Salvatori Farruggio & Harris Needham produced a great comeback to win the 2025 Fletcher Junior Doubles. They trailed Prince of Wales Hotel pair Jack Cooke & Ellis Griffiths 15-7 in the final but got back to 15-14. However Jack & Ellis went 20-15 up but Salvatori & Harris ran out.
In the Semi Finals Salvatori & Harris beat Sir John Bayley team mates Tom Clarke & Pietro Farruggio 5, while Jack & Ellis had their own comeback against Logan Church & Jordan Millman, coming back from 16-10 down to win 18.
The Quarter Finals saw Salvatori & Harris beat Jamie Pritchard & Ellis Reeves 7 after going 16-1 up. Jack & Ellis beat Harper Simpson-Edwards & Isla Smith 9, Isla playing in her first game of bowls. Logan & Jordan beat Luke Morris & Dan Corbett 11 after being 13-4 ahead, while Tom & Pietro were 19-10 down to Rory King & Luca Moseley but produced a great comeback to run out.
The prelim saw Jack & Ellis beat Myles Smith & Rowan Fuller 16 after going 9-1 up.
Thank you to all juniors who took part, it was the best entry we’ve had for this competition for a while.
Thank you to Trench for hosting today, and to Brenda Slingo for helping run the competition. Thank you to Marg & Malcolm Fletcher for sponsoring again.
