MARLING schoolboy Jack Grover won the Sutton Winson Trophy, a national bowls tournament for U18s across England.
Grover, 18, who competes for Cirencester Bowling Club, defeated Lincolnshire’s Ruby Hill on an extra end in Sunday’s Final at the National Bowls Field in Leamington Spa.
Grover reached the final with a quarter-final victory over 2015 winner Tom Holmes from Herefordshire, followed by a semi-final victory over Suffolk’s Kyle Leeks.
The event started out with 132 competitors and Grover came through seven rounds to be crowned the overall champion.
He will now represent England at the British Isles Bowls Council U18 Singles Championship at Victoria Park, Royal Leamington Spa next June.
Grover is awaiting his A level results on Thursday - and is looking to go and study at either Newcastle University or Heriot Watt, Edinburgh to develop his language skills.
To further his spoken Spanish, he is about to embark as a volunteer in Santiago Chile from September for a period of six months, working with under-privileged children, before taking up his University studies later in 2018.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here