We look back at our 2025 winners.
Finals:
Elliot McGuinness won the third Summit Merit at Woodfield after beating his George team mate Phil Clinton 21-18 in the final. He went 9-5 up before Phil got back to 10 across, and then went 17-10 ahead on a mark to and from the corner. Phil through lengthened the mark but couldn’t keep the block for more than two ends and Elliot managed to get over the line winning 18.
In the Semi Finals Elliot beat Conor Chamberlain 17 after going 10-5 up before then trailing 16-13. Phil defeated Jon Palmer 13 after going 11-6 and then 15-13 ahead. The Quarter Finals saw Elliot get past Rikki Higgs 19 despite being 11-6 and 16-12 down, Phil defeat Darrell Handley 16 after Darrell got back to 15 across from 15-5 down, Jon beat Nathan Dawes 4 after only being 6-4 up, and Conor Chamberlain beating Adam Weaver 14 after going 9-2 and 19-11 up.
Thank you to Woodfield for hosting tonight, and to Summit Garage for sponsoring.
Well done to Elliot on his win tonight.
Summit Merit Finals on Mon 7th Apr 2025
| 1 | Elliot McGuinness | 21 | 18 | Phil Clinton |
| 1 | Phil Clinton | 21 | 13 | Jon Palmer |
| 2 | Elliot McGuinness | 21 | 17 | Conor Chamberlain |
| 1 | Jon Palmer | 21 | 4 | Nathan Dawes |
| 2 | Phil Clinton | 21 | 16 | Darrell Handley |
| 3 | Conor Chamberlain | 21 | 14 | Adam Weaver |
| 4 | Elliot McGuinness | 21 | 19 | Rikki Higgs |
Qualifying:
We now have our 8 qualifiers for the 2025 Summit Merit Finals on Monday 7th April at a green to be confirmed the next day or two.
Please see a report and results from the four qualifiers below.
Langley
Elliot McGuinness beat Joe Dicken 16 and Ryan Hocknull 18 to qualify, as Phil Clinton defeated Chris Baker 12 and Reece Farr 19.
| 1 | Phil Clinton | Elliot McGuinness |
| 1 | Phil Clinton | 21 | 19 | Reece Farr |
| 2 | Elliot McGuinness | 21 | 18 | Ryan Hocknull |
| 1 | Phil Clinton | 21 | 12 | Chris Baker |
| 2 | Reece Farr | 21 | 17 | John Newey |
| 3 | Elliot McGuinness | 21 | 16 | Joe Dicken |
| 4 | Ryan Hocknull | 21 | 0 | BYE |
Woodfield
Darrell Handley had to win through three games to get through. He beat Darren Griffiths 9, Aaron Tapper 16, after being 7-0 down, and Dave Semper 19 from 17-12 down. Nathan Dawes only conceded 6 in total in his two games against Nathan Davis and Kris Johnson.
| 1 | Darrell Handley | Nathan Dawes |
| 1 | Darrell Handley | 21 | 19 | David Semper |
| 2 | Nathan Dawes | 21 | 2 | Kris Johnson |
| 1 | Darrell Handley | 21 | 16 | Aaron Tapper |
| 2 | David Semper | 21 | 11 | Sean Lockley |
| 3 | Kris Johnson | 21 | 16 | Tim Benton |
| 4 | Nathan Dawes | 21 | 4 | Nathan Davis |
| 1 | Darrell Handley | 21 | 9 | Darren Griffiths |
| 2 | Aaron Tapper | 21 | 17 | Nick Wyer |
Atherstone Cons
Rikki Higgs defeated last year’s champion James Seville to get through 18 while Adam Weaver beat Darren Carter 16 and Mark Orme 17.
| 1 | Adam Weaver | Rikki Higgs |
| 1 | Adam Weaver | 21 | 17 | Mark Orme |
| 2 | Rikki Higgs | 21 | 18 | James Seville |
| 1 | Adam Weaver | 21 | 16 | Darren Carter |
| 2 | Mark Orme | 21 | 18 | John Dewey |
Boldmere St Michaels
Conor Chamberlain defeated Darren Plenderleith 15 and then Rob Carter 10 to qualify, while Jon Palmer beat Stretton Anglesey pair Richard Stretton 11 and Paul Chamberlain 19 to get through.
| 1 | Conor Chamberlain | Jon Palmer |
| 1 | Conor Chamberlain | 21 | 10 | Rob Carter |
| 2 | Jon Palmer | 21 | 19 | Paul Chamberlain |
| 1 | Rob Carter | 21 | 19 | Rachel Bennett |
| 2 | Conor Chamberlain | 21 | 15 | Darren Plenderleith |
| 3 | Jon Palmer | 21 | 11 | Richard Stretton |
| 4 | Paul Chamberlain | 21 | 0 | BYE |
