Choughs A player Paul Waumsley enjoyed plenty of success at the National Disabled Table Tennis Championships in Crewe with gold and bronze medal wins over two days of tough competition.

Waumsley, 56, who lost his right leg above the knee in a motorcycle accident in 1972, qualified for the 6-10 standing events, which included doubles and singles and for the following day’s open singles standing event.

He was part of a six-man round robin group on the Saturday, which included the No.1 seed, Krysten Coombes, and won all his five singles games 3-0 to win the gold medal and then won bronze in the doubles, finishing third out of nine teams.

On the Sunday, he was seeded four out of 14 players and in a group of five won his four singles matches, beating No.2 seed Adam Thompson, to finish top of the group.

Quarter and semi-final wins set up another meeting with Coombes, which he won 3-0 to secure his second gold medal in only his second national competition and boost his chances of making the British disabled table tennis squad and ultimately the 2012 London Paralympics.

Waumsley said: "To come home with two gold medals was a bit of a fairytale for me."

Picture: Paul Waumsley who won two gold medals and one bronze medal in the National Disabled Table Tennis Championships