As we look ahead to the new Warhammer 40,000 World Team Championship cycle, Team Wales is proud to turn the page to an exciting new chapter. We extend our deepest gratitude to our outgoing captains, Gareth Jones (Non-Playing Captain) and Kevin Hughes (Playing Captain), for their dedicated and invaluable service. Their leadership has been the foundation upon which we will build future success.
Stepping up to lead the charge for 2026 are our new Captains: Playing Captain Joshua Townley and Co-Captain Jon Scrivens. They bring a fresh vision and ambitious goals for the team, which you can read about in their full Captain’s Address Here.
A key part of this new strategic direction is the introduction of a dedicated Officer Corps. After a call for applications from our active squad, our new Captains have completed a rigorous selection process. We are thrilled to announce the five best and brightest individuals who have been chosen to take on these vital roles.
Together, this carefully assembled leadership team is poised to elevate Team Wales’s performance to new heights. Please join us in welcoming them and supporting the team as we charge into the competitive year ahead!
Playing Captain: Joshua Townley
Responsibilities: Selection of the Playing 8, guiding overall strategy, and Appointment of Team Wales officers.
CV: Attended two WTCs, top performing Wales player in 2024, 2025. One year as Vice Captain 2024, 27 years playing Warhammer 40k, Captain of Deeside Defenders, Founder of the WNC.
Ambition: lay the foundations for a semi-professional team that represents the Welsh Warhammer 40k community at large, Create a leadership team with specialist roles, put Wales Firmly in Tier two within 2 years, Aspire for top of tier two, bring the country together under 1 banner for the betterment of Welsh 40K.
Co-Captain: Jon Scrivens
Responsibility: Logistical and Financial planning. Team Welfare and communication with the Team and the wider Community. Collaborate with Co-Captain to lead and evolve the Team’s structure to leave a lasting legacy for future years.
CV: Attended the 2023-25 WTC 40K Events. Head Coach 2023, Vice Captain 2024. 31 years of Wargaming. Leadership role at Tring Wargames Club. Event Organiser and Content Creator at 6++ Gaming, with experience covering AOS Worlds 2022-24 as a Videographer.
Ambition: Continue the work from the previous years but with a focus on Fundraising and Social Media engagement. Expand the leadership team to cover roles that push the Team as a whole. Promote and Fundraise the Team to help fund the Squad and develop for the future via events and community engagement. Collaborate with similarly aligned Nations to push our preparation to the next level!
Playing Vice Captain: Andy Lewis
Responsibility: First playing member of the 8, to act as captain should the current playing captain no longer be able to fulfil their duty. Assist in implimenting the team strategy in all aspect.
CV: 2 years at the WTC, playing a diverse range of factions, Captain of the largest Warhammer 40k club in Wales for over 10 years. Captain of the South Wales WNC Community.
Ambition: My immediate focus is to kickstart the application process and implement a team calendar with key dates. This will help guide potential applicants, highlighting important opportunities, and enabling the leadership to identify talent effectively. long term: fostering stronger community involvement. I want to see the community actively supporting Team Wales and contributing to building a squad that reflects our collective effort rather than just a team.
Non-Playing Vice Captain: Ben Lane
Responsibility: Team Wales 40k Head coach, Implement core strategies and act as the data collection and application expert for the national squad.
CV: Former Director of North Wales’ Largest games club, Captain of the North Wales WNC, experienced TO and event organiser, 1 years expereince coaching at WTC 2025.
Ambition: Form a dedicated Coaching staff for the Wales 40k team, implement a comprehensive “Scrim Data Approach.” By starting data collection during our practice games now, we can immediately begin to understand our individual player styles and game approaches, creating a baseline to benchmark against specific army archetypes and meta developments. This will provide an invaluable, early foundation for our strategic planning.
Master of Vox: Pierre Alexandre Hughes-Daly (Alex)
Responsibility: Ensure clear, concise and easy-to-find resources are available for the community to engage with Team Wales. To support the WTC leadership across various ad-hoc topics.
CV: WTC Wales player 2023 & 2025. Co-founder of Try Hard Wargaming. Wittiest member of the team.
Ambition: To build an underlying infrastructure for the team, squad, and community to operate in, in a co-supportive manner. To support in our efforts to engage with other communities and countries and enable top-tier development of our community.
Warmaster: Liam Keane
Responsibility: Organise weekly TTS games and closer to WTC organised scrims with other teams. Maintain relationships with practice nations.
CV: 1 Year at the WTC, Captain for West Wales WNC, Captain for the 5 road Buccanears and UKTC veteran. Most eclectic faction specialist.
Ambition: Cultivate team growth by introducing calculated challenges and a discipline of continuous improvement through TTS and events. Host 2 training camps. Involve other countries in this process e.g. Scotland, Ireland, Norway. Help organise and encourage us to get a team together for events such as pyra and ETC or even Alpine which are the larger WTC standard events around Europe where valuable metadata is gathered.
Welfare Officer: Alex Rea
Responsibilities: Assist the co-captain in team management, logistics, finances, and general organisation to allow the playing team to succeed.
CV: Started playing Warhammer towards the end of 9th edition and became an active member of my local community, before becoming a member of the admin team at my local club.
Ambitions: To facilitate the progression of Team Wales by securing funding and sponsorship. Developing grass roots talent through the WNC and potentially nurturing the next generation of players through an initiative in schools and youth clubs. To establish a new project management tool, to improve the organisation of team logistics and alleviate pressure on the leadership team and playing eight. To study Sports Psychology and its potential applications in a tabletop wargaming setting. To develop the team’s social media channels, with a longer term goal of live streaming Team Wales games at tournaments.
Please join us in welcoming the new team and wishing the departing leadership the best of luck.
Please stay tuned to find out how to apply for the team in the coming days.
