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Ystafelloedd Newid / Changing Rooms
	Derbyniwyd Grant gan Gymdeithas Peldroed Cymru, er mwyn ail wynebu yr ystafelloedd newid yn Eithin Duon. Cwblhawyd y gwaith yn ystod Haf 2007 gan adeiladwr lleol Huw Owen.
	Grant aid was received from the Football Association of Wales, for re-surfacing the Changing Rooms at Eithin Duon. Local builder Huw Owen completed the work during the summer of 2007.

 

Toliet Newydd/ New Toilet
	Adeiladwyd toliet annibynnol newydd i'r Cefnogwyr yn Eithin Duon, cwblhawyd y gwaith yn ystod Haf 2007.
	New toliet for the supporters in Eithin Duon, the work was completed during the summer of 2007.

 

Cysgodfa Newydd/ New Shelter
	Adeiladwyd cysgodfa newydd tu ôl i'r gôl ger y ffordd fawr yn Eithin Duon, cwblhawyd y gwaith yn ystod Haf 2007.
	The new shelter for the supporters behind the top goal at Eithin Duon, the work was completed during the summer of 2007.

 

Llwybrau Newydd/ New Footpaths
	Derbyniwyd Grant gan y Gymdeithas Peldroed Cymru i greu llwybrau newydd o amgylch y cae yn Eithin Duon, cwblhawyd y gwaith yn ystod Haf 2007 gan gontracwr lleol Martin Glyn Williams.
	Grant aid was received from the Football Association of Wales, to create hard standing footpaths aroun the playing surface at Eithin Duon. Local contractor Martin Glyn Williams completed the work during the summer of 2007.

 

	Eithin Duon Medi 2005 September

 

Y DAITH I EITHIN DUON THE JOURNEY TO EITHIN DUON
1922 - 1926	CEFN LLWYD
1926 - 1927	Dim Tim Peldroed yn Llanrug / No Football Team in Llanrug
1927 - 1930	CEFN LLWYD
1930 - 1931	RECREATION GROUND
1931 - 1937	CAE PLWY
1937 - 1939	Dim Cynghrair Peldroed / No Football League
1940 - 1945	Rhyfel Byd / World War
1945 - 1946	CAE PLWY
1946 -1947	PARC BAILEY
1947 - 1951	CEFN LLWYD
1951 - 1953	DDÔL HELUG
1953 - 1954	PARC - Y - RHÔS
1954 - 1955	TYDDYN MAWR
1955 - 1956	Dim Tim Peldroed yn Llanrug / No Football Team in Llanrug
1956 - 1959	PARC - Y - RHÔS
1959 - 1968	Dim Tim Peldroed yn Llanrug / No Football side in Llanrug
1968 - 2004	EITHN DUON

 

Hanes prynu a gwella Eithin Duon Y peth pwysicaf yn hanes y clwb, heb amheuaeth, oedd prynu'r cae yn 1972-1973. Y cam cyntaf oedd llogi tarw haearn i'w lefelu, gan fod rhediad o un droedfedd ar ddeg o'r gornel uchaf i'r gôl isaf. Yna ei hau a'i adael, gan chwarae ar gae Ysgol Brynrefail yn nhymor 1973-1974. Maint y cae oedd 101 wrth 55 llath. Yn anffodus, nid oedd yr wyneb newydd yn sychu'n dda, ac yn y tymor dilynol gorfu i aelodau o'r pwyllgor agor pedair traen, gosod peipiau tir ynddynt a'u gorchuddio â grafel a thywod. Yn 1992 fe roddwyd cornel fach o dir i'r clwb gan Mr. William Pritchard, perchennog y caeau cyfagos, ac fe benderfynwyd ymestyn maint y cae. Yn y cyfnod 1993-1994 daeth mwy o dir i'w perchnogaeth ac fe brynwyd dunelli lawer o bridd eilradd i godi'r tir newydd i lefel y cae. Bu'n waith pum diwrnod i ddympar a JCB i gwblhau'r dasg. Torrwyd traeniau newydd, cyfanswm o 420 llath, eu llenwi â gro a gosod peipiau plastig â thyllau ynddynt. Yna prynwyd pridd o safon, ei drin a'i hadu. Fe gostiodd y cyfan bron i bedair mil a hanner o goffrau'r clwb. Bellach mae'r cae yn mesur 108 wrth 59½ llath.   The History of purchasing and improving Eithin Duon One of the most important events in the history of Llanrug United Football Club without doubt was the purchase of Eithin Duon in 1972-1973. One of the first projects was to level the playing surface, there was a slope of nearly eleven feet from the top corner to the bottom goal. Therefore, for the ground to be developed the club home fixtures for the 1973-1974 season were played at Brynrefail School playing field. The playing surface size in those early days was 101 yards by 55 yards. Unfortunaetly, the new playing surface did not drain very well, and as a result the following season the committee members got to work, and opened four drainage trenches across the width of the pitch, inserted drainage pipes, and filled them up with gravel and sand. In 1992 Mr William Pritchard (life member & former player) owner of the adjoining fields, donated a corner of land to the club, so the playing surface could be extended. And in 1993-1994 Mr Hefin Pritchard donated more land to the club in memory of his late father, and as a result the playing surface could then be extended. Several tonnes of soil was purchased to lift the new land to the level of the exsiting playing surface. It proved to be a whole five days of work for a JCB and a dumper to complete the task, new drains where also installed, a total of 420 yards of drainage pipes were laid.

 

Y gwaith o ehangu'r cae yn ystod yr Haf, 1993.	The work-in-progress of extending the playing surface during the summer of 1993.

 

Aelodau o'r Pwyllgor y criw gwaith yn cael saib bach yn ystod yr Haf 1993. Members of the Committe workforce having a well earned break during the Summer of 1993. (Chwith i'r dde/ left to right) : Kevin Pierce Jones, Richard Williams (Trysorydd/Treasurer), Richard Owen, Russell Thomas, Thomas Alun Davies, Merfyn Lloyd Jones (Cadeirydd/Chairman), Chris Edward Jones, Bryn Davies (Ysgrifennydd/Secretary).

 

 

 

Dafydd Wigley yr Aelod Seneddol gyda Llywydd y Clwb Tony Roberts, yn agor yr Ystafelloedd Newid newydd ar yn 25ain o Orffennaf, 1987.   Dafydd Wigley the Member of Parliment with the Club's President Tony Roberts, at the opening of the new Changing Rooms on the 25th of July, 1987.

 

 

Prosiect datblygu Eithin Duon - Haf, 2003. Yn ystod Haf, 2003 y prosiect gwaith oedd gosod ffens newydd o bibelli haearn o amgylch perimedr y maes chware, a cael gwared o'r hen postiau coed a'r weiran beryglus. Archebwyd pibellau, ac cafodd y gwaith o'u gosod eu gwneud yn ôl yr arfer gan aelodau'r pwyllgor a chefnogwyr brwydfrydig y Clwb. Roedd cyn gymaint a 30 o weithwyr parod yn Eithin Duon ar nôson braf o Haf yn mis Mehefin, 2003. Dim menter hawdd oedd naddu tyllau, ymglymu'r pipellau, codi lefelau, cementio'r coesau, ac i orffen peintio'r ffens yn wyn. Yn ogystal codwyd wal ar hyd asgell uchaf y cae, a ffens ar eu hyd, a chyfle i roi fwy o fyrddau hysbysebu ar eu gwyneb. Eithin Duon Development Project - Summer, 2003. During the Summer of 2003, the club's Development Project for Eithin Duon was to install a tubing fence around the playing perimeter of the filed, and to get rid of the old timber post and dangerous wire who had served the club well for several decades. Several hundred yards of steel tubing was purchased, ac the whole labour worked was carried out as usual by the members of the committe and the die hard supporters of the club. As much as 30 air of able hands were present at Eithin Duon during several summer evenings in June, 2003. It was no easy task to dig holes, assemble the tubing, set levels, cement the up-rights, ac to paint the whole fence. Also a wall was erected a long the upper wing of the ground, with a fence on top of it, and also plenty of space for further advertising boards to be placed on its face.

 

Diwedd cyfnod........ Dymchwel yr hen ystafelloedd newid.   Digon trist oedd y gwaith o ddymchwel yr hen ystafelloedd newid yn Eithin Duon ar y 9fed o Fedi, 2004. Roedd yr adeilad pren wedi gwasanaethu'r clwb am dros dri deg o flynyddoedd, ond roedd ei gyflwr bellach wedi diriwio ac y costau cyson o'i gynnal a'i gadw yn faich ar goffau'r clwb. Yn ogystal roedd iechyd a diogelwch yn eflen bwysig iawn yn penderfyniad y Pwyllgor ei ddymchwel yn ogystal a'i olwg i'r llygaid yn y blynyddoedd diweddar. Yn nhymor 1969-1970 y cafodd George W Lovatt y cyfle i brynu'r adeilad pren yma yn Mhorthmadog. Ac aeth criw o bwyllgor y clwb yno i dynnu y cwt i lawr yn ddarnau ac yna ei gludo yr holl ffordd i Eithin Duon. Yna ail-adeiladwyd y cwt, ac ei rannu oddifewn yn dair ystafell newid i'r chwaraewyr ac y dyfarnwr.     End of an Era......... Demolishing the old dressing rooms The work of demolishing the old dressing room at Eithin Duon on the 9th June, 2004 was a very sad occasion for the club. The wooden building had served the club well for over three decades, but its condition had deteriorated immensly, and the constent work of repairing and maintenance was becoming a huge burden on the clubs resources. The health and safety aspect was a major factor in the club's decision to demolish the building, and also its was becoming an eyesore in the club immaculate Eithin Duon ground. Its was back at the start of the 1969-1970 season, when George W Lovatt had the opportunity to purchase this wooden building in Porthmadog. Members of the committe travelled their to pull the building down piece by piece, then transport its all the way to Eithin Duon, where they re-built it, and divided it into three to serve as changing rooms for both sets of teams and the referee.