Will Bayley

Will won the table tennis at Rio, And celebrated this great victory, By instantly jumping on the table, With his arms stretched both sides. For this he got the yellow card, From a lines judge at the side, So he approached her, hugged, But she still didn't smile once. He then ran over to his coach, Arms wide open, hugged him: Took a running jump, sprang, Up into his arms in embrace. He then did exactly the same thing, To Jonny Vagus, the comedian: He took another running jump, And sprung straight into his arms. Will was born with arthrogryposis, Which affects all four of his limbs, He overcame cancer aged seven, And was born on 17 January 1988. From Sheffield and Kent born, And while Will was in hospital, Overcoming cancer, lymphoma, His grandma got him a TT table. He loved it and joined a Kent club, Represented Kent as non-disabled, Moved to Bristol and met a coach, And 2008 joined the para TT team. In 2011 Will secured a solid gold, At the Euro Champs in Croatia, He was voted the Players’ Player, So 2012 he became World No. 1. At the London Paralympics 2012, He was sad, greatly disappointed, With silver for the men’s singles, Loosing to Jochen Wollmart, DE. In 2013 he struck silver, Euros, Won gold at the Lignano Masters, Another gold in Slovenia 2014, Which set him up for the Worlds. At the Worlds in Being in 2014, Will won the men’s singles gold, And a team bronze ‘cos he chats, Then came the Euros in 2015. In 2015 Will travelled to Vejle, Which is in Denmark’s land, Where he took silver twice over, For the singles, for the team.