The under-18 knockout attracted 11 pairs to Trench on Saturday 11th July and, after an agonising defeat in last year’s final, Ellis Griffiths and Jack Cooke scorched to the title this time.
The Prince of Wales Hotel and Monkmoor combination, who lost the vital tie 21-20 12 months ago when a big lead went to waste, won an all-Shrewsbury final 21-1 against Emily Hotchkiss and Jack Lawrence on a lightning fast green.
It was so hot that ties were played to a limited number of ends so that players didn’t suffer heat exhaustion ahead of Shropshire’s vital junior match next day, the home leg of which was back at Trench.
The 11-end semi-finals saw Ellis – a Mid Shropshire Senior Merit semi-finalist just last month – and Jack beat new county junior singles champ Jordon Millman & Logan Church 10-3 while Emily & Jack saw off Ellis Reeves & Jacob Brookes 10-7.
