YORK Tennisability and Special Olympics City of York have enjoyed a tremendous few weeks.

Laura Campbell scooped a brace of gold medals at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles, while the quartet of Mathew Wreglesworth, Laura Wells, Emma Lindsay and Mary Nolan returned from the Tennis Foundation’s latest Learning Disability Regional Series event in Wrexham with a collection of medals.

Wreglesworth won both the men’s division seven singles and men’s division three doubles gold medals after remaining unbeaten in six matches throughout the weekend and partnering Wolverhampton’s Marco Fusco to top the podium in their doubles event.

Wells and Lindsay won gold and bronze, respectively, in the women’s division one singles after three players ended their round-robin matches with two wins apiece and were separated based on the higher percentage of total games won across all their matches.

Wells and Lindsay also took a silver medal in the women’s doubles, where fellow York player Mary Nolan gained a bronze to go with her silver medal from the women's division two singles.

In Los Angeles, Campbell remained unbeaten in all her level five women's singles matches. She beat the United States' Laura Thompson 4-1, 4-2 in her opening contest.

She then negotiated two close games at the beginning of her final, against Luxembourg’s Kelly Toex, to eventually win 4-0, 4-0 and claim her second gold medal and Great Britain’s fifth tennis gold medal of the Special Olympics World Summer Games.

She had earlier won her nation's first gold when partnering Essex’s Oliver Beadle in the level five mixed doubles. The duo beat Michael Wren and Madison Wall, of Australia, 4-2 4-1 before another dominant performance saw the pair defeat Israel's Nadav Sarfati and Ofir Avishay 4-0, 4-0 in the final.

“I really enjoyed making new friends from around the world and loved the whole experience in LA," said Campbell. "I’m very proud to have won two gold medals in singles and mixed doubles and am very proud of the whole team, who did brilliantly.

"All the hard work and effort put into training beforehand really pays off in competition.”

The next major target for York's aces is the Tennis Foundation’s 11th National Learning Disability Tennis Event, in Nottingham, in October.

For more information about learning disability tennis, visit www.ldtennis.org.uk