Derbyshire v Suffolk
Derbyshire played their final home game of the season in division two of the BDO Inter County Championships against Suffolk in what could well be their penultimate game in the division as they are now some 20 points short of safety with only one remaining fixture an away game against middle of the table Staffordshire.
After a brilliant season in 2014 – 2015 when they won promotion from division two to division one everything since has been a downward trail as in their nine division one games they lost them all and after their return to the second division their record has not been much better as in eight of the scheduled nine games they have won one, drawn one and lost six.
It was vital that in the last home game they chalked up a win against Suffolk but it was never going to be from the word go as in Saturday’s ‘B’ games the ladies lost 4-2 with Samantha Marshall (17.24) their top player and the men’s ‘B’ team went down 7-5 with Ian Clarke (26.25) taking their match award.
Sunday got off to a brighter start with the ladies team recording their first win of the season a 4-2 result in which Louise Rawson (18.05) was lady of the match.
With just two draws and five defeats the men’s ‘A’ team again finished on the losing side of a 7-5 scoreline, taking the man of the match award for the second consecutive fixture and his fourth of the season was Gary Fenn with a 28.01 average.
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