Chris Griffiths and Ethan Lewis both were representing Ferndale and Wales at the weekend. Chris was in the A team with Ryan Oyler and Ethan in the B team with Callum Evans.
Ethan and Callum finished 6th out of 10 in the team event. In their group the played Jersey, England A and Ireland. The beat Jersey 3-2 (Ethan won two and Callum won one). The boys lost 5-0 against England with Ethan losing 9 in the fifth to the English number 2. Against Ireland it was another close match with the boys loosing out 3-2 (Ethan and Callum both won one). In the consolation part of the team event the boys played Isle of Man 3-0 with no sets being dropped by either player. In the 5th and 6th play-off the boys met Jersey again, who they beat before. The boys lost this time around the boys lost 3-2 with Ollie Griggs gaining revenge on Ethan and beating him 3-2.
Chris and Ryan had a 5-0 will against Isle of Man with both players not dropping a set. Next up in their group was Scotland A. This was a very close match with the boys winning 3-2. Blair Fowler won his two matches 3-2 and the boys both beat the Scottish number 2 3-0 so it all came down to the doubles, which the Welsh boys won 3-2. Next up were Guernsey B and this was another 5-0 victory with Chris dropping a single set in the whole match.
The quarter finals saw the boys meet Scotland B and the came out comfortable winners with a 3-0 win (once again no sets dropped). The semi final saw the boys face England A and the boys put up a great fight but sadly could not keep up the great results and lost 3-0.
There was a 3rd and 4th play-off match against Scotland A and Chris gained revenge over Blair Fowler by beating him in the 1st match to go on and win the match 3-1.
Well Done to Chris and Ryan for getting a bronze in the team event.
Next up was the singles event on the Sunday. Chris came out all guns blazing and started the day strong with a confident display to win his group, beating Ryan Courtie (IOM) 3-1 and Jack Bennett (ENG) 3-2. The quarter finals saw Chris meet Blair Fowler again and Chris again improved on his last result against Blair by beating him 3-1 this time. Chris then had to play Number 1 seed and England number 1 Helshan Weerasinghe, sadly Chris could not keep up the great form and lost 3-0. In the singles there was no 3rd and 4th play-off so Chris gained his second medal of the weekend.
Overall it was a fantastic weekend for both players and Ferndale. The boys will have learned a lot from this event and can bring back experiences gained to the Academy and help the younger players as well as themselves.
Well Done boys for a fantastic effort at the weekend.
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