2012-09-01

West Midlands kick off their 2012 – 2013 season in division one of the Riley’s BDO Inter County Championships with a home fixture against Hampshire, obviously not an easy game as Hampshire together with Cambridgeshire were the two teams relegated from the premier division last season. Nevertheless, West Midlands will be looking for a good result and also doing their utmost for a better season than last where for the majority of the campaign they were fighting against relegation themselves and only survived by a margin of ten points above London, who finished next to bottom team Bedfordshire.
So a new season new hopes and those hopes rest firmly on the shoulders of the players and officials. The county’s executive committee this season will be made up of Robert MacDougall (Chairman), Stephen Gittus (Secretary) and Rod Harvey (Treasurer and Vice Chairman).
The Committee will consist of Paul Dicken (Assistant Secretary), John Jones (Players Representative), Vic Lloyd (Men’s Team Manager), Paul Dicken (Women’s Team Manager) plus Paul Simmons (Stage Manager).
Signed players for the men are, Martin Angell, Gavin Baker, Louis Burley, Danny Coyle, Glen Cullen, Matthew Dennant, Matthew Dicken, Andrew Forrester, Nicholas Fulwell, Vivian Gould, Lance Hackett, Ian Hartland, Ryan Herrington, Jamie Hughes, Adam Johnson, Ian Jones, Jake Jones, Kevin Jones, Jason Kesterton, Simon Meredith, John Mycock, Barry-John Paget, Griegg Parkes, John Platt, Richard Platt, Neil Pointen, Paul Price, Mark Rollinson, Avtar Singh, Christopher Stanley, Ian Stanton, Dean Stewart, Doug Thompson, Mark Watkiss, Peter Wyse.
The ladies squad is, Lisa Astbury, Gemma Barret, Tammy Chance, Jenna Couch, Jackie Crew, Kim Fellows, Natalie Harrison, Claire Hobbs, Katherine Jenkins, Doreen Kaye, Jacqueline Maiden, Lisa Maiden, Samantha Maiden (Kaye), Stacey Perkins, Gemma Poole, Sarah Robbins, Jacqueline Simmons, Shellbie Simmons, Diane Tolley, Heather Wright.