Please join us in magnificent Ottawa, capital of Canada, for a very special weekend celebrating our Welsh heritage, music and culture.

We will enjoy a feast of music throughout the weekend. We are very honoured to have  the renowned Côrdydd , a prize winning mixed choir from Cardiff, Wales, together with extra-special guests, the world renowned Three Welsh Tenors , taking part in the festival, including  the Saturday evening concert.

In addition, we will have all your usual  favourites such as a welcome tea with harp entertainment on  Friday afternoon and  a traditional noson lawen with loads of talented participants on  Friday evening, followed by informal hymn singing. On Saturday there will be  children’s activities,  a lunch  banquet with a presentation of the annual Gold Award and the grand concert,  followed by a concert afterglow. On Sunday morning and afternoon there will be  two glorious hymn singing sessions.

There will also be two seminars on Saturday afternoon: Dr Paul Birt, Chair of the Celtic Studies Dept at Ottawa University, will talk about Patagonia and  Mary Muckle will give a hands on seminar about the harp with an opportunity for participants to learn how to playing.  There will be a tour of the National Art Gallery on Friday, focusing on pictures with Welsh connections.

The Festival headquarters, where many of the activities will take place, is the stately Lord Elgin Hotel , ideally located in the heart of downtown Ottawa, just steps away from many attractions including the National War Memorial, the beautiful walks along the Rideau Canal and Ottawa River, the impressive National Art Gallery and the splendid Parliament Buildings.

The Saturday night concert and the two Gymanfa sessions on Sunday will take place at

Dominion Chalmers United Church , a gracious old church with a magnificent interior and wonderful acoustics located just a 10 minute walk from The Lord Elgin Hotel. A bus will be available for those not wishing to or unable to walk.

Festival rates are  $147 Canadian per night.

Call now to secure your room – 1-800-267-4298 ; 613-235-3333

For more information please e-mail us at publicity@ontariowelshfestival.ca or phone Alison Lawson at 613-725-2704

Facebook page:- www.facebook.com/ontario.welsh.festival

Set Fire to the Stars a  Jack to a King a gynhyrchwyd yn Abertawe, yn ennill tair Gwobr yr un

Richard Harrington a Rhian Morgan yn ennill y Gwobrau ar gyfer Actor ac Actores

Adam Price a Streic y Glowyr yn ennill y Wobr ar gyfer Cyfres Ffeithiol a Gwobr Gwyn Alf Williams

Menna Richards OBE yn derbyn BAFTA ar gyfer Cyfraniad Arbennig i Deledu

Cyflwyno Gwobr Siân Phillips i Euros Lyn

Caerdydd, 27 Medi 2015: Mae’r Academi Celfyddydau Ffilm a Theledu Brydeinig yng Nghymru, sef BAFTA Cymru, wedi cyhoeddi enillwyr 24ain Gwobrau’r Academi Brydeinig yng Nghymru, gan anrhydeddu rhagoriaeth mewn darlledu a chynhyrchu ym myd ffilmiau a theledu yng Nghymru. Cyflwynwyd y seremoni gan Huw Stephens yn Neuadd Dewi Sant, Caerdydd. Roedd cyflwynwyr y gwobrau’n cynnwys James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Lee Mead (Casualty), Craig Roberts (Just Jim, Submarine), Kimberley Nixon (Fresh Meat) ac Alexander Vlahos (Merlin, The Indian Doctor), a chafwyd perfformiadau gan Amy Wadge ac Only Men Aloud.

Enillodd Set Fire to the Stars dair Gwobr yr Academi Brydeinig yng Nghymru, ar gyfer Coluro a Gwallt (Andrea Dowdall-Goddard), Dylunio Cynhyrchiad (Edward Thomas) a Cherddoriaeth Wreiddiol (Gruff Rhys).

Enillodd Jack to a King dair Gwobr hefyd, ar gyfer Cyfarwyddwr Ffeithiol (Marc Evans), Sain (Bang Post Production) a Golygu (John Richards).

Enillodd A Poet in New York ddwy Wobr ar y noson, ar gyfer Ffilm Nodwedd/Teledu (Griff Rhys Jones) ac Effeithiau Arbennig a Gweledol (Bait Studios). Enillodd Da Vinci’s Demons ddwy Wobr hefyd, ar gyfer Dylunio Gwisgoedd (Trisha Biggar) a Ffotograffiaeth a Goleuo (Owen McPolin).

Cyflwynwyd y Wobr ar gyfer Actor i Richard Harrington am ei bortread o DCI Tom Matthias yn y ddrama Gymraeg, Y Gwyll/Hinterland, sydd wedi ennill clod yn rhyngwladol; enillodd y gyfres yn y categori Teitlau a Hunaniaeth Graffeg (Sarah Breese) hefyd. Cyflwynwyd y Wobr ar gyfer Actores i Rhian Morgan am ei rôl fel Gwen Lloyd yn Gwaith/Cartref.

Enillodd Y Streic a Fi y categorïau Cyfarwyddwr Ffuglen (Ashley Way) a Drama Deledu ac enillodd Tir y wobr ar gyfer Awdur (Roger Williams).

Yn y categorïau rhaglenni ffeithiol, enillodd Jamie Baulch: Looking for my Birth Mum y Wobr am Raglen Ddogfen Sengl, ac enillodd Adam Price a Streic y Glowyr y Wobr am Gyfres Ffeithiol; enillodd y rhaglen Wobr Gwyn Alf Williams hefyd. Enillodd Y Byd ar Bedwar y wobr Materion Cyfoes am y drydedd flwyddyn yn olynol, ac enillodd Rhod Gilbert y wobr ar gyfer Cyflwynydd am RAF Fighter Pilot: Rhod Gilbert’s Work Experience.

Eleni, cyflwynwyd y Wobr Torri Drwodd i’r Cynhyrchydd/Cyfarwyddwr, Clare Sturges, am ei rhaglen ddogfen, Sexwork, Love and Mr Right.

Cyflwynwyd Gwobr Siân Phillips i’r Cyfarwyddwr, Euros Lyn, gan ei gyfaill agos, a chydweithiwr, Russell T Davies.

Daeth y seremoni i ben trwy gyflwyno Gwobr BAFTA ar gyfer Cyfraniad Arbennig i Deledu i Menna Richards OBE, Rheolwr BBC Cymru Wales rhwng 2000 a 2011. Cyflwynwyd y wobr gan gyn-bennaeth Cenedlaethau a Rhanbarthau’r BBC, Pat Loughrey.

Dywedodd Hannah Raybould, Cyfarwyddwr BAFTA Cymru: “Wrth i BAFTA Cymru ddechrau ar ei 25ain blynedd yn dathlu a hyrwyddo diwydiant y cyfryngau creadigol yma yng Nghymru, mae wedi bod yn galonogol iawn gweld cymaint o ehangder o ran cynnwys a dawn yng Ngwobrau’r Academi Brydeinig yng Nghymru heno. Mae’r sector cynhyrchu annibynnol wedi cael ei gynrychioli’n dda unwaith eto, gydag 13 o gwmnïau bywiog ledled y wlad yn ennill gwobrau, ac rydym yn edrych ymlaen at weithio gyda’n holl enwebeion ac enillwyr ar ddigwyddiadau BAFTA Cymru o bob cwr, yn annog ac ysbrydoli pobl ddawnus sy’n dod i’r amlwg yng Nghymru, i fod yn rhan o’r diwydiant rhyfeddol hwn.”

GWOBR SIAN PHILLIPS a noddwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru
Euros Lyn

GWOBR ARBENNIG BAFTA AM GYFRANIAD I DELEDU a noddwyd gan Sony
Menna Richards

GWOBR GWYN ALF WILLIAMS a noddwyd gan Archif Sgrîn a Sain Cenedlaethol Cymru
Adam Price Y Streic a Fi

GWOBR TORRI DRWODD a noddwyd gan HMV
Christian Britten ar gyfer Fog of Sex: Stories from the Frontline of Student Sex Work – Visual Influence
ClaRe Sturges ar gyfer Sexwork, Love and Mr Right
Owen Davis ar gyfer Gohebwyr: Owen Davis – Cwmni Da / S4C

FFILM / FFILM DELEDU a noddwyd gan Coleg Caerdydd a’r Fro
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer A Poet in New York - BBC Cymru Wales / Modern Television/ BBC Two
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Jack to a King: The Swansea Story - YJB Films
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Set Fire to the Stars - Mad as Birds Films / YJB Films / Ffilm Cymru

DRAMA TELEDU a noddwyd gan Access Bookings
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Under Milk Wood – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC Four
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Y Gwyll / Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Y Streic a Fi - Alfresco – cyfadran o Boom Cymru / S4C

ACTORES a noddwyd gan Access Bookings
Jenna Coleman fel Clara Oswald yn Doctor Who: Kill the Moon – BBC Cymru Wales/ BBC One
Mali Harries fel DI Mared Rhys yn Y Gwyll/Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C
Rhian Morgan fel Gwen Lloyd yn Gwaith/Cartref – Fiction Factory / S4C

ACTOR a noddwyd gan Audi
Richard Harrington fel DCI Tom Matthias yn Y Gwyll/Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C
Peter Capaldi fel The Doctor yn Doctor Who: Dark Water – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One
Rhys Ifans fel Captain Cat yn Dan y Wenallt – fFatti fFilms / S4C / Tinopolis / Goldfinch Pictures a Ffilm Cymru Wales

CYFLWYNYDD a noddwyd gan Deloitte
Owen Sheers ar gyfer Dylan Thomas: A Poet's Guide - Bulb Films, cyfadran o Boom Cymru / BBC Two Wales
Michael Sheen ar gyfer Michael Sheen: A Valleys Rebellion – Cwmni Da / BBC Two Wales
Rhod Gilbert ar gyfer RAF Fighter Pilot: Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience - Zipline Creative / Parasol Media / BBC Two

RHAGLEN BLANT (YN CYNNWYS ANIMEIDDIO) a noddwyd gan Bluestone
ELERI TINNUCHE ar gyfer #Fi – Boom Plant / S4C
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Llan-ar-goll-en – Cwmni Da / Cynyrchiadau Twt / S4C
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Wizards vs Aliens – BBC Cymru Wales / CBBC

DYLUNIO GWISGOEDD a noddwyd gan Ganolfan Siopa Dewi Sant
SIAN JENKINS ar gyfer Cara Fi – Touchpaper Television / S4C
TRISHA BIGGAR ar gyfer Da Vinci’s Demons - Adjacent Productions / Phantom Four Films / FOX
Francisco Rodriguez WeiL ar gyfer Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films/YJB Films/Ffilm Cymru Wales

MATERION CYFOES a noddwyd gan Great Western Railway
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Week in Week Out: Cardiff to Syria - BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Y Byd ar Bedwar:  Y Felan a Fi - ITV Cymru Wales / S4C
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Ysbyty Dan Bwysau - BBC Cymru Wales / S4C

CYFARWYDDWR: FFEITHIOL a noddwyd gan Capital Law
Marc Evans ar gyfer Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Films
CARYL EBENEZER ar gyfer Malcolm Allen: Cyfle Arall – Rondo Media / S4C
STEVE FREER ar gyfer Visions of the Valleys – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC Four

CYFARWYDDWR: FFUGLEN a noddwyd gan Champagne Taittinger
KEVIN ALLEN ar gyfer Dan y Wenallt – fFatti fFilms / S4C
Pip Broughton & Bethan Jones ar gyfer Under Milk Wood – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC Four
ASHLEY WAY ar gyfer Y Streic a Fi - Alfresco – cyfadran o Boom Cymru /  S4C

GOLYGU a noddwyd gan Gorilla
JOHN RICHARDS ar gyfer Da Vinci’s Demons - Adjacent Productions / Phantom Four Films / FOX
WILL OSWALD ar gyfer Doctor Who: Dark Water – BBC Cymru Wales/ BBC One
JOHN RICHARDS ar gyfer Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Films
 
RHAGLEN ADLONIANT a noddwyd gan Manorhaus
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer BBC Young Musician 2014 - The Final – BBC Cymru Wales/ BBC Four
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Dim Byd – Cwmni Da / S4C
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Karl Jenkins - Pencerdd Penclawdd – Rondo Media / S4C

CYFRES FFEITHIOL a noddwyd gan Faes Awyr Cymru Caerdydd
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Adam Price a Streic y Glowyr – Tinopolis / S4C
Ian michael jones ar gyfer Great Welsh Writers: Dannie Abse - Bulb Films, cyfadran o Boom Cymru / BBC Two Wales
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer RAF Fighter Pilot:  Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience - Zipline Creative / Parasol Media / BBC Two

COLUR A GWALLT a noddwyd gan Ken Picton a MAC
Juliet Ireland ar gyfer Caryl a’r Lleill - Alfresco – cyfadran o Boom Cymru / S4C
Jaqueline Fowler ar gyfer Da Vinci's Demons - Adjacent Productions / Phantom Four Films / FOX
Andrea Dowdall-Goddard ar gyfer Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films / YJB Films / Ffilm Cymru Wales

DARLLEDIADAU’R NEWYDDION a noddwyd gan Buzz Magazine
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Wales at Six (13/5/2014) – ITV Cymru Wales / ITV
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Wales at Six (20/1/2015) – ITV Cymru Wales / ITV
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Newyddion 9: Ymosodiadau Paris – BBC Cymru Wales / S4C

CERDDORIAETH GWREIDDIOL a noddwyd gan Access Bookings
RICHARD JAMES ar gyfer Cara Fi - Touchpaper Television / S4C
MARK THOMAS ar gyfer Dan y Wenallt - fFatti fFilms / S4C
GRUFF RHYS ar gyfer Set Fire to the Stars - Mad as Birds Films / YJB Film / Ffilm Cymru

FFOTOGRAFFIAETH FFEITHIOL a noddwyd gan St Davids Hotel and Spa
NATHAN MACKINTOSH ar gyfer Fisherman: Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience - Zipline Creative / Parasol Media/ BBC Two
KEEFA CHAN ar gyfer Fog of Sex: Stories from the frontline of student sex work – Visual Influence
HAYDN DENMAN ar gyfer Karl Jenkins: Pencerdd Penclawdd – Rondo Media / S4C

FFOTOGRAFFIAETH A GOLEUO a noddwyd gan ELP
Owen McPolin ar gyfer Da Vinci’s Demons - Adjacent Productions / Phantom Four Films / FOX
Chris Seager ar gyfer Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films / YJB Films / Ffilm Cymru
Stuart Biddlecombe ar gyfer TIR – Joio / S4C

DYLUNIO CYNHYRCHIAD a noddwyd gan Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru
PHIL WILLIAMS ar gyfer Crimewatch – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One
EDWARD THOMAS ar gyfer Da Vinci’s Demons - Adjacent Productions, Phantom Four Films / FOX
EDWARD THOMAS ar gyfer Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films / YJB Films / Ffilm Cymru

FFURF BYR AC ANIMEIDDIO a noddwyd gan Brifysgol Aberystwyth
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Dancing in Circles
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer The Homing Bird – It’s My Shout Productions
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer The Hunchback in the Park - BBC Cymru Wales Online & Learning / Aardman / BBC NOW 

DOGFEN SENGL noddwyd gan Genero
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Jamie Baulch - Looking for my Birth Mum – Avanti Media / BBC One
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Malcolm Allen: Cyfle Arall – Rondo Media / S4C
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Michael Sheen's Valleys Rebellion – Cwmni Da / BBC Two Wales

SAIN a noddwyd gan AB Acoustics
Bang Post Production ar gyfer Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Films
MARK FERDA ar gyfer Under Milk Wood – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC Four
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Y Gwyll / Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C

EFFEITHIAU ARBENNIG A GWELEDOL a noddwyd gan Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer A Poet in New York - BBC Cymru Wales / Modern Television / BBC Two
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Da Vinci’s Demons - Adjacent Productions / Phantom Four Films / FOX
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Doctor Who Last Christmas – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One

CHWARAEON A DARLLEDIAD ALLANOL a noddwyd gan Gyngor Caerdydd
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Clwb Rygbi: Scarlets v Ospreys - BBC Wales Sport / S4C
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Welsh Sports Review 2014 - BBC Wales Sport / BBC Two Wales
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Y Sioe – Boom Cymru / S4C

TEITLAU A HUNANIAETH GRAFFEG a noddwyd gan AGFX
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Doctor Who: Deep Breath – BBC Cymru Wales / BBC One
BAIT STUDIO ar gyfer Jack to a King: The Swansea Story – YJB Films
TÎM CYNHYRCHU ar gyfer Y Gwyll/Hinterland – Fiction Factory / S4C

AWDUR a noddwyd gan Ethos
ANDY GODDARD & CELYN JONES ar gyfer Set Fire to the Stars – Mad as Birds Films / YJB Films / Ffilm Cymru Wales
ROGER WILLIAMS ar gyfer TIR – Joio / S4C
GWYNETH LEWIS ar gyfer Y Streic a Fi – Alfresco: Cyfadran o Boom Cymru / S4C

Mae’r Academi Celfyddydau Ffilm a Theledu Brydeinig yn elusen annibynnol sy’n cefnogi, datblygu a hyrwyddo celfyddydau delwedd symudol trwy amlygu a gwobrwyo rhagoriaeth, ysbrydoli ymarferwyr a rhoi budd i’r cyhoedd. Yn ogystal â’i seremonïau gwobrwyo, mae BAFTA yn cynnal rhaglen o ddigwyddiadau a mentrau dysgu drwy gydol y flwyddyn – sy’n cynnwys gweithdai, dosbarthiadau meistr, ysgoloriaethau, darlithiau a chynlluniau mentora – yn y DU, UDA ac Asia; mae’n cynnig mynediad unigryw at rai o’r bobl ddawnus fwyaf ysbrydoledig yn y byd, gan gysylltu â chynulleidfa fyd-eang o bob oedran a chefndir.

Mae BAFTA Cymru yn ymestyn cenhadaeth elusennol yr Academi ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig i gefnogi cymunedau creadigol Cymru. Uchafbwynt calendr digwyddiadau BAFTA yng Nghymru yw seremoni flynyddol Gwobrau’r Academi Brydeinig yng Nghymru, sef llwyfan annibynnol sy’n arddangos y gwaith sydd wir yn adlewyrchu’r gorau yn y wlad ym myd ffilmiau, teledu a gemau, gan wneud gwahaniaeth i’r rhai sy’n cynhyrchu gwaith creadigol yn ogystal â’r rhai sy’n ei wylio. www.bafta.org/wales

Mae BAFTA yn dibynnu ar incwm o danysgrifiadau aelodaeth, rhoddion unigol, ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a phartneriaethau corfforaethol i gefnogi ei gwaith allgymorth. I gael mynediad at y meddyliau creadigol gorau ym myd cynhyrchu ffilm, teledu a gemau, ewch i www.bafta.org/guru . I gael rhagor o wybodaeth, ewch i www.bafta.org .

But this was not his only appearance at the show. On Tuesday 21st of July Dr Wynne launched his long awaited autobiography at the Welsh Pony and Cob Society Pavilion. For more details about the book please read this post .

Today we are pleased and proud to present a short picture biography of this extraordinary man together with short excerpts from the book. This post provides only a partial account of Dr Wynne Davies' exceptional career . Amongst other things he introduced Welsh ponies to the USA where they were virtually unknown before 1957 . For a fuller understanding of his achievements you can buy the book  here .

Ceulan Stores – Where is all began – Central Stores, Tal-y-bont, Aberystwyth

"I was born at Ceulan Stores, Tal-y-bont, Cardiganshire, on 19 March 1932, the third child of Evan Samuel Davies and Janet Mary (Williams). Ceulan Stores was rebuilt between 1935 and 1937 and renamed Central Stores."

Collecting ponies – My father (right) collecting ponies for the USA at Revel Farm, Talgarth in 1955 with Mr Jenkyn Morris, who went with them.

"The ponies from south and mid-Wales and Hereford were assembled at the Revel. Our friend from Tal-y-bont, Jenkyn Morris, was paid £30 by British Livestock Exports to escort the ponies from the Revel to Glasgow, and look after all 33 until their arrival in New York. He was allowed to spend two weeks with his brother-in-law in America and was given free transport back to Tal-y-bont."

With Mr William Simpson USA – With Mr William Simpson of the USA, May 1957 at the Dyrin Stud, Sennybridge, where Mr Simpson bought seven mares (four with foals at foot) and seven fillies

"I began writing show reports for publications in 1952. My report of the Welsh mountain ponies at the RWS was published in the American monthly magazine Your Pony in April 1953 alongside an article on ‘Our correspondent from Wales’. At that time, sections B and C Welsh ponies, or Welsh cobs, were unknown in the USA. The editor of Your Pony was William Simpson of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, who came over to Wales and bought 33 Welsh ponies in October 1955 and again in May 1957, when he bought 56 for himself and clients."

Ceulan Siwan Sidan a Seirian – The winning progeny group at the RWS1982 (from left) Ceulan Siwan, Sidan and Seirian

"The highlight of 1982 for Ceulan was the progeny competition at the RWS with the three full-sisters from Twyford Sprig x Ceulan Sprite, namely Ceulan Siwan (f. 1981), Ceulan Seirian (f. 1980) and Ceulan Sidan (f. 1978). All three were placed individually and together, and they won the Gwyn Price Mare Progeny Cup from the group out of Friars Golden Sunset (which had won in 1979 and 1981), and the Ceulan group were reserve for the Pennell Stallion Progeny Cup to the group sired by Bengad Nepeta."

Horse of the Year – Receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Horse of the Year Show 2012 with grandchildren Joseph and Leah

"I was invited by Showing World magazine to attend the HOYS on 5 October – to present an award, I was told – but to my great surprise, it was a presentation to me of Lifetime Achievement Award."