Nathan Stevens, Talent Officer, Disability Sport Wales, met up with Mathew in North Wales and invited him down to Cardiff, 20th February 2016, to be officially classified train and develop within sports with a view to being accepted onto the Paralympic squad for 2020 games. Mathew has been officially classified as T35/F35.

Shot training

Started March 2016, with Ian Robinson, coach.

Saturdays 11-1pm. Deeside, indoor training

Tuesday 5.00-7.00 pm Wrecsam Queensway Athletics

Thursdays 6.00-8.00pm Wrecsam Queensway Athletics

Mathew is also registered with power of 10 so a record of his achievements can be followed. PB 2017, 7m14cms

Mathew Williams

Club: Wrexham AC 5.3.18

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: 19/09/1996

Age Group: U23

Class: T35/F35

County: Wales North

Region: Wales

Nation: Wales

Coach:Ian Robinson

Powerlifting

Mathew has powerlifting training Brailsford Centre, Bangor

Wednesday evening 7-8 pm, commencing March 2016, with Tiffany Brannan, Business Support Officer Weightlifting Wales.

Mathew trains in Powerlifting himself at Canolfan Brailsford Monday, Friday and Sunday

PB 14.3.18 - 86 kgs

Competed in Para Power lifting competition on the 2nd October 2016 in Stockport, achieved first lift 55 kg and second lift 60 kgs

The lifting league will be held at HAWFC in Holyhead – 17th December - lifted 70 kgs

English Weightlifting Championships 2017, Stantonbury Theatre, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, MK146BN United Kingdom, 21st January 2017 - 22nd January 2017 - lifted 73 kgs

Mathews’ total supervised training hours 7 hours per week , unsupervised training 3 hours

As well as competing in the above, Mathew has also registered with CP sport 2016/17 CP sporting events, Stoke Mandeville x 2, Gateshead, Doncaster and Nottingham, the two furthest venue, Stoke and Gateshead are a four and a half drive from our location

Achievements

2018

Bangor Para Powerlifter, Mathew Williams, recently featured in S4C documentary Chwaraeon ‘y Dyn Bach. “Games of the little man” https://www.bbc.co.uk/…/p05s3…/chwaraeon-y-dyn-bach-pennod-2 Math screening at 15.22 - 23.41 The programme shows Math training in both Shot in Wrecsam and Powerlifting in Brailsford Centre where Math hits a lifetime PB of 85kgs bench whilst being filmed.

PB 86kgs 14th March 2018

Math also competed, Welsh National Championships, Cardiff, winning Silver medal, benching 74kgs.

Mathew was shortlisted 1 out of three, for best Emerging Athlete Disability Sports Wales 2016, black tie event, Vale Hotel, Cardiff, 27th January 2017

Mathew awarded CP sports Athletics Series Junior Male Field athlete of 2016

Mathew awarded Menai Track and Field senior athlete of the year 2016

Mathew has been selected for the Parapowerllifting Welsh Squad 2016

We would be delighted if you could support Mathew to ease the route of his progress in becoming a professional sports person and representing not only his country but the United Kingdom. Mathew is training towards the Olympic games 2020, and Commonwealth Games 2022