Black Country’s fourth fixture in the UKDA National League L-Style Division One was an away game against Leicestershire. Prior to the encounter the home side were two places off the foot of the table with fifty-one points and their visitors fourth with seventy-three points.
Saturday’s ladies ‘B’ game finished all-square at 3-3 with Paige Robbins their top player with a 3-1 win over Angela Sheffield and a 15.06 average. The men’s ‘B’ chalked up a close 7-5 victory with Rob Smith their top player beating Andy Shillcock 4-1 with a 24.33 average.
Going into Sunday’s ‘A’ games Black Country held a narrow 10-8 lead but that was all about to change as the ladies lost 4-2, Tammy Chance collecting the match award for her 3-0 win over Liz Brunt plus her 22.10 average and the men’s ‘B’ slumped to a huge 10-2 defeat with Cayden Smith and Trev Brennan the only two winners. Smith beat Martin Giddings 4-1 and Brennan won by the same 4-1 margin but had the better average of 27.48 to earn him the man of the match award.
With a final result of 22-14 to Leicestershire, Black Country dropped two places in the table to sixth on eighty-seven points and Leicestershire, despite the win remain ninth, two places off the foot of the table with seventy-six points, both teams have only played four fixtures and could well move up the table when they play their game in hand.
Full Results – UKDA National League L-Style Division One:
Leicestershire 22 Black Country 14:
Leicestershire MA 10-2 The Black Country MA:
Men’s ‘A’:- David Barker (23.69) 4-2 (24.80) Jamie Barrowman, Neil Pullen (23.62) 4-3 (24.29) Dan Homer, Paul Harbourne (24.27) 4-1 (22.63) Liam Kelly, Martin Giddings (22.96) 1-4 (25.64) Cayden Smith, Ben Quenby (32.22) 4-1 (26.28) Paul Wells, Darren Tyler (29.47) 4-0 (22.80) Steve Jones, Ricky Sudale (27.83) 4-0 (25.03) Dave Edwards, Janek Hill (24.89) 1-4 (27.48) Trev Brennan, Adam Marziano (25.80) 4-3 (22.40) Alex Howells, Andrew Hibbert (26.79) 4-1 (23.15) Michael Powell, Jason Lole (27.83) 4-0 (23.74) George Willetts, Scott Hope (27.45) 4-0 (23.74) Aaron Colley.
Leicestershire MB 5-7 The Black Country MB:
Men’s ‘B’:- Harry Earp (22.68) 4-2 (21.37) Andy Garratt, Scott Brookes (25.90) 4-2 (25.27) Jamie Rollinson, Ian Turner (23.86) 4-0 (23.85) Kieron Bridgwater, Leon Baumber (22.87) 1-4 (24.31) Gavin Smith, Wayne Beaumont (23.26) 4-1 (22.45) Rich Bowen, Alex Bruce (23.46) 3-4 (22.35) Jake Shipley, Michael Hibbert (19.29) 1-4 (20.20) Wayne Hobday, Tyler Beasley (19.52) 1-4 (21.25) Al Smith, Billy Jackson (20.79) 2-4 (21.99) Sam Bissell, Andy Shillcock (22.58) 1-4 (24.33) Rob Smith, Anthony Sutton (23.53) 4-2 (21.76) Ian Townsend, Leigh Peet (22.82) 3-4 (22.82) Mark Jones,
Leicestershire WA 4-2 The Black Country WA:
Women’s ‘A’:- Rebecca Collins (16.16) 3-2 (15.83) Chez Allcock, Shannon Reeve (18.37) 3-1 (16.83) Doreen Hunt, Mem Martin-Jones (14.85) 3-1 (14.65) Maxine Prosser, Paula Swain (15.87) 2-3 (17.39) Heather Wright, Lauren Hall (16.92) 3-2 (15.34) Abbey Hunt, Liz Brunt (17.78) 0-3 (22.10) Tammy Chance.
Leicestershire WB 3-3 The Black Country WB:
Women’s ‘B’:- Caroline Newberry (12.96) 3-0 (11.29) Lacey Hughes, Trish Roberts (15.99) 3-0 (14.91) Kirsty Shaughnessy, Kelly Welsh (11.27) 1-3 (12.20) Stella Sims, Angela Sheffield (15.14) 1-3 (15.06) Paige Robbins, Ella Coburn (17.24) 3-1 (15.26) Sarah-Jane Parker, Melanie Bell (13.43) 2-3 (13.71) Amy-Leigh Tolley.
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