Cambridge and Northants Play Catch-Up

One rearranged fixture, Match Two in the Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship Division of the UKDA National League has been played off between Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire which saw the home side win 23-13. The ladies were in fine form for Cambridgeshire the ‘B’ side winning Saturday’s game 6-0 and the ‘A’ side winning on Sunday 4-2 with respective match awards going to Amanda Harwood (22.77) and Amy Grant (23.12). Rebecca Rose took the award for Northamptonshire’s ‘A’ side with a 19.41 average.

The men’s ‘B’ finished all-square at six each with David Shaw (29.04) Cambridgeshire’s top player and Robbie Commerford having the same accolade for Northamptonshire (27.25). The men’s ‘A’ saw Cambridgeshire win with a narrow 7-5 result, their Ashley Coleman in top form recording a superb 31.81 average while Darren Williamson (28.45) was Northamptonshire’s man of the match.

The overall 23-13 in favour of Cambridgeshire for the weekend saw them move up from a two places off the bottom of the division position to fourth on 185 points, eighteen short of leaders Dorset but only four fewer than second placed Cleveland. Prior to the fixture Northamptonshire were eighth in the table and despite the defeat move up to sixth on 177 points.

UKDA National League 2022/23:

Rearranged Fixture (Match No 2):

Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship Division:

Cambridgeshire 23 Northamptonshire 13: Cambridgeshire MA 7-5 Northamptonshire MA:Men’s ‘A’:- Steve Carrett 2 Ben Goodger 4, Richard German 1 Jason Lovell 4, Simon Hill 1 Leigh Peters 4, Ashley Coleman 4 Phil Coward 0, Craig Sayer 3 Darren Williamson 4, Scott Williams 4 Michael Feasey 3, Dennis Harbour 4 Lee Rose 2, Tony Clark 4 Martin Biggs 0, Mark Lynn 4 John Regan 2, David Shaw 4 Chris Jones 0, Kevin Bullman 4 Chris Shipley 2, Douggie McInerney 1 Josh Richardson 4, Cambridgeshire MB 6-6 Northamptonshire MB:- Paul Newstead 0 Janik Hill 4, Simon Cassidy 2 Paul Shepherd 4, Andy Turpin 4 Chuck Scott 3, Ian Withers 4 Duane Small 3, Phil Johnson-Hale 1 Lee Wood 4, Darren Royal 3 Jay Hewitt 4, Michael Bodle 4 Alex Dilley 2, Simon Hill 4 Jamie Preston 3, David Shaw 4 Stuart Gilmour 0, Steve Stancer 1 Robbie Commerford 4, Peter Cousins 4 Kyran Johnson 2, Matthew Wing 3 Liam Fox 4, Cambridgeshire WA 4-2 Northamptonshire WA:- Rebecca Brouse 3 Jo Johnson 1, Amy Grant 3 Rebecca Barrow 0, Casey Hill 3 Amy Chappell 2, Hannah Rampley 1 Rebecca Rose 3, Gema Law 2 Angela Barrow 3, Juliet Findley 3 Carrie Wright 0, Cambridgeshire WB 6-0 Northamptonshire WB:- Amanda Harwood 3 Ellie Moore 0, Karen Stanhope 3 Debbie Dexter 0, Sami Watson 3 Faye Mason 1, Pauline Donat 3 Nicola Coleman 0, Barbara Greatbatch 3 Taylor Johnson 0, Carol Bareham 3 Jackie White 2.

	Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship Division
	County	P	MA	WA	MB	WB	BP	TP	+/-
1	Dorset	9	60	29	60	33	21	203	73
2	Cleveland	9	57	34	55	26	17	189	53
3	Humberside	9	64	26	59	26	14	*187	63
4	Cambridgeshire	9	48	36	56	30	15	185	29
5	Hertfordshire	9	49	32	51	36	14	182	23
6	Northamptonshire	9	57	28	53	25	14	177	13
7	Oxfordshire	9	53	26	52	26	13	170	-15
8	Berkshire	9	56	23	53	25	11	168	-14
9	Sussex	9	54	24	52	25	12	167	2
10	Devon	9	46	26	51	32	5	160	-31
11	Gwynedd	9	57	27	52	13	10	159	-93
12	Gwent	9	47	13	54	27	5	*144	-103
	*An in TP column indicates that penalty points have been deducted**