Bowls

Dan Salmon and Ross Owen kicked the day off for Team Wales in the Bowls Men’s Pairs, taking on Malaysia in their fourth fixture of their Section A campaign; it ended in a frustrating 2-0 defeat, confirming their exit of the competition after their final game to come on Day 9.

In the afternoon, Amy Williams stepped into the rink once again, looking to continue her blistering form in her fourth match of Section C in the Women’s Singles. She faced Isle of Man’s Caroline Whitehead to make it four from four in yet another dominant display that saw her accumulate 26 points and drop just one in a 2-0 win.

Cycling

After a special evening at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome for Team Wales on Day 7, Emma Finucane, Lowri Thomas and Rhian Edmunds were all in action again early on Day 8, this time taking on the individual Women’s Sprint event.

Qualifying proved just as successful for the tree of them, all progressing for the 1/8 Round with Edmunds and Thomas finishing fifth and 13th respectively, while Finucane stormed to a new Games Record 10.322. At the next stage, while Thomas lost her race by 0.065 seconds, Finucane and Edmunds won and progressed to the quarter-finals, where both won in just two races and qualified for the semi-finals.

In a cruel turn of events, the pair met each other in the semis, Finucane winning to go through to the gold medal race and send Edmunds to the bronze medal race.

Nevertheless, Edmunds regrouped and put in a sensational shift to overcome tough opposition in the form of Malaysia’s Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri to claim Bronze. Just minutes after, Finucane rounded-off an incredibly impressive day in the Women’s Sprint event by winning Gold against England’s Sophie Capwell.

Ciara Oliva, Anna Morris and Jess Roberts all faced Women’s 400m Individual Pursuit qualifying. Oliva and Roberts placed seventh and 11th respectively, while Morris progressed to the Gold Medal race as she finished second. From there, history was made as she raced a Games Record 00:04:272 to beat English opposition to Gold.

After her medal ceremony, Morris was also in action for the Women’s 10km Scratch final alongside Carys Lloyd and Megan Barker, with the trio placing fifth, 20th and 21st respectively.

Rhys Britton and Will Salter also featured, competing in Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit qualification, finishing 10th and 13th respectively.

Ioan Hepburn, Steffan Lloyd, and Jonah Jenkins were on the track for the Men’s Keirin all going through to the Repechages, from which Jenkins would progress to Round 2. Qualifying for the 7-12 final from there, Jenkins would eventually place 10th overall in the event.

Meanwhile, Rory Gravelle, Will Perrett and Will Roberts competed in the Men’s Elimination final, placing 10th, 16th and 18th respectively.

Netball

After the conclusion of the group stage, Team Wales concluded its Glasgow 2026 campaign against Tonga in the 9th-10th classification match, eventually placing 10th in the competition following a 63-53 defeat.

Judo

Day 8 saw the curtain raised in Judo, with three Welsh athletes competing.

Josh Bell was in action in the Men’s -66kg category, winning by IPPON against Kenya’s Felix Okoko in the Round of 32 before losing to Scotland’s Aiden Moffat in the next round.

Lola Hodson also kicked off her campaign on the morning of Day 8, meeting Vanuatu’s Priscillia Monthouel in the Round of 16 and wasting no time as she won by IPPON within 20 seconds. In the quarter-finals, Hodson came up against Evelyn Beaton from Canada, heading to the repechage after losing by IPPON and coming up against Shraddha Kadubal Chopade from India. Winning 1-0, Hodson went through to fight for Bronze against England’s Tatum Keen, but fell to defeat to place joint fifth overall in the competition.

Ashleigh Barnikel also stepped up on Day 8, coming up against Scotland’s Summer Shaw in the quarter-finals. Although she lost 1-0, Barnikel went through to the repechage where she faced another Scot in form of Eva Ewing, but couldn’t progress into the semi-finals.

Boxing

There was plenty of action in the ring on Day 8, with four semi-final bouts taking place.

Rosie Eccles was first up, taking on India’s Arundhati Choudhary and, despite a semi-final defeat, the Team Wales Flag Bearer secured Bronze in the Women’s 70kg category.

Orlando Holley-Sotomi faced a meeting with Mauritius’ Merven Clair in the Men’s70kg category, and once again showed his quality with a UD win to make the final.

Connor Williams was up against Northern Ireland’s Garyn McAllister in the Men’s 90kg category, also winning by UD to secure his spot in Day 9’s final.

Later on in the day, Owain Harris-Allan was up and faced another challenging bout, this time fighting Sachin Sachin from India. Although Harris-Allan fell to defeat, he was magnanimous in defeat and walks away from Glasgow with Bronze.

Athletics

All the Team Wales action at Scotstoun Stadium came in the evening, with Team Captain Olivia Breen and Issy Boffey both in finals.

Breen faced the Women’s Long Jump T38 final, and claimed a well-earned Gold with a new Games Record in the process, putting in a fantastic performance as she jumped 5.09 to earn a second medal in Glasgow.

Boffey ran brilliantly to earn a fifth-placed finish in the Women’s 800m, meanwhile.