudno ym mis Awst ynghyd â chynlluniau eraill mae yn argoeli i fod yn flwyddyn llawn cyffro a digwyddiadau i’r côr.Ail-etholwyd y cadeirydd, Nia Pritchard-Roberts; is-gadeirydd, Lynne Owen; trysory-dd, Mari Williams; is-drysorydd, Claire Jones; ac yn dilyn ymddiswyddiad yr ysgrifenyddes Eleri Lloyd, etholwyd Catrin Williams i’r swydd, gan ddiolch i Eleri am yr holl waith wnaed ganddi i’r côr.Cynrychiolwyr y lleisiau ydi Carys Docherty (soprano), Laura Ellis (ail soprano) a Lynne Roberts (alto).

Dref Werdd

BY WORKING with landowners and other organisations, Dref Werdd has been improv-ing areas affected by rhododendron and creating opportunities for the volunteers of how to deal with the invasive species.They have earmarked two other similar days to continue the work with Keep Wales Tidy; Thursday and Friday, 7 and 8 April.Anyone interested in joining them should meet at the Old Mill, Tanygrisiau, at 10am on each day.Old clothing and suitable footwear are advised for the work.

Maenofferen Gallery

THE GALLERY hosts an exhibition of Seas and Mountains by artist Ray Murphy.Admission is free during the library’s open-ing hours.

Camera club

MARGARET Barber from Menai Bridge was the adjudicator for the club’s Digimania competition where members had to select five themes from a list of nine and enter one image on each subject.The competition was won by Ian O’Neill with John Powell Jones second and Iona O’Neill third.Having recently beaten the Caernarfon club in an inter-club competition, winning both the print and projected image sections, the Blaenau club remains undefeated in their inter-club competitions.The adjudicator for this competition was Terry Mills from the Deudraeth club.

Advice

A REPRESENTATIVE from the Citizens Advice Bureau will be at the library on Mon-days from 10am to 1pm ready to deal with any issues anyone might have.No appointments are needed to be seen.

Clwb Cerdded Stiniog

TAITH Maldwyn Post fydd gan aelodau‘r clwb ddydd Sul, i gychwyn ger Ty Gorsaf am 9yb.Mae esgidiau cryf, dillad addas a phecyn o fwyd yn hanfodol i’r daith.Bydd cyfarfod blynyddol y clwb yr wythnos wedyn gyda’r lleoliad i’w drefnu.

Merched y Wawr

CYFARFU’R aelodau ar 21 Mawrth yn y ganolfan gymdeithasol, gyda Ceinwen yn llywyddu.Cafwyd adroddiad o ginio cenedlaethol y llywydd yn y gogledd a gynhaliwyd ym Mhlas Kinmel pryd y cyhoeddwyd bod gwerthiant yr ategolion at y galon erbyn hyn yn agos i £24,500.Cyhoeddwyd bod y penwythnos preswyl eleni yn Abertawe.Gwraig wadd y noson oedd Ann P Williams o Benmachno. Ei diddordeb arbennig ydy ‘Gwau Mawr’.Gan ddefnyddio gwlan wedi’i ailgylchu, ei brynu mewn siopau elusen neu sêl cist car, neu peli dros ben gan deulu a ffrindiau, cych-wynodd arbrofi gwau â gweill anferth, wedi eu llunio o goes brwsh llawr a thafell o bren rholbren ar y top.Gyda rhyw 10 i 20 edafedd amryliw, dechreuodd i ddechrau greu clustogau gan amrywio eu maint, gan fynd ymlaen i wau sgarffiau a gorchuddion, peth atal drafft a powlenni cadarn. Roedd ganddi hefyd declyn crosio mawr, a rhoddodd Megan gynnig ar ddefnyddio hwnnw.Yn eu tro, rhoddodd pawb gynnig ar y gwau mawr.Gellir gweld rhai o’r nwyddyau hyn yn siop Pentre Pethau yn Llanrwst.Diolchwyd yn gynnes i Ann gan Dilys Williams, gan nodi fel mae pethau’n newid o oes i oes. Bu’r noson yn agoriad llygad i bawb.Enillwyd cystadleuaeth y mis o liain sych llestri gwahanol gan Els, gydag eitemau Nerys yn ail a thrydydd.Diolch i Elen hefyd am yr anrheg Pasg bach i bawb a ddosbarthodd yn ystod y baned.Bydd y cyfarfod nesaf nos Lun, 25 Ebrill, a’r gystadleuaeth fydd Canllwyllbren.

Sports

BLAENAU Amateurs FC’s home match against Gaerwen was postponed.They are due to play at home to another Anglesey side in the form of Llanerchymedd this Saturday. The reserve side are at Llangefni on Wednesday evening and at Glan Conwy on Saturday. Bro Ffestiniog XV are to play their North Wales Senior Plate final against Division One North side Llandudno at Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay, on Saturday, 30 April, with a 1pm kick-off. Their Division Two North home match on Saturday against Flint was postponed, but they are home to Shotton this Saturday.