'No poem was good enough..'so chair stays empty'.

ADJUDICATORS decided there would be no winner in the main ceremony at the Urdd Eisteddfod yesterday - for the first time since 1984.

Eight poets submitted poems in strict metre or free verse on the subject of Forward.

But adjudicators Hywel Griffiths and Karen Owen decided none were worthy of the chair donated by the National Library of Wales.

Ms Owen said: None of the poems satisfactorily combine clear ideation with masterful technique. Unfortunately therefore there will be no winner this year.

However we are confident that a number of today''s competitors can win the Eisteddfod chair in the future.

Eisteddfod director Aled Sion said: Keeping standards high is of the utmost importance.

"We are, of course, disappointed that there is no winner but we are grateful to the adjudicators for their work.

CAPTION(S):

Ellis Fn Jones from Botwnnog, third in the boys solo dancing year 7 to 9 AR280509Urdd-94 Ffion Emyr Evans from Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, Pwllheli who won the Alaw Werin year under 19 AR280509Urdd-99 Gwenno Glyn from Bontnewydd who won the piano solo year 7 to 9 and won the harp solo yesterday AR280509Urdd-93 Cedron Sion from Ysgol Eifionydd, second in recitation year 7 to 9 AR280509Urdd-100