Football

Meet the Player: 21 today – Cai Henshaw (Blaenau Amateurs)

Cai (green) in action for Porthmadog

Full Name

Cai Owain Rhys Henshaw

Date of Birth

11/11/1999

Occupation

Carpenter

Teams you have played for

Penrhyndeudraeth, Porthmadog, Blaenau Amateurs, Nantlle Vale, Bala Academy

Position

Wing or free role

Biggest highlight of football career so far

Winning the treble with Porthmadog Reserves and going all 30 games undefeated

Best goal scored

So many I can’t remember 😉

Strengths to your game

Speed, fitness and understanding of the game

Weaknesses

Winding people up (don’t know if that’s a weakness)

Best team-mate played alongside

Sion Bradley

Hardest opponent faced

Chris Parry

Biggest influence in football

Iwan Thomas and Sion Eifion

Funniest team-mate

Ashley Owen (Nantlle Vale)

Favourite away ground

Y Traeth Porthmadog

How do you feel about the pyramid changes in North Wales football this season (hopefully we can start soon!)

Come to a point I don’t really care about things like this, just want the season to start

Football ambitions

To play at the highest level possible.

RANDOM QUESTIONS

Best country visited

Greece

Favourite chocolate bar

Cadbury

Best after-match venue

Penmaenmawr

Current favourite song

Jax Jones ‘I Miss U’

Favourite TV show

Rownd a Rownd

TV show you dislike most

Big Bang Theory

Best quality as a person

Always give 100%

Worst fault

Annoying

Best live show/concert seen

Little Mix

How do you see Blaenau’s prospects for the new season?

Young, strong squad

How do you feel about the progress of your sister Llio in football?

She’s doing good and always improving but not as good as her brother

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