Grace Gawne wins Junior Merit
Girls Junior Merit Winners 2024 - Grace Gawne with Mum Sue Gawne
Photo: Arnie Withers14 juniors took part in the Junior Merit held at Finch Hill Bowling Club. A round robin format was played, with Bailey McMullan topping group 1 with 3 wins, with Enya Quayle a close 2nd winning 2 games.
Group 2 winner Aalish Moore with 4 wins and 2nd place Enya Christian with 3 wins.
Group 3 was won by Grace Gawne 4 wins and Lacey McMullan close behind winning 3.
At the knockout stages, the semi final saw a close battle between Bailey and Aalish, with Bailey taking her place in the final with a 11-8 win. The other semi saw Grace dominate her game with a 11-3 win against Enya to take her place in the final.
The final saw Grace and Bailey go head to head with some really good bowling, after just four ends the game was tied on 2-2. Just five more ends later saw the game at 6-6. Bailey played some really good bowls to stretch the lead to 10-7. Determined Grace scored a couple of singles and a two and on the 14th end it was 10-10 Grace took the next end to win the game 11-10.
Well done to winner Grace Gawne and all those that took part on what was a lovely morning of bowls.