With West Midlands not enjoying the best of seasons so far and languishing in a next-to-the-bottom-of-the-table position in the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League, an away game against third in the division Buckinghamshire did not appear to have the prospect of returning with anything that would help their cause.
The ladies ‘B’ finished with a 4-2 win for the hosts that certainly seemed confirmation of the trouble facing West Midlands. Janet Weedon gave the home team a 1-0 lead when she beat Tara Simmons-Fullwood 3-0 but with 3-1 wins for Katherine Jenkins over Lorraine Bowen and Shellbie Simmons against Geraldine Johnson the visitors opened an early 2-1 lead with Shellbie Simmons taking the match award for her 17.29 average.
That was the end of the ladies ‘B’ challenge as Gina Freshwater beat Debbie Davies 3-0, Lisa Webb won 3-1 against Jacqueline Simmons and Jane Sobey had a 3-0 win over Kelly Doleman to give the home team a 4-2 victory.
The men’s ‘B’ chalked up an 8-4 win thanks to Rob Thompson’s 3-0 success over Carl Webb, Glen McGrandle’s award-winning 3-0 success against Gary Price, with McGrandle earning the man of the match award for his 27.83 average.
Mark Maiden and Sam Guest in turn winning 3-1 against Terry Winfield jnr and Mark Boardman, Jay Woodhouse was taken to a decider by George Grinsted and won 3-2, there was a 3-1 win for Kieran O’Mahoney against John Ayris, a 3-0 success for John Morris over Alex Harrison and making it eight was Dean Simmons-Fullwood with a 3-2 win against Stuart Robinson.
The ladies ‘A’ like their ‘B’ side finished on the wrong side of a 4-2 result with Kat McLean and Jacqueline Maiden the two winners, Jacqueline taking the match award with an 18-70 winning average over Ann Wakefield.
A win from the men’s ‘A’ would give the West Midlands an unexpected overall victory but it was not to be as they finished all square at six each to give a final score for the weekend of 18-18, a creditable result for the Midlanders.
Man of the Match for the ‘A’ team was Ryan O’Connor who won 4-2 against Leo Beechey with a 28.95 average.
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Alan Towe writes with the support of Red Dragon Darts
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