In division one of the BDO Inter County Championships West Midlands were involved in a home tie with London and with just one point separating the two teams it was a decider which would dictate who would gain promotion to the premier division.
Saturday saw the ladies ‘B’ win 4-2, Heather Wright their top player with a 21.17 average and with the men’s ‘B’ winning 7-5 West Midlands were taking an 11-7 lead into Sunday’s games. Dean Mills was the ‘B’ team’s man of the match with a 29.21 average.
The ladies ‘A’ suffered a huge 5-1 defeat with Sarah Roberts their sole winner beating Leanne Topper in the final game 3-1 to clinch her fifth award of the season with a 23.47 average.
The men’s ‘A’ looked all set for a big win as they stormed into a 5-1 lead but London fought back to go 6-5 up to leave all of the season’s efforts resting on the result of the last game of the weekend to decide who would be promoted. Shaun Carroll proved to be the West Midlands man of the weekend if not the man of the season as he beat Chris Stevens 4-1, taking the match award for his 31.35 average and putting the final score at 6-6 plus the overall result at 18-18 which was enough to keep West Midlands one point to the good on their opponents and earn promotion to the premier division.
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