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Ceredigion April 2015

Chairman's Message/Neges y Cadeirydd: A Happy Easter to all, with many thanks Secretary: Susie Jordan for the wonderful support of members on St David’s Day in . Office hours: Thursday 10-12. Diolch am y gefnogaeth. Brenda Wright. Charity Registration No 501389 Ein Swyddfa Spring Rally: Saturday April 18th, Hall, 3 11 Cambrian Place p.m. Floral Art demonstration 3.30 p.m. Admission £3. Entries will be accepted between 10.00 a.m. and SY23 1NT 11.30 a.m. Entry forms to Mair Jenkins by Monday 01970 612 831 6th April. [email protected] www.facebook.com/ceredigion.wi ACWW Women Walk the World: Wednesday 29th April. https://twitter.com/ceredigion_WI A walk round Cardigan with local historian Glen Johnson. The De Jager bulb catalogue has arrived with your Proceeds to ACWW Pennies for Friendship. Please give a secretary for you to choose from. More copies are donation of £2.00 per person. The walk costs £1. Pay on the day. Meet at Cardigan bridge at 10.30am, followed by available from Ein Swyddfa. Please return form by th lunch in The Grosvenor and an optional Castle tour (£5) Friday 29 May. Please return form to Judy Lile by Thurs 16th April. 2016 diaries: in a smart, royal blue are available to Live screening of AGM Albert Hall 4 June 2015: The Aber- order now at £3.80. Please return form to Ein th ystwyth Arts Centre cinema will show a live screening of Swyddfa by Monday May 18 . the AGM, 10.30 am to 5pm. Entry free. Cinema seats 125. TAG Group: Village Hall every 2nd Sat- If oversubscribed, places will be allocated by ballot. urday of the month 11-3pm all welcome. £3 on the Please return form to Judy Lile by Friday May 15th. door (incl tea/coffee and raffle). Packed lunch re- General Knowledge Quiz: Village Hall, Friday quired. The April meeting will be followed by a 19 June at 7pm. £5 per team of three. Please bring a card shared tea and show and tell with a visitor from table if you have one. Return form to Pat Griffiths by New Zealand, 3-4pm. All are welcome to bring a Monday 8th June . textile or art to show. You don’t have to talk about it unless you wish. Also, in April, Brenda will repeat Centenary Lunch at the Cliff Hotel, on Sea: the Textile Figure workshop for those unable to Thursday 16th July, 12 p.m. for 12.30 start. A special cel- come in March. Info: [email protected]. ebration lunch with speaker Helen Carey former chair of th NFWI and author of, ‘Bows of Burning Gold.’ Please re- 2015 NFWI – Gala Concert (Friday 18 Sep- turn form to Judy Lile by Friday 26th June. tember at 7.30 p.m. £25) and Centenary Confer- ence, (Saturday 19th September, 10.45 a.m.-4 p.m. Lady Denman Cup: Imagine what your WI would be like £15): Gala Concert with performances from Elin in 2115… Members are invited to write a futuristic presi- Manahan Thomas, Rhys Meirion, Catrin Finch, dent’s annual report (500 words max) Entries to Ein Bone Appétit Trombone Quartet and Jeff Howard. th Swyddfa with the application form by Friday 24 July. A combined ticket costs £35. Please see form for The top three will go forward to National Judging. further details of hotel and coach and return form to Ein Swyddfa by Friday 15th May.

Announcements: Membership fees are now overdue and urgently required.

We regret to announce that Jo Davies has resigned from the Board of Trustees for personal reasons.

We extend our congratulations to Audrey Morgan, WI on the occasion of her 100th birthday.

Special WI Royal Garden Party in the presence of HRH The Duchess of Cornwall: Tuesday 2nd June 2015, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. Entry £25. If numbers are sufficient, a coach will be arranged by the Federation for a day trip. Please return form to Ein Swyddfa no later than Thursday April 16th. This deadline will be strictly adhered to.

The Ceredigion Centenary Scrolls begin their journey on the steps of the Welsh National Library on Friday May 1st, where they will be handed to the Group Conveners. May you all enjoy their journey.

Would each WI please send a copy of their 2015 programme to Ein Swyddfa by the end of April for preservation in the archive?

Would members interested in becoming a Group Convener for the Onnen Group please put their names forward to Ein Swyddfa?

200 Club: Please return form to Susan Barratt by Monday 13th April. Lawn Bowls: Queen’s Road Bowls Club, Tuesdays, 2.30 p.m. from 5th May 2015. “Taster” classes (£2 pp payable to the club) available. Flat soled shoes required. Contact Amanda Key, Penllwyn WI.

Lampeter WI have arranged a trip to the National Botanical Gardens of Wales in Llanarthne on Saturday 23rd May, leaving at 9.30 a.m. It is a special weekend of hobby crafts at the Garden and the Sir Gâr Federa- tion Choir will be singing which will add to the enjoyment. We will be pleased to have members of other insti- tutes to join us. Please contact the President or Secretary by 10th May.

Sunday April 19th 7pm, Custard Queens WI invite you to a Bingo fundraiser for West Wales Women's Aid, with prizes including bottles of Bolinger and Laurent Pellier champagne. MD, Rachael Eagles will speak and there will be cake and craft stalls. Emmaus Christian Fellowship Hall, Lampeter. Contact President Jen Pink to book a place.

Aberystwyth and District Floral Society would like to invite you to a Flower Workshop in Village Hall on Saturday 11th April, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. with tutor Jackie Charnock. £15. For details ring Donald Morgan 01974 202 269 / 077632 82548.

Linda M. Ambrose, professor of History at Laurentian University, has this month published a well-researched history of Madge Robertson Watt and the ACWW, entitled, A Great Rural Sisterhood.

Your secretary has contact lists for Presidents and Secretaries.

200 Club:1) Roz Eichenhofer, Dihewyd WI ; 2) Enclosures: General Knowledge Quiz Jane Edwards, WI ; 3) Wilma Rush, De Jager bulbs Lady Denman Cup WI ; 4) Gay Evans, WI; 2016 Diaries Centenary Lunch 5) Lynne Lloyd, Tregaron WI Wales Conference 2015 Royal Garden Party Diary Dates Secretaries: Please adhere to submission dates Date Event Venue Closing 11th April TAG stitching day Betws Ifan Hall, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. 18th April Spring Rally Ciliau Aeron Hall, 3.p.m. 6th April 29th April ACWW Walk Cardigan bridge 10.30 a.m. 16th April