Alec Soars from the Isle of Wight Bowls Club has exciting news about a young player from the Isle of Wight. Ed
Sixteen year old Adam Clark was recently selected to play for England in the British Isles under 18s championships, held in Newport, Gwent.
He was additionally selected as captain of England One, a five-strong team which came out on top in the team event, but he was also crowned as British Isles singles champion, he won three matches on his way to the title.
Starting with the triples competition, he lined up with players from Lincolnshire and Kent to win the first round match against a Scottish team. In the semi finals, they lost to their English team mates, but went on to gain the bronze medal by beating Wales in the play-off.
However, the icing on the cake was Adam’s play and progress in the singles competition in the first round he he had a straight sets win over Ryan Videgrain from the Channel Islands. Having progressed tom the semi-final he had another strait sets win over Ireland’s Ryan Bell.
He went on to win the title by beating the young Scot Mike Docherty once again in straight sets.
