Sport Wales
Sport Wales provides support so that we can produce effective strategic plans for disability sport in Wales.
Sport Wales encourages us to:-
•achieve financial stability;
•maintain and increase membership;
•improve the performances of individuals and teams representing Wales.
To help us achieve our goals, Sport Wales provide:-
•professional advice and financial support;
•specialist support services in sports science, sports medicine, strength and conditioning, coaching, administration and the development of elite competitors.
Ace Feet in Motion
ACE work closely with many top athletes and sports people throughout the UK.
Ace Feet in Motion was established in the beginning of 2001 to provide podiatric biomechanical sports injury services using computerised pressure plate scanning equipment.
This equipment allows ACE to analyse the biomechanics of the foot and identify any irregularities in foot function.
Jacob Thomas takes Silver at Boccia Masters International
11 June 2012
As the final preparations are taking place for the GB Boccia squad members ahead of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Boccia Masters International event in Portugal saw some of the World’s best team competing for one of the last times before London.
Youngster Jacob Thomas, from Narberth in Pembrokeshire, will be competing at his first Paralympic Games, and his meteoric rise within the sport, has seen him climb the rankings in the BC3 classification (for players who uses a ramp).
Thomas, part of the GB Pair team initially had a disappointment at the event, not making it through the Group stages losing to a strong Portugal and Russian Pair. However he showed his class in the individual event, going through to the final, beating his GB team-mate, Scott McCowan in the semi-final, but losing out on the Gold to Portugal’s Macedo.
The GB team moves onto another event later this month, the Cheshire International Open in Wigan, which will see them again taking on some of the best players in the World. In this event Wales will be represented by a strong team, hoping to put their mark on some of the other teams.