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Mae pawb yn edrych ymlaen yn eiddgar at Gwpan Rygbi’r Byd ym mis Medi 2015\. Bydd Cymru’n cynnal 8 gêm yn Stadiwm y Mileniwm yng Nghaerdydd. Rwy’n falch iawn, felly, o gyhoeddi partneriaeth rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru, Undeb Rygbi Cymru ac Amgueddfa Cymru i gyflawni rhaglen arloesol i ddathlu’r digwyddiad yng Nghymru.

Mae rygbi yn rhan o’n hunaniaeth ddiwylliannol yng Nghymru ac rydym yn falch iawn o gampau’r tîm ar y cae. Bu i lawer o’n chwaraewyr gorau ddechrau gyda’u clybiau lleol – clybiau sy’n dangos cryfder y cysylltiad rhwng rygbi a’r gymuned a’r ffordd y gall y gêm gefnogi pobl ifanc. Fy mwriad, nawr, yw dod ag elfennau allweddol fy mhortffolio at ei gilydd i ddathlu rôl rygbi yn ein treftadaeth drwy dri datblygiad, gan adael etifeddiaeth ddigidol ar gyfer y dyfodol.

Yn ddiweddar, ymunais â Chadeirydd a Phrif Swyddog Gweithredol Undeb Rygbi Cymru i lansio cystadleuaeth ysgrifennu creadigol dwyieithog i blant, sy’n dwyn y teitl ‘Storïau Rygbi’. Cawsom help gan blant Ysgol Gynradd Adamsdown i lansio’r gystadleuaeth. Yr her yw ysgrifennu cerddi, storïau a storïau digidol am rygbi. Caiff y goreuon eu dewis gan banel o feirniaid a’u cyhoeddi ym mis Medi. Mae ysgrifennu creadigol yn gallu datblygu llythrennedd a llythrennedd digidol \- mae’n ffordd o ddatblygu’r dychymyg ac annog plant a phobl ifanc i ddysgu mwy am y byd sydd o’u cwmpas. Bydd llyfrgelloedd, amgueddfeydd ac archifau ledled Cymru yn cynnal gweithgareddau i annog plant a phobl ifanc rhwng 7 a 16 oed i gymryd rhan. Rwyf i’n edrych ymlaen yn arw at glywed am brofiadau rygbi plant a phobl ifanc hyn a chlywed am rôl rygbi yn eu bywydau. Gallwch gael rhagor o wybodaeth o www.storiaurygbi.cymru. 

Mae rygbi’n bwysig iawn i dreftadaeth Cymru, a bydd arddangosfa newydd yn agor ar 8 Medi (4 diwrnod cyn gêm gyntaf Cymru yng Nghwpan Rygbi’r Byd) yn yr Amgueddfa Genedlaethol yng Nghaerdydd. Enw’r arddangosfa fydd ‘Kick offs and Keep\-sakes’  a bydd yno sawl eitem nad yw’r cyhoedd wedi eu gweld o’r blaen. Bydd yr arddangosfa yn defnyddio eitemau o archifau Undeb Rygbi Cymru a sawl casgliad arall i adrodd stori rygbi yng Nghymru a pherthynas ein gwlad, drwy’r gêm, â gwledydd eraill y byd. Bydd yn gyfle i hyrwyddo ein treftadaeth gyfoethog i gefnogwyr rygbi o bob cwr o’r byd, wrth iddyn nhw ymweld â Chaerdydd ar gyfer Cwpan Rygbi’r Byd.

Rwy’n ymwybodol bod llawer wedi mynegi pryder bod eitemau pwysig o hanes rygbi sydd yn nwylo clybiau lleol mewn perygl o gael eu colli cyn cael eu cofnodi. Rwyf, felly, yn falch iawn o gyhoeddi y bydd Casgliad y Werin Cymru yn gweithio gydag Undeb Rygbi Cymru  i gefnogi gwirfoddolwyr i gofnodi a digido eitemau sydd yn y clybiau lleol. Rwyf wedi ymrwymo i sicrhau bod cofnod digidol o hanes y gêm, a’i heffaith ar fywyd yng Nghymru, ar gael ar gyfer y dyfodol.







Translation:


 
Everyone is looking forward to the forthcoming Rugby World Cup in September 2015 when Wales will be hosting 8 matches at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. I am delighted to announce a partnership between the Welsh Government, the Welsh Rugby Union and Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales to deliver an innovative programme to celebrate the event in Wales.


Rugby is part of our cultural identity in Wales, beyond our proud sporting record on the pitch. Many of our greatest players began in their local clubs which represent the strength of community ties and support for young people. I now intend to bring the key elements of my portfolio together to acknowledge this heritage through three developments, leaving a lasting digital legacy.


I recently joined the Chair and CEO of the WRU in launching a bilingual creative writing competition for children, ‘Rugby Stories’. Children from Adamsdown Primary School helped us unveil the challenge to write poems, stories and digital stories about rugby. The competition will be judged by a panel and the winners announced in September. Creative writing has a tremendous power to develop literacy and digital literacy, letting the imagination grow and encouraging children and young people to learn more about the world around them. Our libraries, museums and archives services across Wales will be putting on activities to encourage children and young people between 7 and 16 to get involved, and I look forward to seeing a fantastic range of experiences, whether about playing, watching or expressing the importance of rugby in their lives. More information is available at www.rugbystories.wales.


The importance of rugby to Wales’ heritage is undisputed and an exciting new exhibition, ‘Kick offs and Keep\-sakes’ will be held at the National Museum in Cardiff, opening on 8 September, four days before Wales’ first game in the Rugby World Cup. Displaying many items never before seen in public, the exhibition will use a range of artefacts and memorabilia from the WRU’s archives and other collections to explore the national fascination with rugby and Welsh rugby’s relationship with other rugby nations. This will be an opportunity to promote our rich sporting heritage to rugby fans from all over the world as they visit Cardiff for the World Cup.


I know that several people have expressed a concern that important rugby memorabilia held by local rugby clubs is in danger of being lost before being recorded. I am delighted to announce that the People’s Collection Wales will be working with the WRU to support volunteers to document and digitise items in local clubs. I am committed to establishing a lasting digital legacy of our national game which will continue to record its impact on life in Wales after this, and future, Rugby World Cups.