Team Wales have selected a team of 10 judo athletes to represent the Principality at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Among the squad of seven men and three women will be Craig Ewers, current National Coach and Manchester 2002 competitor, and Natalie Powell, the currently ranked 13th on the IJF Judo world rankings.
Powell will be fighting in the same class as the current London Olympic silver medallist, Gemma Gibbons.
Natalie's sister, Kirsty Powell will also be competing at the Games in the 57Kg class. Jade Lewis from Swansea completes the women's line up, having recently competed at the Junior World and European Championships.
Below is the full names Welsh Squad:
Kyle Davies, under 66kgs
Jamie MacDonald, under 66kgs
Curtis Dodge, under 73kgs
Connor Ireland, under 73kgs
Craig Ewers, under 81kgs
Ruslan Rancev, under 100kgs
Mark Shaw, over 100kgs
Jade Lewis, under 52kgs
Kirsty Powell, under 57kgs
Natalie Powell, under 78kgs.
For more details please visit the Welsh Judo Association website
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