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Community Bake It: Pyle Community Council, Mynydd Cynffig Women’s Institute and the Talbot Community Centre are organising their second Community Bake It during Festival Week.
All entries must be taken to the Talbot Community Centre on Tuesday, June 27, from 8am-12noon.
The judges will be members of the WI who will commence judging at noon. Entrants and members of the public will be allowed back into the hall from 12.30pm-2pm to view the prize certificates.
Contact Cheryl Butcher 01656 749 754 for full entry details and categories.
Bethel Community Church: Breakfast is served on Tuesdays from 10am-12noon. Bethel Community Church is situated in Pwllygath Street, Kenfig Hill. I recently met some fabulous people over breakfast and was very moved by the incredibly warm welcome I received.
The Talbot Community Centre: Quilting and Sewing – come along for inspiration and help with your projects Mondays from 2pm-4pm.
Do you want to learn how to use a computer, tablet or iPad? Two computer classes are available at The Talbot, Tuesdays or Wednesdays, from 10am-12noon.
Whist players are needed for the Partner Whist Drives at The Talbot on Wednesdays, from 6.30pm-8.30pm.
Talbot Day Trippers will be visiting Saundersfoot and Pendine on Tuesday, June 20. They will be leaving the village at 9am and will be home at 6pm. £12 per person for members and £13 per person for non-members. Call 01656 749754 to book tickets.
Reading Groups: Join one of the many reading groups in Pyle Library.
The Night-Owls Group meet on the third Thursday of the month at 7pm.
The Daytime Group meets on the last Thursday of the month at 2pm.
The Teenage Group (12-19 years old) meets on the second Thursday of the month.
The Junior Reading Group (8-12 years old) meet on the 2 Tuesday of the month.
Bounce and Rhyme meets on a Friday at 10am.
Mothers’ Union: Meet at the Parish Hall in Pyle every third Tuesday of the month at 7pm, from April – October.
All are welcome to attend their Summer Lunch which will be held at The Grove on Tuesday, June 27, at 12noon for 12.30pm. Tickets cost £13.50. For further information, please call Mrs Brookes on 741077.
Memory Lane Café: Are you looking after someone who is very forgetful or has been diagnosed with dementia? Come and meet people in a similar situation at Pyle Life Centre every Friday, from 9.30am-11am.
There will be activities including singing and crafts and looking at old photographs of the area. Call Louise on 07791 891578.
Pyle Life Centre: What’s on?
Mondays – Basic Skills, Cuppa with a Copper, Digital Skills, Bridges into Work 2, Tang Soo Do Martial Art and Zumba.
Tuesdays – Basic Skills, Revolutionize Dance, Kyokushin Karate and Dance Maniax Street Dance.
Wednesdays – Basic Skills, Learn Direct Drop In, Weight Watchers, Lego Club, Ballet, Shotokan Karate and Yoga.
Thursdays – Shelta Cymru, Kyokushin Karate, Cynffig Crafts and Hip Hop with Revolutionize.
Fridays – Bounce and Rhyme, Tang Soo Do Martial Art and Gymnastics for Children.
Saturdays – Story Time and Craft, Baby Ballet with Revolutionize and Dance with Revolutionize.
For more details and times drop in to Pyle Library.
Mynydd Cynffig Primary School: Year 6 pupils are invited to attend the Youth Club based at Cynffig Comprehensive School every Tuesday and Thursday from 6.30pm8.30pm where staff offer games, football, pool, social events, hairdressing taster sessions and a variety of other activities.
Call Senior Youth Worker Roger Went on 07904 924 799.
Pil Primary School: Catrin Hall and her fundraising partner Biggles, visited the school recently to accept a cheque for £1,280.
Catrin spoke to pupils about the Welsh charity which provides vital emergency air cover for those who face life threatening illness or injuries.
She was pleased to announce that the generosity of the cheque would pay for the cost of one life saving mission.
Year 6 – Pupils visited Litchard TA centre in Bridgend to take part in the annual Crucial Crew workshops. Pupils had lots of fun dressing up in army uniforms and using army equipment.
Farewell – Staff and pupils say goodbye to Mrs Sarah Wallace as she leaves her position in the school office to begin her Personal Assistant role at Cardiff University.
Everyone wishes her all the best for the future.
Year 4 – Students took part in a football based book competition.
Pil Primary, along with three other primary schools, were challenged on their knowledge of football and the football themed book they had been reading in class.
The competition aimed to promote boys reading for pleasure but the girls were pretty keen on the books too. Pil Primary answered a staggering 20 questions correctly.
Leo Jones stole the show when he answered a question correctly on Italian dictator, Mussolini.
Pil Primary were then allowed 20 shots at goal and comfortably slotted away eight goals. Man of the match, Alfie Joyce, put away two goals in a true show of his skills. Well done to all who took part.
Mynydd Cynffig Primary School: The school was Bridgend’s representative at the Welsh Schools Rugby Union Junior Group National 10-a-Side Tournament at Dunvant RFC in Swansea.
In a high-quality tournament, they strung together group-stage wins against YGG Caerfilli (4-0), Bryncoch Primary, Mold (2-0) and Pentrepoeth, Swansea (1-0) having lost their opening match to eventual winners Ysgol Y Dderwen, Carmarthen (0-5).
In the quarter-finals, they played Crynallt Primary, Neath and, despite taking the lead, eventually lost 3-2.
Nevertheless, the squad should feel very proud of their season, winning the Keith Grice Memorial Cup, finishing runners-up in the Basil George Cup and reaching the last eight of the Welsh National 10 a side Festival.
Both Will Ronan and Matthew Watkins represented the Bridgend District Under 11s team regularly throughout the season too.
The squad which represented the school at the Welsh National 10 a side Festival included: Matthew Watkins, Will Ronan, Harry Punter, Joshua Roberts, Aaron Thomas, Jack Cavill, Scott Cox, Lloyd Thomas, Jake Harries, Finley Davies, Talan Richards, Ethan Dewar and Reggie HydeJones. Well done to you all – you should be extremely proud.
Mr Davies, the Headteacher, would like to thank Mr Pedler and Mr Price for their coaching of the team this academic year and also to the parents, grandparents and friends who have supported the team throughout the year.
More Sport – The school played basketball and cricket matches at home to St Clare’s School, Porthcawl.
The ‘A’ cricket team scored 223 and the visitors scored 255. Thomas Caudle and Daniel Thomas performed very well.
The ‘B’ cricket team scored 221 and the visitors scored 214. Caleb McKeon and Dewi Rogers were the stand-out performers.
On the basketball court, the ‘A’ team won by 38 points to 10 and the ‘B’ team drew 10-all. Well done to all who took part.
Many congratulations to the Year 4 team that won the Cynffig Cluster Penalty Shoot-Out Book Quiz last Thursday at Cynffig Comprehensive School.
Pupils answered three rounds of eight questions and ended with a total of 23 out of 24.
Following this, each in turn took a particular number of penalty kicks against a goalkeeper, children’s author Mike Church.
The school ended with a total of 42 and won the competition. Well done and congratulation to the team: Mali Boon, Dylan Jones, Caitlin Joyner, Jake Noble, Kian Wilson, Presley Barham, Dylan Evans, Olivia Hughes, Evie Richards, Rio Williams.
Year 3 – Pupil Thomas Williams will be swimming a mile to raise money for the charity Level Water on Wednesday, June 14, from 3.30pm at Pyle Pool.
A few years ago, Thomas was diagnosed with sensorineural deafness in both ears and when he started swimming, he struggled to pass Stage 1.
His mother then discovered a charity which helps children with disabilities to learn to swim, namely Level Water.
Recently, Thomas brought his 800-metre swimming badge and certificate to school to celebrate and he is now determined to raise money for the charity so that other children with disabilities can learn to swim.
If you would like to support Thomas, you can donate at www.justgiving. com on his own page – Thomas’ 1 Mile Swim – or donate by text by sending TWLW64 £amount to 70070 (e.g. TWLW64 £5).
Good luck, Thomas. Book Club, at Bridgend Library, will take place on June 20.
The WI’s next meeting will be held this Thursday, June 1 at 7.15pm in Blandy Hall, Laleston. The speaker will be Terry Walton, the Radio 2 gardener and the competition is an ‘obscure gardening tool’.
New members are always welcome, why not come along and join us, we are a very friendly group. Call Diane on 01656 656600.
Laleston Gardening Club: Fortcoming events include:
Friday June 9 – Monthly committee meeting at Cliff Cottage.
Saturday, June 10 – Summer coach trip to Cae Hir Gardens near Llandeilo. This will be followed on Saturday, July 15 with a trip to Abbey-Cwm-Hir near Llandrindod Wells and on Saturday, August 19 with a trip to Croesllanfro Farm, Rogerstone, near Newport.
Sunday June 11 – Members Joyce and Richard Pegg will be opening their delightful gardens in Corntown to the public under the National Garden Scheme, with all money raised going to charity.
Their garden will be open from 11am-4pm and their will be home made teas available
Monday, June 12 – The last of this years lecture series takes place at 7.30pm. Anthony Walton will give a talk entitled Birds That Visit the Garden. Lectures recommence in October
Craft Fayre: Friends of Ysgol Bryn Castell are holding a Craft Fair and Table Top Sale at Bryncethin Campus Sports Hall this Sunday, June 11 from 9.30am-12 noon. There will be face painting and refreshments.
All proceeds to YBS Charity No. 1122001. Admission free. Tables to be booked before the date for £10 – call 01656 815595.
Day Trips: In order to raise money for the Bridge Mentoring Plus Scheme, Manuela Hiett is organising the following:
Sunday, July 30 – Day trip to Tenby with dropping off points to Folly Farm, Tenby, Heatherton Park. Cost – £15.
Sunday, September 17 – Day trip to Abergavenny Food Festival. Cost £12.
Contact Manuela on 07505 530 567 or Sara Grinnell at Bridge Mentoring Plus on 01656 647 891 for details.
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