Logan Church did the double today and won the Under 18 and Under 15 Merits.
He won the Under 18 Merit first, beating Salvatori Farruggio in the final 5 after going 14-3 up down an edge.
In the Semi Finals Logan from 16-9 up on Rowan Fuller won 15. Salvatori beat Jamie Pritchard 21-17 in a 34 end epic in his Semi Final.
He then completed the double by defeating Jamie Pritchard 14 after going 15-5 up.
In the Semi Finals Logan from 5-4 up on Harris Needham won 7. Jamie defeated last year’s winner Rowan Fuller 19 from 14-10 and 17-14 down.
Thank you to Broseley for being great hosts today.
Thank you to Brenda Slingo for helping organise, and to those who helped measure and mark.
Thank you to all 16 juniors who turned up today, the most we’ve had for a few years!
Full scores for the Under 18 Merit are here.
Full scores for the Under 15 Merit are here.
Well done to Logan, pictures are to follow.
Under 18 1st Round:
Logan Church was 16-12 up on Harris Needham but 17-16 down. However he won 18.
Rowan Fuller was only 11-8 up on Ellie Caswell but won 9.
Dan Corbett was 10 across with Salvatori Farruggio but then went 19-14 down and lost 17.
Jamie Pritchard was 14-11 down to Myles Smith but ran out.
Under 18 Prelims:
Rowan Fuller was 11-3 up on Finley Pessall and from 15-9 ahead won 11.
Ellie Caswell was 8-2 down to Jordan Millman but went 11-9 up and from 14-12 down won 15.
Logan Church went 8-0 up on Jack Cooke and won 12.
Dan Corbett was 10-0 up on Pietro Farruggio and kept this lead to win 11.
Under 15 1st Round:
Harris Needham was only 6-5 up on Finley Pessall but found an edge and won 6.
Logan Church was 16-1 ahead of Myles Smith and won 5.
Jamie Pritchard went 12-3 up on Ellis Reeves and won 8.
Rowan Fuller was 8-3 up on Isaac Clark and won 5.
Under 15 Prelims:
Finley Pessall was 6-5 down to Reeve Thomas but only conceded one more.
Harris Needham went 13-5 up on Jack Cooke who got back to 16-14 down but Harris got the block back and won 15.