West Midlands made it two wins in two games in their latest fixture in division four of the BDO Inter Counties Championships. Playing away against Gloucestershire, the Midlanders returned with a 22-17 victory. Highlights of the match were the men’s ‘B’ who recorded their second 9-3 win to head their table and the women’s ‘B’ who beat their counterparts 5-1, their first win since they defeated Berkshire 4-2 in March 1998. The men’s ‘A’ suffered a 7-5 defeat and the women’s ‘A’ a crushing 6-0 reversal.
Match awards went to Mick James 25.91 (‘A’), John Pountney 26.37 (‘B’) and Kath Jenkins 17.89 for the women’s ‘B’.
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In the Forest of Arden Winter League’s curtain raiser last season’s top two teams, Red Arrows (champions) and Hobs Meadow (runners up) met on the Arrows board. Despite a 160 break from Meadow’s Mick Benson the 5-4 result went in favour of Arrows. A couple of new teams to the league, Glades and Highwood Arrows made a quick impact on the league, the former beating Three Horse Shoes 5-4 and the latter, one of the pre season favourites for the title, chalked up a 6-3 win over the Harvester. Bob Vines hit a maximum for Highwood Arrows.
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There were a couple of shock results in the Aston Winter League as last week’s leaders, Heartlands, lost for the first time this season, a 5-4 defeat at Old Oscott WMC. Tennis Courts provided the second surprise. After four consecutive losses, they took on fellow strugglers King Edward and gained their first win, 5-4. KCA (8-1) and Kings Ex Service (7-2) both maintained their 100% records with respective wins against Yew Tree and Aston Social. Mitre, with 160 breaks from D.Ali and R.McGlaughlin, had a good 6-3 win at the Highcroft, while J.Armstrong recorded a similar feat for Aston Social.
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In division one of the Four Oaks and District League, Jaguar Flights had a convincing 8-1 win at Good Hope Social. D.Cooney was Jaguar’s top man with 2×120 breaks, 108 break and a 180. A.Dawson’s 180 and nine darts leg helped Anvill Nomads to a close 5-4 win at Old Oscott WMC, but J.Miller’s 180 was not enough for his team, Bromford Social, to avoid a 7-2 defeat at Midland Red.
In division two Plough and Harrow were top scorers as they whitewashed Cat and Fiddle 9-0. The Duke were not far behind as they, with an 8-1 scoreline accounted for Elmsdale.
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Top played bottom in the Longwood League this week. Leaders Red Lion ‘A’ played at home against bottom of the table Royal Oak and were surprisingly held to a 4-4 draw. Second placed Dolphin won 5-3 at the Two Gates Club and have now drawn level on points with Red Lion, both have 29 points Lion having the superior average.
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