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AQUATICS
CHARLOTTE BRYAN*
From: Denbighshire
Age: 16
Event: 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly, 50m butterfly, 50m backstroke
16 year-old swimmer Charlotte comes from a sporty background with both her father and brother playing rugby at county level and her mum a keen squash player and canoeist.
A pupil at Alun School in Mold, Flintshire; Charlotte reached the top 100 in Europe for the 100m butterfly at just 13 years-old and likes to paint, draw and be with friends in her spare time.
She made her senior debut at the Celtic Tri Nations Championships in May 2011 where she won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke.
ELLENA JONES
From: Southampton, lives in Swansea
Age: 14
Event: 200m IM, 400m freestyle, 400m IM, 800m freestyle
Otherwise known as Barney, 14 year-old Ellena Jones was born in Southampton but now lives in
A pupil at
Barney is set to represent GB at the European Youth Olympic Festival in
IEUAN LLOYD*
From: Penarth
DOB: 18
Event: 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 200m IM, 400m freestyle, 400m IM
18 year-old Ieuan Lloyd is making a name for himself as one of
A pupil at
Penarth-born Ieuan travelled to
SARA LOUGHER*
From: Bridgend
DOB: 17
Event: 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke
17 year-old Sara first started swimming at the age of nine and went on to qualify for the Wales National Youth squad a year early.
The Bridgend-born swimmer is the only member of the team to have Commonwealth Youth Games experience, having competed in Pune in 2008 where she won two individual bronze medals in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and a silver alongside Jemma Lowe, Jazz Carlin and Alys Thomas for the 4x100m medley relay.
A successful 2010 for Sara saw her take home the bronze in the 50m breaststroke and silver in the 4x100m medley relay from the European Championships and she also qualified for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.
From: Steeton,
DOB: 17
Event: 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle, 800m freestyle
17 year-old Sian Morgan is an experienced swimmer and has travelled to numerous international competitions as part of the GB set-up.
From Ilkey in West Yorkshire,
Sian represented
LEWIS SMITH
From: Flintshire, lives in Ruthin
DOB: 17
Event: 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 100m freestyle, 200m backstroke, 200m butterfly, 200m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m freestyle, 50m butterfly
Describing his selection for the Commonwealth Youth Games as his best achievement to date, 17 year-old Lewis Smith has had a successful year.
Qualifying for the British Youth Finals in Sheffield last year, Lewis was also selected to compete for
From Ruthin, Lewis spends most of his time in the pool but is also a keen guitarist and Leeds Utd fan.
OLIVER TENNANT
From: Swansea
DOB: 17
Event: 100m freestyle, 1500m freestyle
Having made the squad for the British Open Water, Tenant went on to medal at the British Youth Championships and was a finalist in the British Championships 2011.
SIWAN THOMAS-HOWELLS*
From: Swansea
DOB: 14
Event: 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 50m freestyle
14 year-old Siwan Thomas-Howells has made a splash on the swimming scene this year after swimming against double Olympic-Champion Rebecca Addington and fellow Welsh girl and Commonwealth Games medallist Jazz Carlin at the British Championships in
Selected to compete for
Definitely one to watch!
CHLOE TUTTON*
From: Pontypridd
DOB: 15
Event: 100m freestyle, 200m IM, 400 IM, 50m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle
15 year-old Chloe Tutton is another of the swimmers trained by Dave Haller at Cardiff City Swim Club.
Taking to the water at just six months old, Chloe hasn’t looked back and joined her first club and swam her first mile at the age of four!
The Pontypridd-born swimmer certainly made her mark at the British Championships in 2011 by beating PBs and breaking records left, right and centre, including in the 100m freestyle.
DAN WOODS
From: Pontypool
DOB: 17
Event: 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly
17 year-old Dan Woods is a pupil of
Dan competed for
ATHLETICS
FFION BODILLY
From: Cardiff
DOB: 15
Event: Women’s High Jump
Introduced to athletics at school, 15 year-old Ffion from Cardiff fell in love with it. It was her father that spotted her talent and went about finding his daughter a coach to get her to where she is today.
With fellow Welsh Athletes David Guest and Christian Malcolm as her heroes, Ffion has battled her way back from a back injury and is the current Welsh Senior Champion after jumping a height of 1.68m.
DEWI HAMMOND
From: Bromsgrove
DOB: 17
Event: Men’s 100m
Sprinter Dewi Hammond is the current Welsh U20 Champion and holds and extremely impressive record of wins.
Originally from Bromsgrove, the 17 year-old will be part of six-strong squad of Athletes travelling to the Isle of Man with Team Wales.
From: Carmarthen
DOB: 16
Event: Women’s Javelin
Carmarthen Harriers athlete Carys has been coached by Ralph Siggey for the past five years and is a pupil at Queen Elizabeth High School.
2011 has been a successful year for the 16 year-old having won Welsh U17 Championship javelin title and the Welsh Schools middle age group Championships, topped off by not only selection for the Commonwealth Youth Games but also to represent GB at the European Youth Olympic Festival.
FFION PRICE
From: Llandrindod
DOB: 16
Event: Women’s 1500m
16 year-old middle distance runner Ffion splits her training time between Brecon Athletics Club and Maldwyn Harriers.
Aviva Welsh Schools Champion in the 800m and 1500m, the Llandrindod High School pupil has achieved a string of great results in 2011 and is definitely one to watch in the Isle of Man.
ELLIOT SLADE
From: Cardiff
DOB: 16
Event: Men’s 800m
16 year-old runner Elliot is currently the GB number one U17 800m runner.
Cardiff-born Elliot has recently been selected for GB to compete at the IAAF World Youth Championships and has a best time of 1:51:82
MATTHEW FIELD
From: Pontypridd
DOB: 17
Event: Men’s Discus & Men’s Shot Put
Matthew Field has had a record breaking year so far and will be looking to emulate the same success in the Isle of Man.
The 16 year-old from Pontypridd set a Welsh record in the discus at the Aviva Welsh Schools Championships and threw so far that he exceeded the 50m measuring tape!
BADMINTON
DANIEL FONT*
From: Mold
DOB: 17
Event: Men’s doubles, Men’s doubles, Mixed doubles
17 year-old Daniel Font is the current Welsh Senior National Singles Badminton Champion after only recently winning his first senior cap.
The
Within a year he won the U15 and U17 Quad doubles and he has also won the Badminton USA’s Junior International in both the singles and the doubles.
He also used to be the
JORDAN HART*
From: Haverfordwest
DOB: 15
Event: Mixed doubles and women’s singles
Jordon hails from Pembroke Dock and has represented
She won a silver medal at the UK School Games in 2009 in the women’s singles event and also won Welsh National titles at U19 in the women’s singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
A keen gym-goer,
OLIVER GWILT
From: Shrewsbury, lives in Welshpool
DOB: 17
Event: Men’s doubles
17 year-old Oliver Gwilt from Welshpool comes from a family of badminton players, and spends all his time training and playing.
Mixed doubles partners with fellow Commonwealth Youth Games athlete Dan Font, Oliver and Dan were the only badminton players in GB to come home with a medal from the Badminton European Championships last year in
BOXING
MITCHELL BUCKLAND
From: Cardiff
DOB: 17
Event: Light Welterweight
Boxing is obviously in the Buckland blood as 17 year-old Mitchell, or Mitch as he’s commonly known, has followed brother Gary’s footsteps into boxing.
A keen fisher, Mitch competed in the World Youth Championships in 2010 and has three British and six Welsh boxing titles to his name.
JOSHUA JOHN
From: Neath
DOB: 16
Event: Flyweight
16 year-old boxer Joshua John is from Glanafan,
The flyweight is a
Josh already has a Welsh title to his name along with a silver from the British Championships.
NATHAN THORLEY
From: Cardiff
DOB: 18
Event: Light Heavyweight
The 18 year-old light heavyweight loves boxing and both his uncle and father are former boxes.
CALUM EVANS
From: Carmarthen
DOB: 18
Event: Middleweight
Calum ‘the Contender’ Evans is the GB Youth Championship 2011 and a real prospect for the future.
The
Also a keen rugby player, Evans will be hoping to add another Middleweight boxing medal to the Welsh tally after Keiron Harding came home with the gold from Pune 2008.
CYCLING
OWAIN DOULL*
From: Winchester, lives in Llanishen
DOB: 02/05/1993
Event: Men’s Road Race & Criterium
18 year-old Owain Doull’s cycling career has already seen him tot up the medals and results and in 2009 alone he added British National Points Race Champion, second in the Junior Vuelta and the Isle of Man International Youth Tour and third in the British National Scratch Championships and British National Pursuit Championships to his tally.
More recently, the Cardiff-rider scooped a silver medal at the Junior World Track Championships in 2010.
Owain is part of the British Cycling Olympic Development Programme.
AMY ROBERTS
From: Carmarthen, lives in Llanelli
DOB: 16
Event: Women’s Road Race and Criterium
Despite being fairly new to the sport, 16 year-old Amy Roberts has positioned herself as a very powerful cyclist and is hoping to follow in the footsteps of team mate Owain Doull and on to the British Cycling Olympic Development Programme.
A fearless rider, Carmarthen’s Amy is already part of the British Cycling Olympic Talent Team and has won titles on the track, road and also during the cyclo-cross season and is proud to have been names U16 British Madison and U16 British Points Race Champion.
ELINOR BARKER*
From: Cardiff
DOB: 16
Event: Women’s Road race & Criterium
Elinor has already competed in the Isle of Man after her selection for
When not on her bike, Elinor can be found going for a run or spending time with her friends.
DANIEL PEARSON*
From: Porthcawl
DOB: 26/02/1994
Event: Men’s Road Race & Criterium
Porthcawl’s Dan Pearson has already had an impressive year. A relative newcomer to the sport, Dan was crowned Welsh Junior Road Race Champion for 2011 and more recently added National Junior Champion to his resume.
Pearson is a keen rider through and through and took inspiration for him father who competed in endurance mountain bike races.
GYMNASTICS
KIERA BRENNAN
From: Barry
DOB: 14
Event: Women’s team event
Barry YMCA gymnast Kiera is an extremely talented gymnast and was selected to compete for the Welsh Senior team for the Celtic Cup Championships in 2010 at just 13 years-old, where she claimed a bronze medal on the beam and also a team gold.
At the 2010 Welsh Championships, the GB squad member was crowned Welsh Beam Champion and also scooped a bronze on the bars.
ANGEL ROMAEO
From: Cardiff
DOB: 13
Event: Women’s team event
Sister of fellow gymnast Venus Romaeo, 13 year-old Angel already has an impressive resume. Just some of her titles include British Espoir Champion and a gold medal on the floor and beam at the Northern European Championships in 2010.
She came second in the Welsh Championships behind her older sister Venus and also finished in second at the UK School Games last year.
A keen cook and dancer,
RAER THEAKER
From: Cardiff
DOB: 14
Event: Women’s team event
When not training and competing Raer loves to shop and dance and is proud to have represented GB and competed in international competitions for the last three years.
HARRY OWEN
From: Haverfordwest
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Event: Men’s Team Event
17 year-old Harry Owen has an impressive 11 UK School Games medals to his name and has also been crowned champion at the Celtic Cup Championships twice.
The Haverfordwest gymnast is a pupil at
ROBERT SANSBY
From: Nuneaton
DOB: 14
Event: Men’s Team Event
14 year-old Roberts first competed for
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