CPD Ysgolion Cymru: Tarian Tom Yeoman chwaraewyd yn Porthmadog Ebrill 25 2009
Welsh Schools FA, Tom Yeoman’s Shield played at Porthmadog April 25, 2009

Enillwyr / Winners: Porthmadog   Ail/ Runners-up: Sir Fflint/ Flintshire

Daeth yr wyth tîm a enillodd eu lle yn rowndiau terfynol cystadleuaeth 
genedlaethol Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Ysgolion Cymru am Darian Tom Yeoman i’r 
Clwb Chwaraeon ym Mhorthmadog. Rhannwyd yr wyth i ddau grwp gyda’r ddau uchaf 
yn y ddau grwp yn chwarae yn y rownd cynderfynol. Gwnaeth Porthmadog yn 
arbennig o dda i gyrraedd y ffeinal a hynny o grwp anodd yn cynnwys Casnewydd, 
Afan Nedd a Wrecsam. Cyrhaeddodd Sir Fflint y ffeinal o grwp yn cynnwys Sir 
Benfro, Conwy ac Abertawe. 

Mae cyrraedd y ffeinal, gan gystadlu gyda chymdeithasau mawr gyda phrofiad hir 
yn y math yma o gystadleuaeth, yn haeddu clod mawr. Profodd y ffeinal yn 
frwydr agos a brwdfrydig yn erbyn deiliaid y darian ond gyda ’run o’r ddau dîm 
yn gallu canfod y rhwyd 0-0 oedd hi ar y diwedd. Ond Porthmadog a hawliodd 
Darian Tom Yeoman a chael eu coroni yn bencampwyr wrth weithredu’r rheol 
cyfrif ciciau cornel pan mae’r ddau dîm yn  gyfartal ar goliau.

“Ni allem fod wedi gofyn am fwy wrth y chwaraewyr” oedd sylw David Nickless, 
un o swyddogion ysgolion Sir Fflint wrth y Flintshire Chronicle wedi’r gêm. 
“Wedi iddynt rhoi popeth roedd yn anodd colli yn y ffordd a wnaethant. Roedd 
yna ddagrau a hwynebau hir ond gall y garfan fod yn falch o’u hymdrechion y 
tymor hwn.”

Mae hyn yn dangos fod y gystadleuaeth hon yn un sydd yn cael ei thrin o 
ddifrif. Llongyfarchiadau i chwaraewyr ifanc Porthmadog ar eu perfformiadau 
yn y rowndiau terfynol ac i’w hyfforddwr Evan Evans wrth i’w garfan berfformio 
mor rhagorol ar hyd y tymor.

Welsh Schools FA, Tom Yeoman’s Shield played at Porthmadog April 25, 2009

Winners: Porthmadog   Runners-up: Flintshire

The eight qualifying teams, from all over Wales, met at Clwb Chwaraeon,
Porthmadog to compete in a national festival of primary school football for
the Welsh Schools Association’s, Tom Yeoman Shield. The competing teams were
divided into two groups of four with the top two sides in each group playing
out semi-finals. Porthmadog youngsters did superbly well reaching the final
from a difficult group which also included Newport, Afan Nedd and Wrexham.
Flintshire reached the final from a group consisting of Pembrokeshire, Conwy 
and Swansea. 

To reach the final in competition with such large and well established
associations was a magnificent achievement.  The final proved to be a
keenlycontested match against the Shield holders of the shield but with 
neither side able to find the net it ended 0-0. The Porthmadog lads took the 
trophy and were crowned champions on the corner count rule which states that 
if the teams are level on aggregate, the one that earns the most corners is
declared the winner.

Flintshire schools official David Nickless told The Flintshire Chronicle
afterwards: “We could not have asked any more from the players. They gave it 
their all and to lose out in the way they did was hard for them to take. There 
were a few tears and long faces after the final but all of the players in the 
squad can be justly proud of their endeavours this season.”

This shows how seriously this competition is taken. Congratulations to the 
young players on their performances in the finals against such strong 
opposition and to coach Evan Evans whose squad have produced such outstanding 
form all season.