Ryan packing a punch in world of amateur boxing
INSPECTORS have criticised a care home where a nurse’s understanding of English was so poor she used Google Translate during shifts.
They found it had caused difficulties, especially when emergency services or out-of-hours doctors were needed at the Penrhos Polish Nursing and Residential Home in Pwllheli.
Inspectors issued a non-compliance notice highlighting failures to meet regulations and requiring action to ensure compliance.
The home is owned by a charity founded in 1949 to provide accommodation and support for Polish ex-servicemen and women following World War II – the former RAF airbase became a “Polish Village” including a church, shop and library.
But worries were shared with the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales about the home, which is registered to care for 44 pensioners, two younger adults, and an OAP needing nursing care due to dementia.
Inspectors found “the quality of care at the home is adversely affected by lack of effective leadership and management”. While staff were friendly and caring, “they expressed a need for clear guidance in their roles”.
A spokesman for the home said the nurse who relied on Google “is no longer with us” and action had been taken. ENGINEERING student, Ryan Owen, has just been crowned Welsh Champion in the 64kg category of the Welsh Amateur Youth and Junior Boxing Championships held in Taylorstown in South Wales recently.
Ryan defeated Crimea Jenkins in the semi finals, winning on points. He then fought Shane Taffetsaufer in the Finals, to land the 64kg Welsh crown.
Ryan, 16, from Penygroes, is a member of Caernarfon’s Amateur Boxing Club and has trained there since he was ten years old. He began fighting competitively in his first year with the club and the Caernarfon fighter now has several fantastic victories under his belt with four successive Welsh titles, namely a Three-Nations silver medallist in 2013, 2014 and 2015 and he was Welsh Novice champion at 54kg in 2012. Ryan has 31 fights with 20 wins to his name so far, including the above together with the Three Nations Bronze medal 2013, 2015; Silver in 2014 and Gold in last year’s Wales v Scotland.
Ryan said: “The two people who inspired me to get into sport was my grandfather, who liked boxing, and Welsh Boxing legend Joe Calzaghe. I get up at 6 most days and run. I then train at the Boxing Club in Caernarfon for 2 hours for six days each week and I have to make sure that I eat really well. High protein and no junk food. That’s the hardest part – especially when my mates are ordering a kebab on a Saturday night! I am hoping that my name will now be put forward to compete in the next youth Commonwealth Game in the Bahamas in 201819. “Long term, I intend to stay living in this area and to work as a mechanic on farm machines and tractors, which is what I really enjoy”