Disability Sport Wales
Chwaraeon Anabledd Cymru
The Federation of Disability Sport Wales (FDSW) is a pan-disability National Governing Body of Sport Which aims to promote and develop quality sports opportunities
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A team of 9 players travelled up to Wigan over the May Day Bank Holiday to compete for Wales against the best Boccia teams in the World. Unfortuantely the team was disrupted on the friday travelling up as news filtered through that one player and her family had been involved in a road traffic accident. Thankfully no-one was injured, but they returned home to recover from the shock.
The Welsh squad was made up of three teams, a BC1/2 Team made up of Steve Evans (Crumlin), Dylan Evans (Rhyl) and Andrew Williams (Mold). The BC3 Pair of James Bailey (Cardiff) and Jacob Thomas (Pembroke) were joined with Gareth Stafford (Wrexham) following the withdrawal of Kathryn Jones (Caerphilly). The last team were in the BC4 class, with Tomas Martin (Cardiff) being paired in a new partnership with Kathryn Watkins (Trecastle).
With top ranking teams from Portugal, Spain, Slovak Republic and Great Britain amongst others the young Welsh squad held their own over the two days of competition, with the highlights including the 1/2 Team winning against Ireland (Ranked Top 8 in the World) and the BC4 pair taking Portugal (Ranked No.1) to a tie-break, but eventually lost 4 – 2.
Results
BC1/2 Team finished 8th
BC3 Pair finished 9th
BC4 finished 6th
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