Two Sinclair bowlers won the Under 15 and 18 Merits at St Georges Bottom Green. Jordan Millman retained the Under 15 Merit after beating Rowan Fuller in the final 6, while Daniel Corbett beat Akeel Duncan 15 in the final, running out from 15-14 down an edge.
The Semi Finals of the Under 15 were both 21-16. Rowan was 14-4 down on Ben Cutler but ran out from 16-7 down. Jordan was always ahead in his game against Jarrett Cotterill, leading 13-5 and 19-9. There were two prelims in the Under 15s, Rowan got past Luke Morris 13, running out from 15-13, while Jordan defeated clubmate Logan Church, having to come back from 12-8 down to win 16.
The Under 18 Semi Finals were extremely close affairs. Dan did lead Ben Cutler 12-5, but then conceded five 2s on the bounce to go 16-12 down. From 19-16 down he managed to run out. The other Semi was even closer, Thomas Oare led Akeel 10-2 down an edge before Akeel hit back to go from 13-9 down to lead 17-13. Thomas came back though to 20 across before Akeel got the one he needed.
In the Quarter Finals, Dan had got past Logan Church 15, a 6 break from 9 across helping him win. Ben beat the Under 15 Merit winner Jordan Millman, winning 12 from 10-8 down. Akeel had a close game with Luke Morris, having to fend off a fightback from Luke who got back to 19 across from 19-12 down, before Akeel scored two singles. Thomas had also won 19 against Rowan Fuller, coming back from 13-5 and 18-10 down to run out from 19-15 down. There was one prelim with Ben having raced 10-2 up on Jarratt Cotterill and winning 10.
Thank you to St Georges for hosting, and to Brenda Slingo for helping me run it. Well done to our two winners on their success.
Competitions Secretary Rob Burroughs with Under 15 Merit winner Jordan Millman.
