What a great start to the new season as West Midlands made it three wins in as many games in division two of the BDO Inter County Championships when they won 23-13 away to Sussex.
The weekend got off to a fine start with the ladies ‘B’ winning 5-1 Heather Wright (20.88) their lady of the match, following up with a 7-5 win were the men’s ‘B’ side their top player being Ashe Khayat with a 28.18 average.
The ladies ‘A’ match saw all of the games go with the darts advantage and finished all square at 3-3 with Sarah Roberts claiming her second match award with a top average of 23.48. The men’s ‘A’ for the second consecutive fixture won 8-4 Mark Craddock the man of the match with a 27.96 average.
The result sees West Midlands hold on to pole position in the promotional table and increase their slender lead over London by one more point giving them 75 points as opposed to their rivals 70.