After and eventful weekend of team matches the boys pulled off two wins against Guernsey and Ilse of Man. They lost out to strong opponents in Scotland, England, Jersey and eventual winners Ireland.
In the girls team it was a similar story with Wales beating Guernsey but losing out to Scotland, England and Ireland who finished as champions.
In the individual competition there were some great contests. Harry Langley and Matthew Francis finished 2nd in their groups but lost out to strong opponents from England and Ireland. Jack Cole lost out in a tough group and reached the quarter finals of the consolation losing out to the Scottish number 1 player. Jake Simeone pulled out of his consolation match due to illness and Steffan Griffiths had suffered an injury the day before so had to withdraw from the singles event.
Victoria went through to the main event, having come second in her group, though she went out to Rebecca Plaistow of Scotland in the next round. Jamie Lee lost out 3-2 in the consolation quarters along with Bethany Brewer who lost at the same stage. Dawn Jones made it one step further and got a bronze medal after losing out to Scottish opposition. Lydia John went home with a gold medal after winning the consolation event beating the Scottish opponent who earlier beat both Jamie Lee Harley and Dawn Jones.
Lydia beat Daisy Kershaw Gurnsey's No1 3-1 in QF and Jennie Yang from Scotland in SF after losing first 2 sets she fought back to win 3-2. Lydia then went on to the final where she defeated Scotland's Faye Leggett in straight games to win the gold!
Player of the weekend must go to Steffan Griffiths who battled through injury with great determination not to let his team mates down. This gained Wales some valuable points in the team event.
Huge well done to Steffan Griffiths, Harry Langley, Joe Simeone, Matthew Francis and Lydia John. They gained great experience with Steff being the only player who will be too old for next year.
Well done to all the players that played hard all weekend and gained valuable experience to carry forward to next year.
