Following their somewhat surprising 21-15 defeat away to Essex in their previous encounter in the UKDA Nation League Warwickshire’s third fixture of the season saw them once again play away when they took on Cheshire who were residing at the foot of the Premier Division table and Warwickshire in a mid-table position. It was a fixture Warwickshire were expecting to return from with a win but that was not what actually happened.
Saturday’s games were quite encouraging as the ladies ‘B’ stormed to a great 5-1 victory with wins from Hannah Meek, Courtney Hine, Chloe McKivett, Angela Jones and Nina Bolt with Hannah Meek taking the match award for her 21-17 average and straight 3-0 win over Kirstie Corbett. The men’s ‘B’ followed up with a 7-5 win with Nigel Heydon their top player, Nigel winning the opening game against Karl Windisch 4-3 with a very creditable 30.25 average. Other winners were Ian McFarlane, Karl Reynolds, Mark Strong, Martin Tonks, Dave Hill and Mark Martin.
Sunday’s ‘A’ games began well with the ladies wining 4-2 thanks to Natalie Gilbert, lady of the match Tammy Montgomery who won 3-1 against Amy Evans with a superb 23.66 average, Sue Gulliver and Donna Pinch but it was not a good weekend for the men’s ‘A’ as they slumped to a 10-2 defeat, Gareth Braham wining the third game against Keith Croxford 4-3 and the only other win coming from this season’s newcomer to Warwickshire Chris Wickenden who beat Mal Barrow 4-0 in the final game of the weekend, Chris having a 29.47 average.
The overall result was an 18-18 draw which sees Warwickshire actually move up one place in the table to fifth and their hosts remain rooted to the foot of the table.
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