Gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals for the Welsh team in Sheffield this weekend
Lawrence John beat all before him in the team and singles, whilst Conor Edwards got an individual silver losing to Helshan Weerasinghe. Cellan Hall and Ashley Wray took team silver with Lawrence and individual bronzes themselves. The boys team took a bronze on Friday/Saturday after some impressive wins. The girls fought hard to get 5th spot in their event
Medals
GOLD LAWRENCE JOHN STANDING DISABILITY
SILVER CONNOR EDWARDS INDIVIDUAL BOYS
SLIVER DISABILITY TEAM
BRONZE BOYS TEAM
BRONZE LEARNING DISABILITY ASHLEY WRAY
BRONZE WHEELCHAIR DISABILITY CELLAN HALL
SILVER CONNOR EDWARDS INDIVIDUAL BOYS
SLIVER DISABILITY TEAM
BRONZE BOYS TEAM
BRONZE LEARNING DISABILITY ASHLEY WRAY
BRONZE WHEELCHAIR DISABILITY CELLAN HALL
DISABILITY TEAM REPORT
There were 3 categories Standing Learning and Wheelchair, Lawrence John Standing, Ashley Wray Learning and Cellan Hall Wheelchair. Each Team Match consisted of 3 individual matches best of 5 games. Order of play Standing Learning and then Wheelchair Disability.
Lawrence John was the star of the show not losing a game throughout the event which showed great determination for his first School Games. He certainly made his mark amongst his opposition. His only 1 set dropped was against England South West's Billy Shilton who was fired up for the game but Lawrence secured defeat 11-7 11-7 8-11 11-9. Lawrence was to meet Billy in the final of the individual event which he secured his 2nd medal of the competition.
The decider for Gold or Silver was a match against England Midland. Lawrence opened the book with a convincing win 11-6 11-6 11-2 over Craig Allen. Ashley feeling the pressure of the crowd unfortunately went down 11-7 11-4 11-8. It was then down to Cellan Hall to win the Gold for Wales against a tough competitor and fellow friend Daniel Bullen, The first game went to Daniel 11-8, Cellan pulled back with a 15-13 win in the second. Daniel then won a close third game battle 13-11. The crowd were behind both teams and it was a great atmosphere but unfortunately for Wales Cellan lost the fourth 11-5. A great team performance throughout but we couldn't quite step up to the occasion. It was a great game to watch but Wales had to settle for Silver.
The decider for Gold or Silver was a match against England Midland. Lawrence opened the book with a convincing win 11-6 11-6 11-2 over Craig Allen. Ashley feeling the pressure of the crowd unfortunately went down 11-7 11-4 11-8. It was then down to Cellan Hall to win the Gold for Wales against a tough competitor and fellow friend Daniel Bullen, The first game went to Daniel 11-8, Cellan pulled back with a 15-13 win in the second. Daniel then won a close third game battle 13-11. The crowd were behind both teams and it was a great atmosphere but unfortunately for Wales Cellan lost the fourth 11-5. A great team performance throughout but we couldn't quite step up to the occasion. It was a great game to watch but Wales had to settle for Silver.
