The Junior Gold Championships will feature four divisions instead of three starting in 2025-26, USBC announced Monday in this news release.
The new divisions will be U12, U14, U16 and U18, while the current divisions are U12, U15 and 18.
USBC said that “This change is designed to create better peer-to-peer competition, allowing athletes to compete within more balanced age groups.”
USBC previously phased out the U20 division and created the U22 Masters and U22 Queens for 18-and-older...