UKDA Darts: Black Country and Somerset Battle to Draw

Black Country’s seventh fixture in the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League was a home tie against Somerset. Going into the fixture Somerset Darts were riding high in second place with 151 points from seven games while Black Country were placed eighth on 111 points from six games.

It was a poor start to the weekend when the ladies ‘B’ fell to a 5-1 defeat with Chez Allcock their sole winner, beating Zoe Liddle 3-1 with a 21.73 average. The men’s ‘B’ managed to reduce the arrears to 10-8 with their 7-5 victory, Neil Steventon topping the averages with his 26.33 and 4-3 win against Jody Matthews.

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Once again it was defeat for the ladies on Sunday as the ‘A’ team finished on the wrong side of the 4-2 result, Grace Angell and Heather Wright their two winners with Wright collecting the match award for her 3-2 win over Shelley Cotterell and 16.19 average.

With the overall score now at 14-10 to Somerset, the men’s ‘A’ had a difficult task, requiring at the worst an 8-4 win to see them finish the weekend with a draw. Nevertheless, an 8-4 win is what the men’s ‘A’ got, with their man of the match Jamie Rollinson in top form recording a tremendous 32.32 average in his straight 4-0 win over Leigh Taylor.

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The weekend’s draw saw Black Country remain eighth in the table with 130 points, and despite having a game in hand on leaders Worcestershire they are forty-seven points adrift of them.

UKDA DARTS: Black Country 18 Somerset 18

Black Country MA 8-4 Somerset MA:

Men’s ‘A’:- Trev Brennan (28.26) 4-1 (24.66) Tyler High, Rhys Butler (20.84) 2-4 (21.22) Jari High, Kieron Bridgwater (27.21) 4-1 (22.33) Neil Raikes, George Willetts (28.03) 4-3 (27.34) Mike Harper, Jamie Rollinson (32.85) 4-0 (22.22) Leigh Taylor, Craig Butler (23.13) 4-1 (22.12) Jack Walker, Steve Jones (22.04) 0-4 (24.74) Nick Eggbeer, Tom Bissell (Pictured) (27.45) 4-0 (24.03) Adi Wood, Jordan Grainger (23.78) 4-3 (23.75) Charlie Gay, Dan Homer (21.92) 2-4 (23.78) Cam Nicholson, Paul Wells (25.69) 4-3 (23.01) Daniel Williams, Harry Williams (23.96) 2-4 (24.24) Sam Hoddinott,

Black Country MB 7-5 Somerset MB:

Men’s ‘B’:- Mark Rollinson (23.78) 4-3 (21.50) Carl High, Neil Steventon (26.33) 4-3 (27.81) Jody Matthews, Wayne Hobday (22.36) 1-4 (27.30) Kevin Hardy, Jake Shipley (22.77) 1-4 (23.11) Daniel Davies, Ian Townsend (25.99) 4-2 (22.54) Chris Turner, Rich Bowen (23.87) 4-2 (22.80) Mervyn Adams, Kian Rogers (20.04) 3-4 (20.96) Carl Galeitzke, Andy Garratt (23.75) 3-4 (25.90) Ade Beale, Matthew Lloyd (21.77) 1-4 (25.44) Dave Farmer, Danny Chiswell (22.77) 4-0 (18.60) Lee Gregory, Mark Jones (25.37) 4-0 (20.31) Vincent Archer, Matt Coleman (22.68) 4-1 (22.42) Rob Lovell,

Black Country WA 2-4 Somerset WA:

Women’s ‘A’:- Grace Angell (13.33) 3-2 (15.32) Kate Hulme, Chez Allcock (17.48) 1-3 (19.08) Becky Taylor, Heather Wright (16.19) 3-2 (16.41) Shelley Cotterell, Doreen Hunt (15.35) 0-3 (16.34) Karen Littler, Abbey Hunt (17.03) 1-3 (19.22) Donna Gullock, Stella Sims (17.87) 2-3 (18.50) Sally Smith,

Black Country WB 1-5 Somerset WB:

Women’s ‘B’:- Jodie Rowlands (15.82) 1-3 (17.72) Sue Lane, Libby Gowen (12.44) 0-3 (14.74) Lauren Collins, Demi Titley (14.83) 0-3 (15.99) Kay Bisset, Scarlett Sullivan (11.37) 0-3 (14.18) Gillian Roper, Sarah-Jane Parker (16.94) 2-3 (17.12) Lisa Hughes, Chez Allcock (21.73) 3-1 (19.06) Zoe Liddle.