Furness and Furness A were made to battle hard in the David Kay-sponsored competition at the Botanic Gardens Bowling Club in Southport.
They found hosts Ormskirk and Heavy Woollen, from the Dewsbury area, difficult opponents, with the former fielding a team with an average age of 14-and-a-half – two years older then Furness.
Furness A fielded eight-year-olds Amelia Massey Holmes and Harry Preston, nine-year-old Leni Brown Regan and 10-year-old Jeck Preston only averaged 10-and-three-quarters.
Experience showed as Ormskirk topped the group, while Heavy Woollen and Furness were separated by a single point.
Four Furness players, Jayden Reilly, Ethen Lowden, Sam Naylor and Jack Brannon, won twice, with Reilly picking up the player-of-the-match award.
Brothers Patrick and Alex McCormack picked up a win each, while – despite not reaching 21 in any of their games – Shawn Fisher and Rohan Massey Holmes gave a good account of themselves.
Furness A had three double winners in Preston, Jack Last and Josh Smith.
It was Preston who took the man-of-the-match award on his debut.
None of the other youngsters managed a win, but had a great day’s bowling in sweltering conditions in the gardens setting.
JUNIOR RESULTS
FURNESS 1 ORMSKIRK 9
J Reilly 17 E Gill 21, E Lowden 16 L Sinnott 21, R Massey Holmes 18 J Hodge 21, S Fisher 17 C Peake 21, P McCormack 17 J Jones 21, A McCormack 12 J Catton 21, S Naylor 17 M Gill 21.
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