Volunteers

ADVICE Mid Wales is looking for new people to join their team of volunteer advisers at the Care Centre. Anyone who is keen to help make a difference to people’s lives, are invited to come and meet the team at their open meeting from 10am to noon on Thursday, 17 March. There will be a chance to find out more about the opportunities available; how Advice Mid Wales works together with their clients; and their support and training of new volunteers. The charity has been delivering advice and support for over 30 years. Contact Jayne Mills on 01654 700210 or email [email protected] if you are interested.

Cwmni Drama Bro Ddyfi

MENTER Iaith Maldwyn: Cwmni Drama Bro Ddyfi yn cyflwyno sesiwn holi a hwyl yng nghwmni Euros Lewis.Nos Fawrth, 29 Mawrth, yn y Clwb Bowlio Machynlleth am 7yh. Mynediad am ddim.Croeso cynnes i bawb – does dim angen sgilau actio! Am fwy o wbodaeth cysylltwch a Sioned Fflur ar [email protected]noesWITH five rounds of the Dyfi Valley Domi-noes League 2015/16 left to play, Foresters B still holds pole position – a healthy seven points ahead of Slaters in second spot.Table (week 13): Foresters B (94 pts.), Slaters (87), Dovey Inn (86), Red Lion A (85), White Horse (80), Penrhos (77), Red Lion B (70), For-esters A (68), Bowling Club (63), Wynnstay Llanbrynmair (58).

Pool

INSPIRED potting by White Lion saw Llew Coch A taste defeat for the first time this season in Division one of the Machynlleth and District Pool League, opening up the race for the title with a 10-5 score line.Skinners A maintained their challenge thanks to a 9-6 victory at Bowling Club, as did Tredegar Arms with an 8-7 win at White Horse A.Meanwhile, producing an 8-7 result at Dwynant, strugglers Llew Coch B eased their relegation troubles and, rounding up the division’s fixtures, Rugby Club A beat their B-team club-mates 11-4.Table: Llew Coch A (27 points), Skinners A (24), White Lion A (21), Tredegar Arms (21), Rugby Club A (18), White Horse A (9), Dwynant (9), Bowling Club (9), Rugby Club B (6), Llew Coch B (6). Division two leaders Foresters were given a big fright at home to basement team White Lion Ladies before they edged an 8-7 victory.Maintaining the closely fought race for runners-up slot, Y Llew Coch Dinas visited Llew Coch ladies and won 10-5 and Skinners prevailed with a 9-6 home victory over Wynnstay Llanbrynmair.Table: Foresters (24 points), Wynnstay Llanbrynmair (18), Y Llew Coch Dinas (18), Skinners B (18), Rugby Club C (15), Slaters (15), Penrhos (6), Llew Coch Ladies (3), White Lion Ladies (0).

AGM

ON Sunday, 7 February, the inaugural joint AGM of Dyfi Land Share and Green Isle Growers proved a great success, attracting an excellent attendance at the Machynlleth Bowling Club.Members heard about the last year’s activities including the GIG Veg Box scheme working as a coop of growers to supply 45 veg bags per week; the Land Share project matching up four new land shares and organising a list of successful courses. Members also heard about Edible Mach Maethlon creating and expanding 10 public edible gardens with the help of 73 volunteers. A decision was made to wrap up the Dyfi Land Share community group, but this is not the end, as Dyfi land Share will be immediately reopened under the Green Isle Growers company structure. This will allow Dyfi land Share to benefit from the protection of legal incorporation, as well as be part of an exciting cooperative of people all working together to increase food production in the Dyfi Valley.This year will see the GIG Box scheme running for a third year as a cooperative, with a big drive to sign up more customers. There are also plans under foot to grow some field-scale crops up at Blaeneinion. They are also introducing a new ‘café box’ scheme to sell more of our surplus veg in the coming months. Land Shares will continue to be made and courses will continue to be run. The Land Share project is looking for more funding in March and, if successful, will be looking into the possibility of setting up a new allotment site near to Machynlleth.Edible Mach Maethlon has achieved funding from Awards for All to create a show allotment in the Plas. They are also going to be working with two local primary schools to deliver food growing workshops.

Unfortunately, Edible Mach was unsuccessful in another recent funding application and are currently left with a funding hole for core activities of running gardening sessions in the town to maintain our Edible Town trail. Any help with funding would be much appreciated.