2002-02-27

The Warwickshire Darts Organisation have been involved their play off’s for the Gold Cup singles. In the men’s event Coventry’s Steve Hine followed up his 3-2 win over Birmingham Vauxhall’s Colin Fowler in the semi’s with a straight 3-0 victory against Birmingham’s Rob South. South’s path to the final included a terrific 3-2 success against team mate Mark Hollyoake in the semi final.
The ladies final turned out to be a fascinating tussle which brought together Leamington Spa Super League, Warwickshire County and England team mates Trina Gulliver and England’s latest recruit Claire Bywaters. As expected it was a tremendous encounter and would have graced the stage of not only the grand final of the Gold Cup but any final in the world. Both players hit a maximum and chalked up thirty plus averages per dart in a match that went the full distance, the result, a memorable 3-2 victory for Claire Bywaters.
Steve and Claire now go forward to the next round as Warwickshire champions.
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Warwickshire resume their BDO Inter Counties Championship campaign this coming weekend when they play hosts at the Belgrave Sports and Social Club, Tamworth, to Cambridgeshire. Following two successive defeats against Yorkshire and Glamorgan, the local county will be looking for a return to winning ways.
Lining up will be, Men’s ‘A’:- C.Fowler, K.Dowling, P.Rouse, S.Dwyer, T.Brown, M.Bagley, S.Hine, A.Sharratt, C.Laffar, S.Mitton, P.Koyce, Men’s’B’:- D.Clarke, D.Wykes, T.McGlone, M.Whelan, D.Honey, D.White, C.Betteridge, T.Ryan, G.Sanders, P.Merrett, J.Brooks, P.Brotherton, Reserves:- L.Thompson, C.Green, P.Jiwa, D.Harris, R.Shenton, Women’s ‘A’:- T.Gulliver, L.Newcombe, D.McPherson, C.Pike, C.Bywaters, C.Jackson, Women’s ‘B’:- P.Thornton, C.Barber, V.Franklin, D.Jones, D.Burke, V.Byrne, Reserves:- D.Barnes, N.Harris.