Gwaun-cae-Gurwen

In fine voice The Ysgol y Bedol foundation pupils’ choir made a visit to the Amman Valley Hospital just before Christmas and were in fine voice as patients and hospital staff thoroughly enjoyed their performance.

Kind gesture The Pantry Gwaun-caeGurwen food bank were delighted to receive the donation of a number of boxes of food from football club Cwmamman United AFC just before Christmas, a lovely gesture for which the food bank is extremely grateful.

Refuse changes Please be reminded that local refuse collections in Glanaman and Garnant will be changed over the new year period and will be collected later than usual.

Police and community together The next Cwmamman Pact meeting will be tonight at 7pm.

Cwmamman OAP Branch Wishes all members and friends all the best for the festive period; Blwyddyn newydd dda i chi gyd. See you all on January 10 for the next scheduled meeting in the centre.

Yn y capeli Dydd Sul: Bethel Newydd, Garnant: Sian Lewis, Garnswllt (bore). Calfaria, Garnant: y Parchedig John Talfryn Jones (cwrdd am 3yp).

Hospital news Best wishes to Gwenda Davies, Cwmamman Road, Garnant, who was a patient at Prince Phillip Hospital, Llanelli, ward 3, just before Christmas. Family night success Garnant Club’s annual family Christmas disco was again well attended. Thank you to everyone who attended, helped out, supported the raffle, and of course, our own Secret Santa for again kindly donating the selection boxes – you know who you are. Hospital visit Some of Cwmamman United soccer club’s players, committee and officials paid a visit to Amman Valley Hospital just before Christmas, bringing with them a selection of boxes of various sweets, chocolates and other goodies for the patients and wonderful staff; a lovely gesture by the football club; well done, boys.

Healthy new year From your correspondent, hoping you had a nice Christmas, and hoping you all in Glanaman and Garnant have a happy, but more importantly, healthy, new year. 80th birthday Recently celebrating his 80th birthday was Jim Thomas, of Hall Street, Ammanford. Jim was joined by family and friends for a celebration party at Amman United Rugby Club, where Delyth and her team put on a sumptuous buffet and Terry provided the entertainment.

Priodas Dydd Nadolig Llongyfarchiadau mawr i Ceris Campbell, merch Rhian a Darrell Campbell, a fu’n priodi ar fore Ddydd Nadolig. Dymunwn yn dda am y dyfodol i Ceris a’i gwr, Tomos, yn eu bywyd priodasol. Cynhelir y briodas yng nghapel Bethel Newydd, Garnant.

Christ Church, Garnant Sunday service every week,at 9.30am. Birthday news Very best wishes to Garnant lady Yvonne James, New School Road, who will be 84 years young on Monday; penblwydd hapus i chi, Yvonne.

Byron Evans

25 Cwmamman Road, Ammanford. byronevans1@hotmail.com

Bereavement Tom Stewart, of Nant yr Eglwys, Tai’rgwaith, passed away, peacefully at his home on December 10. Tom was the beloved husband of Edwina, much loved father of Glen, Ian, Emily and the late Allen, respected father-in-law of Lynne, loving, proud grandad and great-grandad, and a dear brother and brother-in-law. The funeral was held on Christmas Eve at Llanelli Crematorium. Save The Children Pupils of Ysgol Gwaun-cae-Gurwen wore their splendid Christmas jumpers and at the same time raised money for the Save the Children fund; well done.

Calendars available Ysgol Gwaun-cae-Gurwen currently have new school calendars for sale, at £5 each. Meanwhile, Ysgol y Waun’s doors will re-open after the festive break on Monday.

Y Lolfa-GCG Library Will re-open its doors after the festive break as from Tuesday at 10am; meanwhile, the Local History Club resumes on Monday (7pm) at the venue.

Healthy new year From your correspondent, hoping you had a nice Christmas, and hoping you all in the Cwmgors, Tai’rgwaith and Waun communities have a happy, but more importantly, healthy, new year.

Kind gesture The Pantry Gwaun-caeGurwen food bank were delighted to reieve the donation of a number of boxes of food from football club Cwmamman United AFC just before Christmas; a lovely gesture for which the food bank is extremely grateful.

Lots Of Tots Nursery, Tai’rgwaith Re-opens its doors after Christmas today. Birthday news Very best wishes to Tai’rgwaith lady Renee Vickers, of Brook Terrace, who will be 92 years young on Friday.

Llanfair Church, Cwmgors service held weekly at 11am.

Bancffosfelen & Crwbin

Keith Evans

Sunday

43 Brandyway, Pontyberem. 01269 871955 keithevans806@btinternet.com

Clwb Hamdden Club members next meet on Tuesday, January 15, for their annual general meeting from 2pm in the Bancffosfelen and Crwbin Hall. Members had a most enjoyable Christmas dinner on December 11 at the White Hart, Llandeilo.

Cymdeithas Hanes Cwm Gwendraeth To join the Welsh local history society or to find out more please contact Rhian on 01269 871209.

Yoga Club Meets in the Memorial Hall on Thursdays: First session from 10.30am; second session from 11.45am. Monday at 7pm in the Community Hall, Pembrey. Cost £1.50 for members and £2.50 for non-members at the door to include a raffle ticket and refreshments. The garden club meets on the first Monday of the month except bank holidays. Join us for an annual fee of £5. Enquiries to secretary Lynda on 01554 833490.

Animal Lifeline Wales The charity shop next to Alpha Vets is closed until Monday, January 14, at 9.30am. Historical Society The next meeting of the Burry Port and Pembrey Historical Society will take place at 7pm on Tuesday at Burry Port Memorial Hall annexe. The guest speaker will be Reverend Eldon Phillips on The Rock n’ Roll Years.

Litter pick The Pembrey and Burry Port Grab and Bag volunteer litter picking group will be meeting at the football pitch/new school car park SN453 005 on January 11 from 10am until noon. All equipment is provided but please be sure to bring a pair of gloves. As well as cleaning up our local areas volunteers can also sign up to receive time credits. Everyone is welcome but children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. For further information please ring 07971 131184.

Art exhibition Audrey Ranson and Hilary Smith of Burry Port Art Group are exhibiting their paintings and textile work in the Harbour Light tearoom at Burry Port harbour until the end of January. The tearoom is open Wednesday to Sunday from 11am to 4pm but closed Monday and Tuesday.

Ty Golau Group This is a health and wellbeing group for people with slight memory problems, Alzheimer’s/ dementia-type illnesses and meets every Wednesday at Mynyddygarreg Community Hall from 10.30am to noon. Contact Janet Lewis on 01554 890896. Dads’ group Only Men Allowed dads’ group, with new staff member Ken, every Wednesday from 1pm to 3pm at the Burry Port Family Centre in the Old Junior School, Stepney Road, Burry Port. These sessions are open to male parents, step-parents, guardians and carers from the locality. For further information contact 01554 834063. Photographic society Pembrey and Burry Port Photographic Society meet CARMARTHEN Rotary Club met on Monday, December 17. President Mary Thorley welcomed members and guests to the Christmas lunch. Although this was a time for relaxing and socialising with fellow Rotarians, families and friends, it was also an opportunity to raise funds, with a splendid raffle organised by new Rotarians Ivor and Betty McLatchy.

The generosity displayed ensured an excellent selection of prizes. The monies raised will go some way to helping deserving causes in the next year. President Mary also had the pleasant task of inducting our newest associate member Eirwen Evans into the club.

President Mary, as her sponsor, informed members that Eirwen was a friend and loyal, hard-working colleague of many years and she would prove to be an asset to the club in the future. Members were pleased to see the return of past president Raja to the club. AT a recent meeting club president Tony Ensom had the pleasure of introducing a speaker from the Bluestone Foundation. Pamela McNamara, director of Bluestone Resorts Ltd, the well-known and popular local holiday venue, explained that the foundation has a charitable purpose organised by Bluestone employees.

The Bluestone Foundation was established to help people to help themselves through environmental, economic and social projects in Pembrokeshire. The foundation underpins the ethos of Bluestone National Park Resort; the unique and beautiful county and its people are close to their hearts. The foundation plans to provide economic growth and social opportunities to the people of West Wales through projects funded by the money the staff raise.

Readers of the Journal will remember that he has been overseeing the administration of a Rotary International grant which has provided many modern and essential facilities to update a government school in Thinnanur, Chennai, India.

Our first meeting of the new year will be on Monday, January 7, when we will be holding our special general meeting.

This is where we will be confirming the next club president and vice-president for the new Rotary year which will begin in July. If you would like to learn more about the international world of Rotary, or assisting your local community, why not contact us with a view to becoming a full member, associate member or corporate member? Email the secretary, Coralie Steel, on coraliesteel@yahoo.co.uk, go to https://www.facebook.com/ CarmarthenRotaryClub or call 01267 236369.

They are proud to work in partnership with PAVs, who help applications through the process before passing them on for the consideration of the Bluestone Foundation Committee which is made up of employees from around the resort. The foundation is supported by the generous donations of the guests and through fundraisers organised by staff.

Charities supported include PATCH, the VC Gallery which supports veterans, the Pembrokeshire Darwin Centre and also the Paul Sartori Foundation. Members were impressed by the ethos of the Bluestone Foundation and offered a warm round of applause after the talk.

President Tony Ensom then presented to Pamela a cheque to support the worthy cause and gave her a vote of thanks for coming to talk to the members.