Chelsea Lewis (netball)
{{Short description|Wales netball international (born 1993)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
| height = {{convert|185|cm|ftin|frac=2|abbr=on}} {{cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6027859-chelsea-lewis.htm|title=Chelsea Lewis|publisher=gc2018.com|accessdate=23 October 2018|archive-date=23 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023202014/https://results.gc2018.com/en/netball/athlete-profile-n6027859-chelsea-lewis.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.netballsl.com/player/chelsea-lewis/|title=Chelsea Lewis|date=29 March 2019 |accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.netballsl.com}}
| school = Aberdare Girls' School
Neath Port Talbot College
| university = Cardiff Metropolitan University
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| positions = GS, GA
| clubyears1 = 2010–2015
| clubteam1 = Celtic Dragons
| clubyears2 = 2015
| clubteam2 = Netball Waitakere
| clubyears3 = 2015–2018
| clubteam3 = Team Bath
| clubyears4 = 2017
| clubteam4 = → Celtic Flames
| clubyears5 = 2018–
| clubteam5 = Celtic Dragons
| nationalyears1 = 2010–
| nationalteam1 = Wales
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| coachteam1 = Monmouth School for Girls
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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.
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/netball-aberdares-chelsea-lewis-helps-1820918|title=Netball: Aberdare's Chelsea Lewis helps Wales to ninth place finish at World Championships|date=14 July 2011|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.walesonline.co.uk}}
Playing career
=Celtic Dragons=
Lewis first played for Celtic Dragons between 2010 and 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.teambath.com/2011/03/28/chelsea-lewis/|title=Chelsea Lewis|date=28 March 2011|accessdate=22 April 2020|publisher=www.teambath.com}} She was a member of the Dragons squad that finished as runners up to Team Bath in the 2013 Netball Superleague.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/netball/22658676|title=Superleague final: Celtic Dragons 56–62 Team Bath|date=25 May 2013|accessdate=26 May 2013|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite web|title=Team Bath are the 2013 Superleague Champions|url=https://netball.teambath.com/2013/05/25/team-bath-are-the-2013-superleague-champions/|publisher=www.teambath.com|accessdate=20 April 2020|date=25 May 2013|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029024117/https://netball.teambath.com/2013/05/25/team-bath-are-the-2013-superleague-champions/|url-status=dead}} She guested for Dragons when they played as Celtic Flames in the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/40341633|title=Netball: Celtic Flames add Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones|date=20 June 2017|accessdate=22 April 2020|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/netball/22658676|title=Netball Super Cup: Celtic Flames end with win over University of Trinidad & Tobago|date=7 July 2017|accessdate=22 April 2020|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk}} After three seasons with Team Bath, Lewis re-joined Dragons for the 2019 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.celticdragonsnetball.com/2018/10/03/celtic-dragons-announce-first-four-player-signings/|title=Celtic Dragons Announce First Four Player Signings|date=3 October 2018|accessdate=24 April 2020|publisher=www.celticdragonsnetball.com}} She withdrew from the 2020 Dragons squad after announcing her pregnancy.{{cite web|url=http://www.celticdragonsnetball.com/2020/01/09/congratulations-chelsea-lewis/|title=Congratulations Chelsea Lewis|date=9 January 2020|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.celticdragonsnetball.com|archive-date=30 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930183443/http://www.celticdragonsnetball.com/2020/01/09/congratulations-chelsea-lewis/|url-status=dead}}
=Netball Waitakere=
In 2015 Lewis played for Netball Waitakere in New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=2185e907-ab55-4034-b931-e681f4b011ae|title=2015 SAS Netball Waitakere LFNPC team|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.sporty.co.nz}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/33983730|title=Wales Netball goal-shooter Chelsea Lewis to join Team Bath|date=18 August 2015|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk}}
=Team Bath=
=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.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/netball/8752345.stm|title=Wales and Northern Ireland qualify for 2011 Worlds|date=21 June 2010|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk}} She was subsequently a member of the Wales team that won the 2010 Netball Singapore Nations Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.redsports.sg/2010/12/11/singapore-wales-netball-nations-cup/2/|title=Netball: Singapore go down 39-49 to Wales and miss out on Nations Cup final|date=22 December 2010|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.redsports.sg}}{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/chelsea-lewis-fulfils-eastern-promise-1881431|title=Chelsea Lewis fulfils Eastern promise in netball|date=22 December 2010|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.walesonline.co.uk}} She was also a member of the Wales teams that won the 2013 and 2014 European Netball Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2013.html|title=Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2013|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=23 April 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/Europe/Women_2014.html|title=Women Netball Europe Open Championship 2014|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=23 April 2020}} Lewis also represented Wales at the 2011 and 2015 Netball World Cups and at the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_road/1034160/chelsea_lewis.html|title=Chelsea Lewis|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=glasgow2014.com}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/others/Netball/World/Women_2015.html#Teams_Composition|title=Women Netball XIV World Championship 2015 Sydney|publisher=www.todor66.com|accessdate=25 February 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.welshnetball.com/wales-record-record-goals-total-in-final-2018-commonwealth-games-match/|title=Wales Record Record Goals Total in Final 2018 Commonwealth Games Match|date=12 April 2018|accessdate=22 April 2020|publisher=www.welshnetball.com|archive-date=17 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117063457/https://www.welshnetball.com/wales-record-record-goals-total-in-final-2018-commonwealth-games-match/|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.welshnetball.com/about-club/our-history/|title=Our History|accessdate=22 April 2020|publisher=www.welshnetball.com|archive-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629062917/http://www.welshnetball.com/about-club/our-history/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Netball World Cup 2015: Wales coach hails 'fantastic' finish|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/wales/33951897|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=6 March 2018|date=16 August 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/netball/42715763|title=Netball World Cup qualifiers: Wales without goal-shooter Chelsea Lewis in Perth|date=17 January 2018|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk}}
Personal life and employment
Lewis is in a relationship with Adam Beard, the Wales rugby union international.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/49904186|title=Wales lock Adam Beard's World Cup: A lucky escape, surgery and overeating|date=2 October 2019|accessdate=24 April 2020|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newschain.uk/sport/netball/welsh-netball-international-chelsea-lewis-and-welsh-rugby-boyfriend-adam-beard-announce-she-pregnant-3329|title=Welsh netball international Chelsea Lewis has announced her pregnancy with rugby player boyfriend Adam Beard|date=9 January 2020|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.newschain.uk}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She coaches netball at Monmouth School for Girls{{cite web|url=http://www.monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk/article.cfm?id=108487&headline=Netball%20coach%20picked%20for%20Commonwealth%20Games&searchyear=2018|title=Sharp-shooting netball coach bags 192 goals at Commonwealth Games|date=7 March 2018|accessdate=23 April 2020|publisher=www.monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk}}
Honours
- European Netball Championship
- Winners: 2013, 2014: 2
- Runners Up: 2016, 2019 : 2
- Netball Singapore Nations Cup
- Winners: 2010: 1
- Netball Superleague
- Runners Up: 2013: 1
References
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Category:Welsh netball players
Category:Welsh netball coaches
Category:Netball Superleague players
Category:Cardiff Dragons (netball) players
Category:Team Bath netball players
Category:2011 World Netball Championships players
Category:Netball players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Netball players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
Category:Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University
Category:Sportspeople from Aberdare
Category:Sportspeople from Merthyr Tydfil