THE winner of the Pembrokeshire Urdd National Eisteddfod crown has been named.

Originally from Trefor, Guto Dafydd, now lives in Pwllheli. He was a pupil at Ysgol yr Eifl, Ysgol Glan y Mor and Coleg Meirion Dwyfor before going on to earn a degree in Welsh from Bangor University.

The crown is presented to the best prose writer for writing a piece or pieces over 4,000 words on the theme Dwylo (Hands).

This year's crown was designed by craft, design and technology teacher Eurfyl Reed, of Ysgol y Preseli, who is originally from Newport.

He has created more than 50 mini crowns and metal chairs for the school eisteddfodau since he started teaching.

The crown features a representation of a journey around Pembrokeshire with images of the oil industry, agriculture, tourism and local history.

Mr Reed said: "Waldo's stone is on the front of the crown, made out of Preseli Bluestone, with the Urdd triangle made of yellow gold, white gold and red gold in the centre of the stone.

"The crown is then surrounded by different images from the area, with numerous techniques used to create them. The shape of the crown follows the lines of the Preseli Mountains."

There were fifteen competitors for the crown this year and according to the adjudicators two of these, competing under the pseudo names Yelizaveta and Drycin, stood out in particular. The adjudicators, Daniel Davies and Lleucu Roberts commented, “Yelizaveta ‘s story blew us away. Drycin’s tale shook us through and through. Both are small masterpieces.”

Although it was close, Yelizaveta, or Guto Dafydd took the prize.

The adjudicators added: “Yelizaveta made us laugh out loud. This is a confident author, who instils confidence in the reader, and was the most able storyteller in the competition. The story itself is a farce, which lampoons the unfortunate character of Eric B Lewis, B.Mus. Because of this, the reader’s credibility is stretched almost to the limit. This is done in a clever and comic fashion, and the ending is masterful. Eric represents a ‘type’ and the author is skilled at brining his characters down a peg or two using the Eisteddfod stage to humiliate proud and pompous Welsh middle class characters. Most certainly, you feel that a little mirror has been turned to face us…”

Marged Elen Wiliam from Ysgol Tryfan, Bangor came second, with Miriam Elin Jones, an individual member from Clych Caerfyrddin, coming third.