In the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League Black Country brought their fourth game a home tie against Merseyside, forward by one week in which the ladies ‘B’ finished all-square at 3-3.
The three winners for the home team were Amy-Leigh Tolley, Kirsty Shaughnessy and Lacey Hughes with, Kirsty Shaughnessy’s 3-1 win over Karen O’Connor and 14.90 average earning her the match award. The men’s ‘B’ went down 7-5, their winners being Sam Bissell, Mark Jones, Kieron Bridgwater, Rob Smith and Wayne Hobday, Rob Smith their top player with a super 31.60 average in his 4-1 win against Aaron Jones.
Sunday could not have begun much better as the ladies ‘A’ romped to a 5-1 win with Maxine Prosser, Abbey Hunt and Chez Allcock giving them a 3-0 lead before wins in the last two games from lady of the match Tammy Chance and Doreen Hunt took the result to 5-1. The 3-2 win by Tammy Chance over Adele Mulligan seeing her average 22.49.
With the running score now standing at 13-11 in Black Country’s favour, the men’s ‘A’ required no more than a draw to seal an overall win. Although George Willetts opened up with a 4-1 win over Mike Addison the lead was short lived as Black Country then found themselves trailing 3-1, but with a superb man of the match win from Steve Jones, who beat Anthony Brown 4-1 and chalked up a tremendous 32.37 average in the process and a similar 4-1 win for Michael Powell, the score at the halfway stage was level-pegging at 3-3.
The second session began with wins for Trev Brennan and Dan Homer and with a further win for Paul Wells in the tenth the draw was secured as the home side had opened up a 6-4 lead.
The final game of the weekend saw Tom Bissell win 4-0 against Bradley Williams to take the final score to 7-5 to the home team and give an overall 20-16 victory for the week which leaves Black Country fourth in the division with seventy-three points, twenty-seven short of leaders Middlesex but with a game in hand.
Full Results:
Black Country 20 Merseyside 16:
The Black Country MA 7-5 Merseyside MA:
Men’s ‘A’:- George Willetts (27.49) 4-1 (26.47) Mike Addison, Jamie Barrowman (25.35) 2-4 (28.43) Patrik Williams, Liam Kelly (29.91) 3-4 (31.48) Terry Roach, Aaron Colley (26.81) 3-4 (25.53) John Prescott, Steve Jones (32.37) 4-1 (21.91) Anthony Brown, Michael Powell (25.48) 4-1 (25.97) Kevin Lloyd, Trev Brennan (29.30) 4-1 (23.61) Steve Gow, Dan Homer (25.51) 4-3 (23.54) Robbie Gorst, Alex Howells (24.88) 2-4 (26.74) Ben Devine, Paul Wells (27.61) 4-1 (25.57) Tom Lockyer, Jake Shipley (22.50) 0-4 (30.83) Dave Harnick, Tom Bissell (30.83) 4-0 (24.22) Bradley Williams,
The Black Country MB 5-7 Merseyside MB:
Men’s ‘B’:- Sam Bissell (26.03) 4-0 (22.07) Dave Richards, Mark Jones (27.83) 4-0 (20.11) Alan Magee, Andy Garratt (23.77) 3-4 (25.87) Jack Boardman, Kieron Bridgwater (21.93) 4-1 (22.14) Philip Bennett, Al Smith (20.06) 0-4 (23.30) Ben Jones, Ryan Green (21.09) 2-4 (23.16) Tom Gater, Rob Smith (31.60) 4-1 (25.03) Aaron Jones, Martin Greenwood (20.40) 1-4 (21.28) Jake Grant, Wayne Hobday (20.83) 4-2 (22.58) Peter Robins, John Green (23.80) 3-4 (23.22) Paul Smith, Mark Rollinson (24.86) 3-4 (26.26) Barry Bowes, Rich Bowen (24.40) 3-4 (24.35) David Calland,
The Black Country WA 5-1 Merseyside WA:
Women’s ‘A’:- Maxine Prosser (19.90) 3-1 (16.97) Jane Robson, Abbey Hunt (17.68) 3-0 (14.11) Janet Sorrell, Chez Allcock (20.40) 3-2 (20.68) Vicki Lloyd, Heather Wright (13.24) 1-3 (14.79) Viv Cullimore, Tammy Chance (22.49) 3-2 (19.24) Adele Mulligan, Doreen Hunt (16.99) 3-2 (15.35) Janet Hardman,
The Black Country WB 3-3 Merseyside WB:
Women’s ‘B’:- Paige Robbins (13.56) 2-3 (12.86) Becca Chisnall, Stella Sims (14.21) 1-3 (14.61) Emma Barlow, Amy-Leigh Tolley (12.65) 3-2 (12.22) Lynne Sorrell, Kirsty Shaughnessy (14.90) 3-1 (13.80) Karen O’Connor, Lacey Hughes (14.31) 3-0 (13.35) Sandra Rule, Sarah-Jane Parker (13.60) 1-3 (13.52) Lynn Anderson.
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