THE first prizes connected to a teacher's legacy have been presented.

Last year a foundation was launched in the name of a much loved PE teacher, Delyth Wyn Jones.

Delyth was assistant headteacher and head of PE at Ysgol Bryn Elian in Old Colwyn. She died unexpectedly on September 24 2019 of a pulmonary embolism.

The Delyth Wyn Jones Foundation has a two fold purpose - one of which is to raise awareness about Pulmonary embolism, a blocked blood vessel in the lungs.

It also looks to providing scholarships for sport activities for children and young people who may not be able to participate due to financial issues.

Recent awards were given to young people from key stages three, four, five and six.

They were awarded £50, £200 and £250 respectively.

Sister Bethan said: "The awards were something we wanted to develop around Delyth’s sense of acknowledging the various ways in which young people can achieve success, but that success is not only measured in academic qualification.

"Delyth was the first to acknowledge that her strengths were never really classroom based, she excelled at playing all manner of sport - mainly football and netball (gaining international caps in both sports). But she never forgot the importance of acknowledging that people don’t always get the recognition they deserved for personal achievements and that success should never be measured in the amount of qualifications you get at the end of your academic career or the amount of times you are chosen to play in a certain team or the formal external trappings of success.

"Delyth supported everyone to reach their potential as a person and that is the spirit in which these awards have been created."

Those in key stage three, four and six knew Delyth.

"This made it even more pertinent," Bethan said.

"Her name will never be forgotten at Ysgol Bryn Elian as the awards will be presented on an annual basis."

Delyth's family are hoping as the Covid situation improves in 2022, they will be able to continue their task of raising awareness of the dangers of Pulmonary Embolism and encourage people, who may be concerned, to seek appropriate intervention.

"We also hope to continue to provide support via the Del’s Angels Scheme to provide sport equipment in schools to those who may not be able to afford to purchase items for themselves," Bethan added.

"We have been informed that there will be an annual netball competition for Conwy County schools which will be named after Delyth, but those discussions are still in preliminary stages.

"Delyth would have been 50 in January, so as her older sister, I intend to mark that by running 50km’s on her birthday to raise awareness of the foundation and encourage others to get involved.

"We are determined her name will only ever be associated with positive outcomes for others and will continue to work tirelessly to make sure this happens."