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Celebrating St David's Day at the London Welsh P5 & 7 Cylchgrawn Cymry Llundain the Magazine of the London Welsh From the London Welsh Centre l at Grays Inn Road LWChwefror/February 2013 • Rhif/IssueC 66 L £2.00 www.londonwelsh.org Celebrating St David’s Day at the London Welsh P5 & 7 Cylchgrawn Cymry Llundain The magazine of the London Welsh 2 LW CLl O’R GANOLFAN/FROM THE CENTRE Building a new vision of a sustainable future for the London Welsh Centre 2012 was a breathless year of And there has never been a more excitement – for the UK, for London exciting time to be a Trustee at the and for the London Welsh Centre. London Welsh Centre. We reformed the constitution, At the time of writing, we are very embedded a new staff structure and close to appointing an architect to launched a cultural plan to deliver provide the visionary design that, once more comprehensively on our delivered, will give the Centre a charitable objects. sustainable future. The appointment of I hope you have been able to the architect comes after two years of enjoy some of the results as we try hard work on a study of the feasibility to deliver a programme that appeals of the refurbishment of the Centre. to a broad range of people from Congratulations and thanks to choral concerts to live music gigs to James Thomas who has led this process quizzes to fascinating forum so diligently to this crucial stage. evenings. Alex Meredith We expect to reveal our final While new and exciting activities abound at the Centre – a design for the Centre at a launch event later this year. All play group, breast-feeding support group and a new drama group supporters will be invited. From there we will consult on the are the latest additions - the Trustees continue to focus on Centre design and fundraising for the project will begin in ensuring that good governance is at the heart of our earnest. We want as many supporters as possible to be involved organisation. in this vital process so please do stay tuned to Centre emails and In that context I am disappointed to report that Rita Clark letters so that you can help us deliver a London Welsh Centre fit has decided that the turn of the year is the right time to step for the future. down as a Trustee and Vice President. In the meantime, there will be our annual opportunity to Rita’s encyclopaedic knowledge of London Welsh history and celebrate some of the achievements of the past financial year depth of experience of the Centre will be a great loss to the and congratulate the staff and volunteers that have made them Trustee board. Happily we will retain Rita’s expertise on the happen at our AGM on 25 February at the Centre. The notice of editorial committee of the magazine. I would like to take this the AGM and a copy of the Trustees’ annual report are enclosed. opportunity to thank Rita for her continued dedication to the Please do have a read of the report as it gives the best overview Centre and for her wisdom and guidance as a Trustee. of the current position of our organisation. Rita stepping down does open up an empty seat on the The AGM is an opportunity to meet the Trustees and to bring Trustee board, and I would welcome and encourage any potential comments and suggestions on our performance. The Trustees are applicants. In order for the Centre to continue to make progress proud of what has been achieved in financial year 2011-12, and we need a we need your feedback to ensure that we are taking the Centre in LWC Ll - The Magazine of the London Welsh continuing flow of the right direction. The formal meeting will be short so we can Published by London Welsh Centre Ltd. new faces with new concentrate on informal chats and getting to know each other 157 Grays Inn Road, London WCIX 8UE. ideas to join the at the reception after the meeting. Please do come along and Telephone: 020 7837 3722 www.cymryllundain.org.uk / www.londonwelsh.org.uk Trustees. Please do join us. EDITORIAL TEAM: Eirlys Bebb, Theo Brueton, Rita Clark, come forward if you Finally a word of thanks for a much-loved member of staff David Daniel, Gordon Roberts, Bob Trevor and Gethin Williams. would like to be who will be leaving us very shortly after nearly 20 years of DESIGN SUPPORT: Taliesin Communications. ADVERTISING: Rita Clark. PRINTED BY: Y Lolfa part of a dynamic service in the Bar. Geraint Williams will be familiar to everyone Editorial contributions may be sent to the address group of volunteers who has spent any time in the Centre over the past two decades. above or, preferably, emailed to [email protected] Advertisers may also contact Rita Clark running a superb Geraint’s hard graft, warm humour and polite service have been Views expressed in this publication must not be taken as necessarily representing those of the London Welsh charity at the heart great assets to the bar and will be missed. We thank Geraint for Association. of the Welsh so many years of loyal service to the Centre and wish him every London Welsh Centre Trust is a Registered Charity. This statement is given to support any advertisement which community in success in his future endeavours. appears in the columns of London Welsh Magazine from London. Alex Meredith, Chairman time to time in the name of the Trust and deemed, in terms of the Act, to be fundraising. @admeredith Copy from contributors and advertisers is required by April 7 for inclusion in the next issue. O’R GANOLFAN/FROM THE CENTRE LW CLl 3 Famous faces at the London Welsh Centre Photo: Aled Llywelyn www.aledllywelyn.co.uk The London Welsh Centre welcomed a trio of famous faces on the run up to the New Year. First up was legendary Welsh singer-songwriter Dafydd Iwan in November. As part of his 50th anniversary tour, Dafydd and his band performed a lengthy set including many of the songs that made him such a vital cultural figure within Wales.The band received a rapturous reception from all those present and it was fitting that the Centre was the only venue to host the band outside of Wales. Next came Stephen Jones , welcomed as the most capped Welsh Rugby player of all time. After a glittering club career with Neville Southall with Rhian Jones Footballer Neville Southall also visited the London Welsh Centre. The most capped Welsh footballer of all time chose the Centre to launch his new book ‘The Binman Chronicles’. With 92 caps for Wales and a lengthy list of honours in a distinguished career with Everton FC, Neville Southall is rightly included in the pantheon of great British Footballers. As the last goalkeeper to win Footballer of the Year in 1985, and Stephen Jones with Iain Richards ranked in the top 100 players of the twentieth century, it was a real the Scarlets, Clermont Auvergne and currently Wasps and an honour for the Centre to be hosting such a prestigious event. international career that includes 104 caps for Wales and 6 British & With some great support from the Everton supporters club, Irish Lions caps, Stephen’s achievements rank amongst the very best attendees were treated to stories from Neville’s career with both Wales has to offer. Everton and Wales and also provided with some of his Throughout the course of the evening, Stephen talked about his no-holds-barred opinions on the current state of football. An time in France, his new restaurant in Llanelli and provided some exceptional night for the Centre and a memory to cherish for all of great insights into life inside the Welsh camp. us who enjoy the round ball. Another memorable evening for the Centre and further evidence once again of the Centre’s ability to attract the biggest names in Iain Richards Welsh sport. Cultural Development Officer 4 LW CLl O’R GANOLFAN/FROM THE CENTRE Welcome on board - new clients help to balance the books and grow the Centre Like many others, the London Fel sawl un arall, mae Canolfan Cymry Llundain yn cyfri cost tywydd Welsh Centre is counting the oer mis Ionawr. Ond eto, mae’r rhagolygon ar gyfer gweddill 2013 cost of January’s cold snap. Yet dipyn fwy cadarnhaol. the outlook for the rest of 2013 Un o’r heriau mwyaf i ni fel Canolfan yw chwilio cydbwysedd is far from gloomy. rhwng ein hanghenion masnachol gyda chalendr diwylliannol sy’n Balancing the commercial fwyfwy amrywiol a hynny tra’n edrych at y dyfodol. Rwy’n hapus i needs of the Centre with an rannu newyddion da ar bob cyfrif. increasingly diverse cultural Yn gyntaf, rydym wedi sicrhau tair cytundeb llogi ystafelloedd calendar whilst building for the sylweddol yn 2013. Bydd hyn yn golygu peth sicrwydd ariannol ac yn future is undoubtedly one of hwyluso sut y caiff y Ganolfan ei rheoli o ddydd i ddydd a sut y caiff the biggest challenges we face adnoddau eu rhannu. Yn ail, mae’r Pencampwriaeth Chwe Gwlad and I am happy to share good wedi hen ddechrau a rydym wedi rhoi cynlluniau ar waith i wella news on all those fronts. profiad ein cwsmeriaid. Rydym yn gweithio gyda phartneriaid Firstly, we have secured three sizeable room hire contracts in allweddol, Peter’s Foods a Brains Beer i hyrwyddo’r brand Cymreig 2013 that will provide financial stability, helping day-to-day trwy ddarparu cynnyrch safonol o Gymru. Yn drydydd, mae’n bleser i management and allocation of resources.
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