Disabled championships celebrate a quarter century.

THE RotaryWelsh Disabled Sports Team Championships (WDSTC) celebrated 25 years this year with some 100 disabled young people taking part in a variety of sports at the Cwmbran Stadium.

The event is open to clubs throughout Wales working with people with a disability in a variety of ways, but with sport as one of their activities.

At this year's championships, teams took part in swimming, curling, table tennis, shot putt, pool, football, boccia (a paralympic ball game) and weight lifting. This year's winning team were from Saundersfoot.

We were very pleased that the Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Councillor Brian Griffiths, together with the Lady Mayoress, were able to join us for several hours, as well as the Mayor and Mayoress of Torfaen and the Deputy Mayor and Consort of Newport.

Major Phil Packer, who recently walked the London Marathon, also came along to encourage our competitors and tell them about his quest to build a British Inspiration Support Organisation for young people with disability who are finding life hard to cope with.

The sports are organised by a small committee of Rotarians and funded by Rotary Clubs inWales.

Rotarian Alan Fleet, Rotary Club of Cardiff East, Member of WDSTC Committee

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One of the competitors taking part in the weightlifting competition at the Rotary Welsh Disabled Sports Team Championships, assisted by Rotarian Karen McGrath and Mark Munnery, a British Amateur Athletics Board coach