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Attended Hymers College:
1994 - 2004
What makes this nominee inspiring?
Adam studied at Hymers College from 1994 until 2004, starting in the Junior School. From the age of 10 years old, he took up bowling in the Junior League in Hull. At about 13 years old, he started playing in local Adult Leagues with his mum and at the age of 15 years old, he had his first perfect game, a perfect score of 300. Adam first received representative honours at U16 level for Yorkshire and went on to represent Yorkshire at U16, U18, and Young Adult Club (YAC) for U24 and as an adult, won the National County Championships with Yorkshire at all levels. In fact, when Adam was 21 years old, he was playing in both the YAC and Adult for Yorkshire at the same time. He first played for England at U24 YAC level and later on for team England, twice at Triple Crown events and once in the World Championships in Hong Kong, finishing 46th in the world. Individually, he has been a multiple-time National Champion and has won many tournaments. The biggest of which, domestically, was the English Open.
In 2013, Adam competed in The Maccabiah Games, which are open to Jewish athletes from around the world, and to all Israeli citizens regardless of their religion. The 19th Maccabiah Games were held from July 18 to 30, 2013. The Games brought together 7,500 competing athletes, making it the third-largest international sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup. The Maccabiah held competitions in 42 disciplines, including Tenpin Bowling.
He has also won the inaugural “English Sports Tour”. This was a series of events throughout the year in which players earned points toward a final-year ranking. The top bowlers of the year then competed to win the “Masters” at the year's end with the prize being an all-expenses paid trip to the USA to bowl against the pros in an event called the USBC Masters.
Adam has since retired from the sport due to injury in 2020. However, during his time competing, he received a perfect score of 300 an impressive fourteen times.