Bowls

Day 5 couldn’t have started much better for Team Wales, although the Mixed Para Bowls Pairs B2-B3 bronze medal match didn’t go without its emotional ups and downs. Julie Thomas and Steffan James played an absolutely incredible match, coming down from a set behind to win the Bronze medal as James produced a truly heroic shot with Wales’ last ball to see off strong opposition from New Zealand.

Amy Williams and Lauren Gowen were directly next up on the rink, playing Northern Ireland for the Women’s Pairs bronze. Two teams with superb capabilities played out an inevitably tense affair, with Wales keeping their opponents at bay right until the last as Northern Ireland pulled away in a fifth end of the second set. Nevertheless, a 4th-placed finish for Williams and Gowen on their Commonwealth Games debuts is an incredible achievement, to which the journey throughout has been unforgettable.

Day 5 also saw Williams kick off her Women’s Singles campaign in Section C, taking on India’s Nayanmoni Saikia and starting well with a solid 2-0 win.

Team Wales Baton Bearer Dan Salmon kicked off his Commonwealth Games campaign alongside Men’s Pairs partner Ross Owen in the afternoon, beginning Section A with a comfortable 2-0 win over Niue.

Athletics

Charlotte Henrich kicked things off for Team Wales on the track, running fantastically in the Women’s 400m heats to place third and qualify for the semi-finals. Justin Davies also lined up on the track for the first time at Glasgow 2026, placing 8th in the Men’s 800m heats and qualifying for the semis.

In the evening session, Jeremiah Azu stepped up for his Men’s 100m semi-final and swiftly delivered a season’s best 10.00 to secure a place in the final, where he placed fifth.

Swimming

There were several semi-final qualifiers in the morning session for Team Wales, with Lewis Fraser qualifying in the Men’s 50m Butterfly, both Meghan Higgs and Theodora Taylor making it through the heats of the Women’s 50m Freestyle, and Jack Knight making the Men’s 100m Backstroke semis.

In the Men’s 50m Butterfly semi-finals, Fraser, tied for eighth with Nigeria’s Abduljabar Adama, just missed out on the final as he lost a swim-off to determine eighth place.

Meanwhile, Taylor finished sixth in the Women’s 50m Freestyle, qualifying for the final, with Higgs placing 11th; and Knight finished his Men’s 50m Backstroke semi-final in 14th place.

Ela Letton-Jones was back in the pool after claiming Silver in the Women’s S13 100m Freestyle on Day 1. She sailed through the heats to make the Women’s s13 50m Freestyle final, where she set a new PB and Welsh record of 29.55 on her way to fifth.

The highlight of the day in the pool came late on as Matt Richards stepped up for the Men’s 100m Freestyle, swimming a brilliant 47.64 to claim Silver.

Boxing

Helen Jones’ Commonwealth Games campaign came to an end in the Women’s 54kg category as she fell to defeat against England’s Laren Mackie.

Connor Williams was also in action with the hope of progressing to the Men’s 90kg semi-finals, and did so to guarantee himself at least a Bronze medal as he beat Niue’s Duken Holo Tutakitoa-Williams by split decision.

Artistic Gymnastics

Ruby Evans was in two finals on Day 5, placing seventh in the Women’s Beam final before her moment in the limelight in the Women’s Floor final, where a stunning routine secured a total of 13.500 and Team Wales’ first gold medal of Glasgow 2026.

Elliot Vernon competed in the Men’s Parallel Bars final, achieving a seventh-placed finish, while Alex Niscoveanu matched that in the Men’s Horizontal Bar final.

Weightlifting

Charlotte Whalley was the first Team Wales lifter in action on Day 5, achieving a PB clean and jerk of 104kg on her way to an 8yh-placed finish in the Women’s 63kg category.

Chloe Hood was also in action on Day 5, in the Women’s 69kg category, placing ninth with a 190kg total.

Netball

The Netball team got their first win of the Games, beating Trinidad and Tobago 74-30.

3×3 Wheelchair Basketball

Team Wales Men’s 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball faced a free-scoring Australia team in their Play-In game to reach the semi-finals and things looked promising after Dan May’s early two-pointer. The hoop, however, soon turned unforgiving for our players and they exited the competition with a 21-6 defeat, but can look back at their debut Commonwealth Games with the utmost pride.

The Women’s 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball team went into their Play-In game having put in consistent performance throughout their Pool, despite defeat in the third and final fixture. Facing a Canada who had won once in Pool A, they started strongly but couldn’t quite get over the line as they lost 21-3; like the men’s team, though, they should be proud of the history they’ve made at Glasgow 2026.