03/09/2025
Message from Josh of the JDC
Hi everyone,
Hope you all had a good summer break,
With Season 5 now underway, we would like to clarify the exclusive qualification criteria on behalf of Winmau, for the Winmau Junior World Masters through your academy affiliation with Winmau.
Each Winmau academy at the request of Winmau, will receive 2 representations at finals day on the 31st January 2026 at Bradmoor Farm. The top player from your academy order of merit, based on total scores from season 5, and your top player from season 6 will receive these 2 spots. If the same player tops the order of merit in both seasons the second player in season 6 will qualify.
The qualifiers must have met the following criteria,
MUST be under 18 on the 1st February 2026 ( THE FINAL )
MUST have completed 6 OR MORE weeks within the season (same rules as grading) Obviously with this criteria, the more scores the better for trying to qualify as its on TOTAL scores not average.
If your Qualifiers cannot make finals day on the 31st January or the stage final on the 1st February we do not go down your order of merit to find a replacement. So please ensure all your students are aware of the dates asap.
All students who do not qualify this way can attend the WJWM play offs on the 17th/18th January to battle it out for there spot for finals day. (VENUE TBC) This Playoff is exclusive to the JDC academy system and not an open event.
As coaches, please can we ask you to email myself at the end of season 5 with your number one ranked players full name and email contact. Also to confirm they have met the qualification criteria listed above and are able to attend. Then the same after season 6.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me.
We wish all your academy players the best of luck for the WJWM 2026