Yesterday saw the conclusion of the England Youth Grand Prix finals, with the 16 boys and 8 girls who had qualified through the 10 events we have held during the year.
Some absolutely fantastic darts which were streamed live on our England youtube site and still available to watch.
The final in the boys saw Luke Littler (87.63) coming back from 4-3 down to scrape the win and lift the championship against Archie Self (84.75). Semi-finals were terrific with Charlie Manby (86.85) (narrowly losing out to Luke (87.87) and Thomas Banks (87.71) similarly just failing to get the better of Archie (96.14) in a repeat match up at the 2022 Youth British Classic Final, in Bridlington.
These 4 lads won the Europe Cup in late September for England and how apt that they should battle out the latter stages of this year’s Grand Prix.
Paige Pauling and Eleanor Cairns produced some top class darts Paige running out a 3-0 winner 69.37 Ave Eleanor 60.35.
Massive thanks to Dave Dudeney for all the time he has given to the Youth Grand Prix over the past 2 years, to Deta and Paul and the staff and owners of the Belgrave Club in Tamworth. To Steve from Double16 for an excellent stream for the finals, that the kids can treasure going forward. To the mums and dads for all their support of their children, and lastly thanks to the county and individual members, the directors and executives of the England Darts Organisation who along with One80, "L Style" UKDA and the other personal sponsors keep the events viable, which allows our kids the opportunity to develop their skills going forward.
The 2022 England Youth Grand Prix Finalists
Our 2022 England Youth Grand Prix Champions Paige Pauling and Luke Littler along with Grand Prix Organiser Dave Dudeney