On Sunday 26th June, around 200 supporters watched 32 of our county's best bowlers competed to become Warwick & Worcester Men's Individual Merit Champion at the Royal Oak in Halesowen.

Congratulations to Lee Kington on winning the Merit Final 21-14 in a great game against his Greville Arms team mate Glen Herbert.

Both players battled through 4-rounds of competition to reach the finals. Glen in the top half of the draw had to play defending champion and another team-mate Ross Dunkley in the first round, winning 21-16. Lee opened his account with a 21-14 victory over the Drake Drums' Gary Smelt.

In the second round, again both players had tough draws with Glen seeing off Tom Palmer (KHP) 21-13 and Lee narrowly beating Elliot McGuinness (George)  21-18.

On to the Quarter-finals, Glen beat Rob Carter (George) 21-8, setting up a semi-final against Tony Williams (Maggies) and Lee overcame Mike HIll (West Brom FSC) 21-10 and for Lee a semi-final game against Jak Locker (KHP).

All four players in the semi-finals had played well all day, with Tony overcoming Will Clarke, Matty Caines and Russell Prosser and Jak beating one of the favourites Ben Harris in the first round and then having victories against Mark Gamsby and Callum Mitchell to qualify.

In the semi's Glen defeated Tony Williams 21-14 and Lee was victorious against Jak 21-18, setting up the final for the two teammates. In a tense final Lee eventually saw off Glen winning 21-14. Congratulations to all who competed on the day.

Thank you to the Royal Oak and their landlady Claire for providing some excellent facilities and a fantastic surface to play on, to John Newsome for refereeing for best part of the day, and to Gary Smith for acting as compare for the day.

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