Junior British League

Ferndale were represented by two players last weekend at the JBL, Chris Griffiths and Liam Winder. Chris was a member of the Wales team that won gold in division 2B. Chris was joined in the team by Connor Edwards, Alex Prosser and Ryan Oyler. Well done to Chris and the boys for winning the division.
Liam Winder played for Ael-Y-Bryn in division 4A where the team finished second in the division. Liam had some excellent performances and played very well.
Congratulations must be given to the Welsh girls team of Charlotte Carey, Nicole Hall, Angharad Phillips and Megan Phillips. The girls won the Premier Division and this makes them the British Champions. That is a fantastic result for Wales. Well Done to all the players from Wales at the weekend.

St.Johns Match Monday 6th

On Monday the 6th of Feb Ferndale took a squad of players over to St.John's in Aberdare for a replay of the first match carried out before Christmas. It was an excellent trip with everybody being partnered with a St.John's individual for a doubles competition. The players representing Ferndale were:
Year 7
Ronan Comey
Eric Hughes
Mason Downie
Connor Wilshire
Year 8
Charlotte Slye
Year 10
Liam Winder
Chris Griffiths

The players were also accompanied by PE teacher Mr.Williams and 5x60 officer Chris Emsley. Everybody had a great time and are looking forward to St.John's coming back to Ferndale just before Easter.

North Wales Training Camp

Charlotte Slye was selected to travel to North Wales for a training camp this weekend. Charlotte travelled with several players from South Wales as well as national coach Ryan Jenkins who ran the session.Charlotte said she enjoyed the camp and came back feeling more confident in herself. Ryan said on his blog "the attitudes, motivation and pride was inspiring and it was nice to be part of it."
Well Done Charlotte and keep up the good work.

Catalunya Invitation Event Results

Chris was a member of the Cadet team that lost there 1st match 3-0 against Andalusia in the quarter final. The next match was a close encounter losing out to Oroso 3-1 in the 5th-8th play-off match. Chris was 2-0 up in his match here but sadly could not finish off the match losing 3-2. The final match the in the 7th and 8th play-off the cadet team won 3-0 with Chris winning his match 3-2.
In his individual group Chris won one match 3-1 and lost the other two matches 3-1 and 3-0, the 3-0 result against the number 1 seed. Chris finished 10th out of 16 in the singles event and is showing signs of stepping up on the continent and should hopefully start turning these close defeats in to victories soon.

Catalunya Invitation Event

Chris Griffiths is a member of the Welsh squad selected to go and compete in the above mentioned event in Barcelona. Good luck to Chris and keep up the good work.