Junior Triple Crown-Boys Under 19 Doubles

Mixed start for the Under 19 Irish pair of Gratten and Byrne, with a Byrne split and a Gratten strike.

English pair of Crosby and Lam start with a split-strike and a double respectively.

Scottish pair of Willaimson and Biondi start solidly, both close the opening two frames.

Welsh team of Griffin and Cunnigham also have a good start, with two closed frames followed by strikes-a-piece in the third. 

Irish pair Rynhart and English scoring positively in game one. English has a four bagger to start and Rynhart doubles after a slightly nervy start to get going in the championships. 

Scottish pair of Gillespie and Reed also starting strong through the first half of game one, with only Gillespie's opening split blemishing their clean-looking games so far. 

In the Under 16's, Wattimena, Dunne and Dillon have started well in the first half of game one. The English trio of Cook, Elliot and Armer are the early pace-setters.

Back in the Under-19's, Ireland's Matthew Kestell shoots a seven-bagger to start the tournament and is still pacing an opening 300. His partner Sloane is also playing strongly as this pairing show their intentions early on. 

Simon English struggling a little now, but his partner Rynhart is scoring well to keep the pair within reach. 

Kestell shoots 298 in game one, hitting a little light on the head pin on the 12th ball to leave the 5-8 standing. His partner Sloane posts 216 to complete a great start for the Irish pair.

England's Crosby struggles to a 155 in game one, but his partner Lam shoots 235 to repair some of the damage.

Gratten and Byrne post combined total of 390 in game one for Ireland.

Williamson and Biondi start game two well for Scotland, as do Cunnigham and Griffin for Wales.

Gratten and Byrne also start game two positively for the defending champion host nation.

Crosby and Lam both start game two with turkies for England. Kestell continuing his good form in game two for Ireland, pacing 290 through the half-way point.

Ben Howiston-Johnstone and Adam Maher struggling a little in game two for England. English and Rynhart scoring well halfway through game two for defending champs Ireland. 

Crosby and Lam still scoring heavily in game two for England. Crosby is pacing 278 through six frames, while Lam paces 279. 

biondi pacing 290 for Scotland halfway through game two. His partner Williamson was going strong too until an open frame in frame 5, but hit back with a strike in frame 6.