JOHN McCaul won the ninth winter merit at Pennington Park on Sunday by beating John Cooke in the final 21-15.

Alan Lambert beat John Prestwich in the consolation final 21-16. Colin Knight has now lost his record of scoring merit points in all of his Sunday games despite playing well in the qualifiers.

Sylvia Jeffries scored her first merit points.

Main Competition: J. McCaul 21 J.Cooke 15

J. McCaul 21 S.Jeffries 12

J. Cooke 21 W.Rigby 15

Consolation: A.Lambert 21 J. Prestwich 16

A.Lambert 21 G.Smith 15

J. Prestwich 21 W.Griffiths 12