Pencampwr gwyddbwyll Cwm Rhymni / Cwm Rhymni Chess Champion

Mae Ioan Rees o Bengam, sydd yn ddisgybl chweched dosbarth yn Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni yn dathlu ennill Pencampwriaeth Gwyddbwyll Ysgolion Cymru a gynhaliwyd ym Merthyr Tydful yn ddiweddar. Cyrhaeddodd yr ysgol y rownd derfynol cyn colli i Ysgol Mynwy.

Cychwynnodd Ioan chwarae gwyddbwyll yn naw mlwydd oed ac mae eisoes wedi cynrychiolu timau ieuenctid ac oedolion Cymru. Ar hyn o bryd ef yw’r pedwerydd chwaraewr gorau yng Nghymru. Bydd yn cynrychioli Cymru ym mhencampwriaethau’r byd ym mis Gorffennaf yn nhref Belfort yn Ffrainc. Mae wedi teithio i nifer o wledydd yn chwarae gwyddbwyll gan gynnwys Sbaen, Ffrainc, Groeg a Weriniaeth Tsiec. Ei uchelgais yw ennill y teitl gwyddbwyll anrhydeddus sef “Prif Feistr”.

Ioan Rees, a sixth form pupil at Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni is currently celebrating winning the Welsh Schools Chess Championships held in Merthyr Tydfil recently.

He will now have the opportunity to represent Wales in the World Championships in July held at Belfort in France. He is also an important member of the Welsh Senior Chess team and has represnted Wales in various competitions in Spain, France, Greece and the Czech Republic.

Ioan began playing chess as a nine year old and has represented both junior and senior Welsh chess teams. He is currently the fourth best chess player in Wales. His ambition is to gain the prestigious Grand Master chess title.

Ioan’s younger sister, Sioned a year 10 pupil, is also a member of the Welsh under 16 team.