In their final fixture of the season, in the premier division Lancashire darts suffered their one and only defeat of the ten games season, a 19-17 defeat away to Lincolnshire. The defeat however was irrelevant as Lancashire were still acclaimed champions with a total of 246 points which was twelve more than the runners-up Lincolnshire.
Reigning champions Yorkshire ended the season with a bye and actually finished fifth in the division with 199 points, a huge forty-seven points off the top of the table.
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Cornwall and Hertfordshire finished as the bottom two teams, Cornwall bottom with 155 points and Hertfordshire just above them on 162 points.
Cornwall provided the top Men’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ best averages, Matt Knowles taking the ‘A’ award for his 4-0 win over Dorset’s Jordan Sharpe and superb 33.40 average, while Knowles team-mate Robert Ruberry took the ‘B’ award for his 4-1 win against Nigel Lamb (Dorset) and 29.84 average. For the ladies, the ‘A’ award went to Lancashire’s Ally Smith, who beat Lincolnshire’s Liv Heaton 3-0 with a super 26.84 average. The ‘B’ award going to Glamorgan’s Lorraine Hyde, who had a 22.47 average in her 3-1 win against Hertfordshire’s Laura Camp.
West Midlands didn’t have the best of finishes to their season in the Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship Division, as they returned from Cheshire on the wrong side of the 20-16 result, nevertheless despite this the result was enough for them to move up one place in the table and finish as champions as former leaders, Middlesex went down 24-12 at Kent to finish as runners-up with 224 points three fewer than the West Midlands.
Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire finished in the bottom two places and will play next season in the L-Style division one. Cambridgeshire had 168 points and Oxfordshire 172.
West Midlands played their fixture with Cheshire one week earlier than scheduled and it was West midlands Scott Baker who had the best men’s ‘A’ average of 34.55 as he accounted for Cheshire’s Ozzy Ayers with a straight 4-0 result. The top men’s ‘B’ average was 28.01 which, was achieved by Northamptonshire’s Lee Rose in his 4-1 win over Gwent’s Sam Phillips. Cheshire’s Lindsey Ashton topped the ladies ‘A’ averages, 24.40 in her 3-1 win against West Midlands Jacqueline Maiden while the ‘B’ award went to Hampshire’s Jo Rolls who averaged 21.47 in her 3-0 win over Oxfordshire’s Kim Ledbury.
The final games of the season in the L-Style Division One saw no change in the top two places with the top two teams, Leicestershire and Worcestershire both winning, Leicestershire 21-15 at Derbyshire and Worcestershire 20-16 at home to Merseyside. Leicestershire finished as champions with 239 points, runners-up Worcestershire amassed 224 points.
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At the other end of the table Derbyshire and Berkshire filled the bottom two places, Derbyshire next to bottom with 159 points and Berkshire bottom with 140 points.
Leicestershire clinched two of the top averages, the men’s ‘A’ and the ladies ‘B’. Jason Lole average 30.04 in his 4-2 win over Derbyshire’s Darron Brown, while Janine Gough won her award for her 23.11 average in her 3-1 win against Emily Jones (Derbyshire). The men’s ‘B’ award went to Worcestershire’s Scott Rollings who defeated Merseyside’s Dave Harnick 4-1 and averaged 29.09. Chez Allcock (Black Country) took the ladies ‘A’ award as she won 3-1 against Staffordshire’s Danielle Pearce with a 22.59 average.
I would sincerely like to thank Sue Getty Williams for all of her help throughout the season, supplying all of the missing results.
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