Bowls

The first action of the day came at the Bowls, where the Women’s Pairs played out a tense affair with New Zealand. The fixture went down to a tie-break, and after a long few minutes to measure the winning ball, victory fell New Zealand’s way. Amy Williams and Luren Gowen, however, had done more than enough to make it through to the semi-finals courtesy of a blistering four-match winning run before defeat today.

And that semi-final came later in the day, as they faced England for a place in the gold-medal match. The drama was there in abundance as it came down to a tie-break; a rollercoaster of emotions, the tie-break would eventually go England’s way on the final ball. That places Williams and Gowen in the bronze medal match against Northern Ireland.

With a couple of disappointing results so far in the tournament, Ross Owen showed composure against his Day 4 opponent, Rajnesh Prasad from Fiji. Although he won’t progress past the Section C group, Owen can hold his head up high after concluding his Men’s Singles campaign with a dominant 2-0 display.

Following the conclusion of their group, the Para Mixed Pairs B2-B3 had an early-evening semi-final to look forward to. Also taking on the English, Julie Thomas and Steffan James competed valiantly but eventually fell to a 2-0 defeat, and will play New Zealand in the bronze medal match.

Athletics

It was a busy opening day for Team Wales Athletics, kicked off by Jeremiah Azu who stormed to a 10.10 100m time as he won his Round 1 heat, coming 6th overall, and qualifying for the semi-finals.

Team Wales captain Olivia Breen was also on the track in the opening Athletics session. Breen equalled her season’s best in the Women’s T37/38 100m, running 13.05 to qualify for the final, before doing the same in the final, recording a 12.86 and claiming the Silver medal.

Amber Simpson also featured on Day 4, competing in the Women’s Hammer. Her distance of 59.14m earned her 13th place in the heats.

Ellie Bowen was the final Team Wales athlete in action at the Scotstoun Stadium, showing her prowess in the Shot Put F57 final. An incredible show of strength from Bowen saw her set a new PB of 6.48m, placing sixth.

Swimming

The Women’s 50m Backstroke was first up for Team Wales in the pool, with both Medi Harris and Rebecca Sutton securing semi-final places. Neither would qualify for the final, but Sutton had a day to remember as she broke her PB twice, swimming the semi-final in 28.67.

Matt Richards, Dan Jones and Harry Milne all also made the semi-finals in the Men’s 100m Freestyle after placing 3rd, 11th and 12th respectively. With Milne and Jones placing 13th and 16th respectively, Richards qualified for the final thanks to a 4th-placed finish.

Meanwhile, Amy Crowley also featured in the morning session, placing 13th in the heats of the Women’s 50m Breaststroke before matching that placement in the semi-finals.

Theodora Taylor continued her excellent form in Glasgow as she competed in the Women’s 100m Freestyle final. A fourth-placed finish was earned courtesy of a new PB and Welsh record of 00:54:00.

Following the heroics of Day 3 in which he anchored the Men’s 4×200 Relay team to Bronze, Tyler Melbourne=Smith was back in the pool for the Men’s 800m Freestyle final, placing sixth.

The Women’s 4x200m Relay was the last race of the night for Team Wales, finishing seventh in the final.

Boxing

First up in the ring for Wales was Brimingham 2022 Bronze medallist Owain Harris-Allan. The 22-year-old got off to the perfect start against Mauritius’ Niven Chemben, showing his experience and class to come out on top by unanimous decision against a tough opponent to progress to the quarter-final.

Also featuring in the early session was Orlando Holley-Sotomi, who faced a challenging bout against England’s Paddy Hewitt. Too strong for his opponent, though, Orlando fought brilliantly to win by SD and make it through to the quarter-final.

Finally in the ring was Dan Pitt, who followed up his Round of 32 victory with a unanimous decision win against Kua Gunua Mua from Papa New Guinea to progress to the quarter-finals.

Artistic Gymnastics

There was a buzz in the air at the Women’s Vault Final, only increasing as the session went on; and for good reason, as the Roper twins performed exquisitely to claim fantastic results. With a total of 13.433, Abigal Roper secured Team Wales’ fourth Bronze medal of the Games and first Vault medal since 1994, while sister Emily placed fourth.

Soon after came the Uneven Bars Final, with Emily Roper back in action alongside Jemima Taylor. As Taylor placed seventh, Emily wouldn’t be denied twice, this time recording a PB total of 13.666 to claim Bronze, the first time ever that a Welsh gymnast has medalled on Uneven Bars.

Weightlifting

After Nikole Roberts’ fantastically feel-good session on Day 3, spirits were high for Team Wales Weightlifting as Catrin Haf Jones took to the platform in the Women’s 58kg category. Showing courage and strength, she 2024 Commonwealth Championships bronze medallist nearly got herself a clean and jerk PB on her way to claiming sixth place.

3×3 Wheelchair Basketball

The excitement continued amid another fervent atmosphere for our 3×3 Wheelchair Basketball teams, who both faced tough tests against Scotland with everything to play for in their respective groups.

First up for Team Wales, the Women concluded Pool B in a physical match-up that was decided by fine margins. Narrowly missing countless buckets despite some brilliant play, Wales fell to a 16-2 defeat – a scoreline that didn’t reflect the game at all – against a Scotland side that was simply more clinical. The ladies will now face the play-off game against Canada with the hope of qualifying for the final four of the competition.

It was also an intense challenge for the Men, who finished off their group with a 21-10 defeat to the Games hosts. Like the ladies, though, they will go through into the play-off tie to face Australia for a place in the semi-finals.