A SOUTH-EAST Juniors boundary umpire has returned to Australia after a three-week trip representing Australia in tennis at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Greece.
William Caldwell, 23, described the event as “one of the best experiences of my life” since he began playing competitive tennis in 2007.
Caldwell had a busy schedule in the Olympics, competing in the men’s singles and doubles.
His singles campaign began with eight divisional matches and then two competition games, one for the bronze medal, which he won comfortably.
His doubles campaign was two competition games in which he won the first match. The next match was for a gold medal – and he won the ultimate glory.
When asked how he felt when he realised what he had just achieved, Caldwell answered: “Fantastic.”