Chelsea Lewis (netball)

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Chelsea Lewis
Personal information
Born (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30)
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1] [2]
School Aberdare Girls' School
Neath Port Talbot College
University Cardiff Metropolitan University
Netball career
Playing position(s): GS, GA
YearsClub team(s)Apps
2010–2015 Celtic Dragons
2015 Netball Waitakere
2015–2018 Team Bath
2017 → Celtic Flames
2018– Celtic Dragons
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2010– Wales
Coaching career
YearsTeam(s)
Monmouth School for Girls
Last updated: 23 April 2020

Chelsea Lewis (born 24 November 1993) is a Wales netball international. She represented Wales at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. She was also a member of the Wales teams that won the 2010 Netball Singapore Nations Cup and the 2013 and 2014 European Netball Championships. At club level she has played for Celtic Dragons and Team Bath in the Netball Superleague.

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Early life and education

Lewis is originally from Aberdare. She was educated at Aberdare Girls' School, where she first began to play netball, Neath Port Talbot College and Cardiff Metropolitan University. [1] [3] [4]

Playing career

Celtic Dragons

Lewis first played for Celtic Dragons between 2010 and 2015. [5] She was a member of the Dragons squad that finished as runners up to Team Bath in the 2013 Netball Superleague. [6] [7] She guested for Dragons when they played as Celtic Flames in the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club. [8] [9] After three seasons with Team Bath, Lewis re-joined Dragons for the 2019 season. [10] She withdrew from the 2020 Dragons squad after announcing her pregnancy. [11]

Netball Waitakere

In 2015 Lewis played for Netball Waitakere in New Zealand. [5] [12] [13] [14]

Team Bath

Lewis played for Team Bath during the 2016, 2017 and 2018 seasons. [5] [13] [14] [15]

Wales

Lewis made her senior debut for Wales in 2010 during a qualifying tournament for the 2011 World Netball Championships. She was the 190th Wales international and, at the age of 16, she was also the youngest. [13] [16] She was subsequently a member of the Wales team that won the 2010 Netball Singapore Nations Cup. [3] [17] [18] She was also a member of the Wales teams that won the 2013 and 2014 European Netball Championships. [19] [20] Lewis also represented Wales at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. [4] [21] [22] [23]

Lewis made her 50th senior appearance for Wales in a match against Uganda during the 2015 Netball World Cup. Aged 21 years, 7 months and 23 days, she became the youngest Wales international to gain 50 senior caps. At the same tournament she scored 232 for Wales and helped them finish in seventh place, their best finish since 1991. [13] [24] [25] [26]

TournamentsPlace
2010 World Netball Championships Qualifier [16] 2nd
2010 Netball Singapore Nations Cup [3] [17] [18] Gold medal icon.svg
2011 World Netball Championships [4] [27] 9th
2013 European Netball Championship [19] Gold medal icon.svg
2014 European Netball Championship [20] Gold medal icon.svg
2014 Commonwealth Games [21] 7th
2015 European Netball Championship [28] Bronze medal icon.svg
2015 Netball World Cup [13] [22] [25] [26] 7th
2016 European Netball Championship [29] Silver medal icon.svg
2017 European Netball Championship [30] 4th
2018 Commonwealth Games [1] [23] [31] [32] 8th
2019 European Netball Championship [33] Silver medal icon.svg

Personal life and employment

Lewis is in a relationship with Adam Beard, the Wales rugby union international. [34] [35] She coaches netball at Monmouth School for Girls [15] [31] [36]

Honours

Wales
Celtic Dragons

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