Visually impaired athletes secure bronze in Italy
Team GB's blind baseball team won bronze in Italy, with many squad members coming from Hartlepool.
Two blind baseball players from Teesside secured a bronze medal for Team GB at the Blind Baseball International Cup in Italy. Gareth Mallabar, 29, and Grant Hammond, 47, both from the Hartlepool Monkeys Blind baseball team, competed alongside countries such as Italy, Cuba, the USA, Czechia, and Chinese Taipei. The team, which was founded by Hammond due to the lack of blind sports clubs in Teesside, has achieved success as national champions twice in a row.
Mallabar, who joined the team as a volunteer, described the experience as "incredible" and said they played some of the best teams in the world, ultimately coming home with a bronze medal after losing in the semi-finals to Chinese Taipei.
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