Two athletes from Brecon have received awards from Powys County Council following their successes at the Special Olympic World Games in June.

Ethan Orton and Joshua Longbottom received Silver Kite awards from Cllr Beverley Baynham during a ceremony at the Royal Welsh Show on Wednesday, July 26.

Ethan, a badminton player, recently attended the Special Olympic World Games in Berlin representing Team GB, where he won a silver medal in the mixed doubles.

Joshua, also attended the Special Olympic World Games, competing in the shot put, 100m and the mixed relay. He won a bronze medal in the shot put.

Further recipients of the Silver Kite award during the ceremony include:

• Delyth Powell is County Organiser for Radnor YFC, She is dedicated to making sure things happen in the youth organisation and to motivating and encouraging others to achieve their potential too.

• John Wilding, from Norton, has spent many decades, offering his time, advice, materials and machinery to his community. He retired from Presteigne and Norton Town Council at the last elections but after two months he decided he missed it so much he was co-opted again!

• John Lloyd, from Rhayader, has dedicated many hours of his time to the promotion of the town and supporting local business. At the age of 86, you might think he would be winding down but he has continues to put others first, whether it is driving people to appointments or helping with community and church events.

Carrie Jones, from Newtown, was presented with a Gold Kite award.

Carrie is Welsh international footballer, who received award for all she has achieved in the women’s game at the age of just 19.

She began her sporting journey at the age of seven, playing for Newtown White Stars, before switching to play boys’ football as soon as she was allowed to due to rule restrictions, with Berriew Juniors.

She has since gone on to captain Wales Under 15s, play for Wales Under 17s and made her first appearance for the senior side aged just 15, playing in the Euro 2021 qualifiers. Now signed to Manchester United, spending last season on loan at Leicester City, she has won 20 caps.

Chair of Powys County Council, Cllr Beverley Baynham, said: “I would like to thank everyone who took the time to send in a nomination. It was no mean feat trying to whittle the nominations down, but it was a great honour and privilege to present the individuals with their awards.

“All winners were deserving for a variety of different reasons, but all just as worthy as each other. Each one of them have shown an exceptional performance or have made a real impact in their communities and are truly deserving of their award. Congratulations to them all.”

Silver and Gold Kite awards are civic awards presented to people who live in Powys and have gone above and beyond in their community or achieved something exceptional in their field of sport. Nominations are made to the Chair of Council throughout the year by Councillors and awarded at the discretion of the Chair.