Congratulations to Ryan Walters (Baldwin) on winning the inaugural W&W 18-25 Individual Merit which was held at Ward End Social on Sunday 31st July.

Nine players turned out to compete in this newly formed merit, designed to give those that missed out on junior events over the past few years due to covid.

There was one preliminary round which was an all Boldmere St Michael affair between Owen Harrison & George Kearney, Owen came out on top 21-8. Ryan set to play the winner of this match in the next round. Which he duly won 21-11. Also in the quarter-finals, Cameron Cutler overcame Nathan Caines 21-20 in a very entertaining match, Tom Skelding got the better of Jack Newsome 21-15 and Shannon Kernick beat Josh Hale 21-14.

So to the semi-finals, Ryan versus Cameron and Tom  versus Shannon. Ryan won his match 21-14, whilst Tom Skelding saw off Shannon 21-11, setting up for a great final.

In the final Ryan took a commanding lead over Tom and eventually ran out 21-10 to be the first player to lift this title.

For the full W&W competition draw and results click Here.

This meant that Warwick & Worcester have 4-players going forward to the BCGBA 18-25 Merit Final, which is being played this Sunday, 14th August at Windle Bowling Club, Hard Lane, St Helens WA10 6JT. The four going forward are Ryan Walters, Tom Skelding, Cameron Cutler and because Shannon was unavailable on the date, next best qualifying position went to Nathan Caines.

The draw for the national final can be seen here: