It was Sinclair smiles of success all the way at the League’s ‘Junior Day’ at St Georges on Saturday 24th June.
Jordan Millman retained the Under-15 Merit trophy to mark his last year in the age group while Dan Corbett was a proud winner of the Under-18 Merit.
And that gave the Ketley club a double to be proud of, following on from Stuart Church’s Senior Merit triumph last year.
Jordan, playing regularly in Sinclair’s first division team, ended the fine run of young Rowan Fuller (Wrockwardine Wood) by powering to a 21-6 success in the final.
Dan, a key member of the Sinclair B side that is top of the third division, kept his emotions in check as he turned in a top class display to beat Akeel Duncan 21-15 in the under-18 final, a second successive dose of final agony for the Allscott Heath recruit.
Having been runner-up in the under-15 competition to Jordan last year, Dan came through a 21-19 semi-final tussle with Ben Cutler after conceding five successive twos to be well down.
And the quietly spoken youngster showed the same resolve in the final has he ran out from 15-14 behind, plastering a mark along the top edge of the bottom green at St Georges on a warm day
Akeel had it even tougher in his semi, surviving a 21-20 squeak against Thomas Oare.
Both under-15 semis finished 21-16 with Jordan beating county team-mate Jarratt Cotterill and Rowan running out from well down against Ben Cutler.
Nine bowlers contested the two titles on the day, watched by the League’s selectors Brenda Slingo and Derek Killen.
Organiser Rob Burroughs thanked the host club and announced that the Junior Doubles will be played on Saturday, September 9, as a warm-up to the under-18 inter-league championship the next day.
PICTURED is Under-18 Merit champion Dan Corbett with Rob Burroughs, while a picture of Jordan Millman after retaining the Under-15 Merit will be posted in Competition News