Black Country had a home fixture with Cleveland, who together with West Midlands were relegated from the Championship Division last season. It was an excellent start for the Midlanders as they won all four games over the weekend.
Saturday’s ’B’ matches saw the ladies win 5-1 thanks to wins from Grace Angell, Amy-Leigh Tolley, Doreen Hunt, Sarah-Jane Parker and Kirsty Shaughnessy with Doreen Hunt taking the lady of the match award for her 3-0 win over Debbie Liddell and 16.70 average.
The ladies ‘A’ had opening wins from Abbey Hunt, Chez Allcock, Maxine Prosser and Tammy Chance to put them into a winning 4-0 lead. Top lady was Tammy Chance who won 3-0 against Sonia Mager with a 16.80 average.
In the men’s games the ‘B’ won 8-4 James Hykin their man of the match as he accounted for Chris Sheraton with a 4-1 result and 28.46 average. Making up the eight winners were Rich Bowen, Wayne Hobday, Al Smith, Sam Bissell, Rob Smith, Kieron Bridgwater and Dave Edwards.
To end the weekend the men’s ‘A’ added their 7-5 win thanks to Alex Howells, Paul Wells, Tom Bissell, Trev Brennan, Dan Homer, Jamie Rollinson and match award winner Liam Kelly who beat Chris Sheraton 4-0 with a 30.83 average, not a good weekend for Sheraton losing in both the ‘A’ and ‘B’ games to the man of the match.
The overall 24-12 win for Black Country takes them into seventh place in the division with twenty-seven points, eighteen short of divisional leaders Middlesex but Black Country have a game in hand on all six teams above them.
UKDA National League: Game 2
Match Results: Black Country 24 Cleveland 12:
Division One:
The Black Country MA 7-5 Cleveland MA:
Men’s ‘A’: Alex Howells (22.95) 4-3 (20.79) Graham Palmer, Paul Wells (22.08) 4-1 (20.60) Mark Muckian, Tom Bissell (30.43) 4-2 (29.76) Barry Davies, Trev Brennan (25.36) 4-1 (22.69) Cameron Nicholson, Jamie Barrowman (21.43) 0-4 (26.03) Brian Henderson, Dan Homer (27.61) 4-1 (23.86) Dave Hunter, Michael Powell (24.04) 2-4 (27.86) Geoffrey Burdon, Steve Jones (23.56) 1-4 (24.89) Jamie Owens, Jamie Rollinson (26.80) 4-2 (22.74) Mick Costello, Liam Kelly (30.83) 4-0 (23.46) Chris Sheraton, George Willetts (25.86) 0-4 (28.23) Rob Grundy, Martin Greenwood (24.03) 3-4 (26.60) Paul Allen,
The Black Country MB 8-4 Cleveland MB
Men’s ‘B’: John Green (27.83) 1-4 (29.90) Mark Muckian, Rich Bowen (22.16) 4-2 (21.07) Jake Harland, Wayne Hobday (25.64) 4-2 (23.03) Matthew Helyer, Al Smith (20.66) 4-2 (21.14) Simon Ashton, Ian Townsend (24.28) 1-4 (23.10) Colin Peacock, Neil Steventon (23.08) 3-4 (24.66) Cameron Nicholson, Sam Bissell (22.52) 4-0 (22.20) Steven Wilkinson, Rob Smith (22.29) 4-2 (20.73) Tony Liddell, Kieron Bridgwater (25.37) 4-0 (20.76) Michael Margretts, James Hykin (28.46) 4-1 (27.50) Chris Sheraton, Mark Jones (25.28) 2-4 (26.25) Liam Green-Sherlock, Dave Edwards (20.68) 4-3 (19.24) Gareth Cox,
The Black Country WA 4-2 Cleveland WA:
Women’s ‘A’:
Abbey Hunt (14.88) 3-2 (15.38) Ann Marie Potts, Chez Allcock (16.61) 3-2 (17.52) Amy Thomas, Maxine Prosser (15.87) 3-1 (12.58) Leanne Witten, Tammy Chance (16.89) 3-0 (12.75) Sonia Mager, Paige Robbins (15.56) 1-3 (16.20) Frances Elwick, Heather Wright (17.51) 1-3 (22.63) Claire Stamper.
The Black Country WB 5-1 Cleveland WB:
Women’s ‘B’: Stella Sims (13.44) 2-3 (13.02) Sonia Mager, Grace Angell (13.54) 3-0 (13.28) Leanne Witten, Amy-Leigh Tolley (14.31) 3-0 (14.09) Sam Dixon, Doreen Hunt (16.70) 3-0 (11.48) Debbie Liddell, Sarah-Jane Parker (12.10) 3-1 (12.04) Shirley Witten, Kirsty Shaughnessy (13.53) 3-1 (12.15) Marlene Huby.
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