After having a bye in the opening day of the season West Midlands first fixture in the Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship Division was an away game against Cheshire.
Saturday’s game saw the ladies ‘B’ lose out 4-2, Shellbie Simmons their top player with a 17.28 average. The men’s ‘B’ more than made up for the slow start with a resounding 10-2 victory. Man of the match for the men’s ‘B’ was Jack Aldridge who averaged 26.72.
Catch up with our digital publication and read/download Darts World Extra 12 here
In Sunday’s games the ladies ‘A’, like their ‘B’ side went down 4-2, a 17.55 average earning Jacqueline Maiden the match award. Although the men’s ‘A’ lost 7-5 the result was enough to give West Midlands a slender 19-17 overall victory for the weekend to lift them off the foot of the table, up two places to eighth with a game in hand on four of the seven teams above them.
Collecting the match award for men’s ‘A’ was Scott Baker who had a 27.98 average and a 4-2 win over Mal Barrow.
Full Results: Cheshire 17 West Midlands 19:
Cheshire MA 7-5 West Midlands MA:
Men’s ‘A’: Matthew Shaw 2 Ian Jones 4, Keith Croxford 4 Ash Khayat 3, Brad Walker 1 Dean Simmons-Fullwood 4, Perry Davenport 4 Rob Thompson 1, Mal Barrow 2 Scott Baker 4, Shaun Wilkinson 4 Ryan O’Connor 2, Joe Rowland 4 Jon Platt 2, Andrew Green 4 Gavin Baker 1, Karl Whitfield 1 Ben Johnson 4, Craig Simpson 1 Owen Maiden 4, Anthony Conroy 4 Kevin Bambrick 2, Darren Downey 4 Darren Williams 2,
Cheshire MB 2-10 West Midlands MB:
Men’s ‘B’: Karl Windisch 0 John Morris 4, Paul Goodwin 2 Glen McGrandle 4, Ash Clarke 0 Chris Stanley 4, Colin Lewis 1 Ryan Locker 4, Aaron Ayres 1 Ian Stanton 4, Aaron Russell 1 Mark Craddock 4, Rob Williams 2 Adam Teasdale 4, Michael Blaise 0 Jack Aldridge 4, Jeff Fisher 4 Karl Hughes 0, Shaun Walshe 4 Mark Maiden 2, Stuart Kellett 1 Kieran O’Mahoney 4, Peter Atkinson 3 Neil Pointon 4,
Cheshire WA 4-2 West Midlands WA:
Women’s ‘A’: Alex Foulds 1 Jacqueline Maiden 3, Julie Whitehouse 3 Tara Simmons-Fullwood 2, Jane Stubbs 3 Claire Hobbs 0, Lyn Marsden 2 Gemma Barrett 3, Vicky Pruim 3 Jodie Rowlands 0, Vicky Martin 3 Katherine Jenkins 2,
Cheshire WB 4-2 West Midlands WB:
Women’s ‘B’:– Andrea Davis 3 Kelly Doleman 0, Sarah Goodwin 3 Jacqueline Simmons 0, Theresa Cooper 1 Crysta Wilcox 3, Liz Humphries 3 Sarah Maybury 0, Bev Martin 0 Shellbie Simmons 3, Kirstie Corbett 3 Debbie Davies 0.
—–ENDS—–
Words: Alan Towe writes with the support of Red Dragon Darts
Grab a 50th Anniversary Darts World package 581 here or the most recent print Issue 583 here :
The Darts World 50 limited edition dart set is available to order (Here) in your choice of pack/bundle.
Also Available Free: Darts World Extra 11 – Summer Special
Darts World Magazine‘s fantastic value bundles:
Subscribe or purchase your copy
