Matthew Pakes

Matthew Thomas Pakes (nicknamed Pakesy), is a student at Glamorgan University in Wales.

Early Life

Matthew was born on the 31st of January 1989. He was born at St Mary's Hospital on the Isle of Wight. He attended various schools across the Island until finishing school at Medina High School, Newport.

Matthew received three A-levels in Physics, Maths and English Literature and Language.

Matthew is now attending Glamorgan University in Wales. He is studying Aerospace Engineering and is staying on campus in Pontypridd.

Gipsy Moth

Matthew was a crew member on the Gipsy Moth IV from the 25th of September to the 10th of October. He boarded the vessel in Plymouth and left in Gibraltar. Just before the voyage Matthew was said to be "in awe of The Bay of Biscay, but i'm looking forward to overcoming any challenges that come my way during the voyage.". During the voyage Matthew featured in many video clips often showing signs of seasickness, most notably on the 29th of September in a clip named [http://www.gipsymoth.org/gmtv.asp# "Matt's Diary"].

Sporting Life

Matthew is also an active member of . Being a young wicketkeeper for the first XI. In the 2006 cricket season he played 29 times, batting 25 of those and scoring an average of 4.27 runs. Matthew holds the Wootton CC record for the highest number of "ducks" in a season (9). He also averaged 0.6 catches, 0.3 stumpings and 0.4 run-outs per game as wicketkeeper. While his wicketkeeping technique is known to be slightly unorthodox, it has also proved to be successful, as proven by the relatively high rate of dismissals for a wicketkeeper at this level of cricket.

Matthew was awarded indoor cricketer of the year for the 2005/06 season . Following this he was elected indoor, and weekend (outdoor) vice captain for the second year running. Under his vice-captaincy, Wootton performed well coming a respectable 3rd place in the league and 2nd in the cup..

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